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 ⟩ Stats ⟩ United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has 3027 power plants totalling 100,068 MW and 125,820 km of power lines mapped on OpenStreetMap.

Power plants in the United Kingdom by source
Source Output Count
gas 37,478 MW 157
wind 29,015 MW 652
solar 8,951 MW 1530
nuclear 6,172 MW 4
biomass 5,779 MW 110
hydro 4,502 MW 171
battery 3,250 MW 90
coal 2,021 MW 1
waste 1,302 MW 67
biogas 597 MW 154
flywheel 400 MW 1
oil 358 MW 10
diesel 206 MW 18
unknown 20.00 MW 1
tidal 6.60 MW 2
liquid_air 5.00 MW 1
methane 2.90 MW 1
landfill_gas 2.00 MW 1
[unspecified] 52
biofuel 1
geothermal 1
waste_heat 1
abandoned_mine_methane 1
All 100,068 MW 3027

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 90 km 0.1%
10 kV – 24 kV 19,268 km 15.3%
25 kV – 51 kV 25,890 km 20.6%
52 kV – 131 kV 4,014 km 3.2%
132 kV – 219 kV 13,684 km 10.9%
220 kV – 329 kV 4,951 km 3.9%
330 kV – 549 kV 7,687 km 6.1%
550 kV – 397 km 0.3%
No voltage tagged 49,839 km 39.6%
Total 125,820 km 100.0%

Updated 2023-03-17