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 ⟩ Stats ⟩ United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has 3352 power plants totalling 104,591 MW and 172,146 km of power lines mapped on OpenStreetMap.

Power plants in the United Kingdom by source
Source Output Count
gas 37,277 MW 168
wind 31,788 MW 696
solar 10,385 MW 1737
nuclear 6,172 MW 5
biomass 6,080 MW 112
battery 5,238 MW 124
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
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] 54
biofuel 1
geothermal 1
waste_heat 1
abandoned_mine_methane 1
All 104,591 MW 3352

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 428 km 0.2%
10 kV – 24 kV 41,197 km 23.9%
25 kV – 51 kV 30,355 km 17.6%
52 kV – 131 kV 6,516 km 3.8%
132 kV – 219 kV 14,131 km 8.2%
220 kV – 329 kV 5,774 km 3.4%
330 kV – 549 kV 7,409 km 4.3%
550 kV – 0 m 0.0%
No voltage tagged 66,336 km 38.5%
Total 172,146 km 100.0%

Stats updated 2025-09-18