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 ⟩ Stats ⟩ United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has 3295 power plants totalling 103,637 MW and 166,481 km of power lines mapped on OpenStreetMap.

Power plants in the United Kingdom by source
Source Output Count
gas 37,644 MW 166
wind 31,841 MW 689
solar 9,906 MW 1709
nuclear 6,172 MW 4
biomass 6,079 MW 111
hydro 4,502 MW 185
battery 4,430 MW 110
waste 1,428 MW 68
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] 56
biofuel 1
geothermal 1
waste_heat 1
abandoned_mine_methane 1
All 103,637 MW 3295

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 261 km 0.2%
10 kV – 24 kV 37,117 km 22.3%
25 kV – 51 kV 29,753 km 17.9%
52 kV – 131 kV 6,516 km 3.9%
132 kV – 219 kV 14,083 km 8.5%
220 kV – 329 kV 5,719 km 3.4%
330 kV – 549 kV 7,397 km 4.4%
550 kV – 0 m 0.0%
No voltage tagged 65,635 km 39.4%
Total 166,481 km 100.0%

Stats updated 2025-06-26