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 ⟩ Stats ⟩ United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has 3366 power plants totalling 104,781 MW and 173,326 km of power lines mapped on OpenStreetMap.

Power plants in the United Kingdom by source
Source Output Count
gas 37,428 MW 170
wind 31,788 MW 697
solar 10,390 MW 1748
nuclear 6,172 MW 5
biomass 6,080 MW 112
battery 5,288 MW 125
hydro 4,504 MW 190
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
Mine Gas 4.00 MW 1
methane 2.90 MW 1
landfill_gas 2.00 MW 1
geothermal 1
biofuel 1
waste_heat 1
abandoned_mine_methane 1
[unspecified] 52
All 104,781 MW 3366

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 518 km 0.3%
10 kV – 24 kV 42,067 km 24.3%
25 kV – 51 kV 30,541 km 17.6%
52 kV – 131 kV 6,516 km 3.8%
132 kV – 219 kV 14,109 km 8.1%
220 kV – 329 kV 5,773 km 3.3%
330 kV – 549 kV 7,422 km 4.3%
550 kV – 0 m 0.0%
No voltage tagged 66,379 km 38.3%
Total 173,326 km 100.0%

Stats updated 2025-10-13