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 ⟩ Stats ⟩ United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has 3363 power plants totalling 104,779 MW and 172,911 km of power lines mapped on OpenStreetMap.

Power plants in the United Kingdom by source
Source Output Count
gas 37,432 MW 170
wind 31,788 MW 697
solar 10,388 MW 1745
nuclear 6,172 MW 5
biomass 6,080 MW 112
battery 5,288 MW 125
hydro 4,503 MW 189
waste 1,511 MW 70
biogas 605 MW 157
flywheel 400 MW 1
oil 318 MW 9
diesel 276 MW 19
tidal 6.60 MW 3
liquid_air 5.00 MW 1
methane 2.90 MW 1
landfill_gas 2.00 MW 1
[unspecified] 54
biofuel 1
geothermal 1
waste_heat 1
abandoned_mine_methane 1
All 104,779 MW 3363

If multiple sources are listed for a power plant, only the first source is used in this breakdown.

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Power Lines
Voltage Length Percentage
0 V – 9 kV 474 km 0.3%
10 kV – 24 kV 41,739 km 24.1%
25 kV – 51 kV 30,523 km 17.7%
52 kV – 131 kV 6,516 km 3.8%
132 kV – 219 kV 14,110 km 8.2%
220 kV – 329 kV 5,771 km 3.3%
330 kV – 549 kV 7,419 km 4.3%
550 kV – 0 m 0.0%
No voltage tagged 66,360 km 38.4%
Total 172,911 km 100.0%

Stats updated 2025-10-06