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 ⟩ Stats ⟩ United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has 3288 power plants totalling 103,137 MW and 164,712 km of power lines mapped on OpenStreetMap.

Power plants in the United Kingdom by source
Source Output Count
gas 37,644 MW 166
wind 31,384 MW 688
solar 9,906 MW 1709
nuclear 6,172 MW 4
biomass 6,079 MW 111
hydro 4,500 MW 182
battery 4,389 MW 108
waste 1,428 MW 68
biogas 605 MW 156
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 103,137 MW 3288

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 257 km 0.2%
10 kV – 24 kV 36,668 km 22.3%
25 kV – 51 kV 29,522 km 17.9%
52 kV – 131 kV 5,359 km 3.3%
132 kV – 219 kV 14,070 km 8.5%
220 kV – 329 kV 5,695 km 3.5%
330 kV – 549 kV 7,399 km 4.5%
550 kV – 0 m 0.0%
No voltage tagged 65,742 km 39.9%
Total 164,712 km 100.0%

Stats updated 2025-06-13