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 ⟩ Stats ⟩ United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has 3275 power plants totalling 102,828 MW and 159,633 km of power lines mapped on OpenStreetMap.

Power plants in the United Kingdom by source
Source Output Count
gas 37,644 MW 166
wind 31,262 MW 688
solar 9,827 MW 1698
nuclear 6,172 MW 4
biomass 6,079 MW 111
hydro 4,505 MW 182
battery 4,282 MW 106
waste 1,421 MW 68
biogas 605 MW 156
flywheel 400 MW 1
oil 318 MW 9
diesel 276 MW 19
unknown 20.00 MW 1
tidal 6.60 MW 3
liquid_air 5.00 MW 1
methane 2.90 MW 1
landfill_gas 2.00 MW 1
[unspecified] 56
biofuel 1
geothermal 1
waste_heat 1
abandoned_mine_methane 1
All 102,828 MW 3275

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 253 km 0.2%
10 kV – 24 kV 35,306 km 22.1%
25 kV – 51 kV 27,554 km 17.3%
52 kV – 131 kV 4,198 km 2.6%
132 kV – 219 kV 13,950 km 8.7%
220 kV – 329 kV 5,455 km 3.4%
330 kV – 549 kV 7,421 km 4.6%
550 kV – 0 m 0.0%
No voltage tagged 65,496 km 41.0%
Total 159,633 km 100.0%

Stats updated 2025-05-14