OpenInfraMap

 ⟩ Stats ⟩ United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has 3607 power plants totalling 114,364 MW and 189,861 km of power lines mapped on OpenStreetMap.

Power plants in the United Kingdom by source
Source Output Count
gas 37,324 MW 174
wind 36,801 MW 710
solar 11,715 MW 1873
battery 8,813 MW 184
nuclear 6,172 MW 4
biomass 6,084 MW 115
hydro 4,514 MW 214
waste 1,511 MW 69
biogas 584 MW 165
oil 318 MW 10
diesel 256 MW 18
[unspecified] 249 MW 55
tidal 6.30 MW 3
liquid_air 5.00 MW 1
Mine Gas 4.00 MW 1
geothermal 3.00 MW 2
methane 2.90 MW 1
landfill_gas 2.20 MW 3
minewater 1
abandoned_mine_methane 1
waste_heat 1
wastewater 1
biofuel 1
All 114,364 MW 3607

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

Show plants under construction

Power Lines
Voltage Length Percentage
0 V – 9 kV 706 km 0.4%
10 kV – 24 kV 54,328 km 28.6%
25 kV – 51 kV 31,168 km 16.4%
52 kV – 131 kV 6,524 km 3.4%
132 kV – 219 kV 14,264 km 7.5%
220 kV – 329 kV 6,084 km 3.2%
330 kV – 549 kV 7,503 km 4.0%
550 kV – 0 m 0.0%
No voltage tagged 69,284 km 36.5%
Total 189,861 km 100.0%

Stats updated 2026-05-12