Generating capacity
95 GW
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Sites & Capacity2,312 mapped operational sites
Power Data
Great Britain
Power sites
2,312Grid generation capacity
95 GWStorage capacity
10 GWSites & Capacity
This page presents the generation and storage capacities of the national grid in Great Britain. All generation figures represent theoretical maximum outputs. You can filter by energy source, view newly constructed facilities, facilities currently under construction, and those in the pipeline, such as projects in planning or development.
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Largest mapped technology across Great Britain is Wind at 38 GW (35.8% of capacity). Total mapped capacity across Great Britain is 105 GW. Wind capacity is a theoretical maximum; actual output depends on weather conditions.
Mapped power sites
Major mapped power sites across Great Britain, ordered by operational status and installed capacity.
| Site | Technology | Status | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ovenden Moor (Repower) Calderdale · West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and Humber · England | Wind | Operational | 23.0 MW |
| Pepperhill Solar Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage Shropshire · West Midlands · West Midlands · England | Solar | Operational | 23.0 MW |
| Stornoway Scotland · Scotland | Gas | Operational | 23.0 MW |
| Bicker Fen East Midlands · England | Solar | Operational | 22.6 MW |
| Bears Down Wind Farm Cornwall · Cornwall · South West · England | Wind | Operational | 22.5 MW |
| Burn of Whilk Scotland · Scotland | Wind | Operational | 22.5 MW |
| Earlsburn North (Kingsburn) Wind Farm Stirling · Stirling · Scotland · Scotland | Wind | Operational | 22.5 MW |
| Freasdail (GB) Scotland · Scotland | Wind | Operational | 22.5 MW |
| Freasdail Wind Farm Argyll and Bute · Strathclyde · Scotland · Scotland | Wind | Operational | 22.5 MW |
| Kingsburn Scotland · Scotland | Wind | Operational | 22.5 MW |
| Mynydd Bwllfa Wales · Wales | Wind | Operational | 22.5 MW |
| Mynydd Bwllfa Wind Farm - Resubmission Rhondda Cynon Taf · Mid Glamorgan · Wales · Wales | Wind | Operational | 22.5 MW |
| North Yard EfW Plymouth · Devon · South West · England | Waste / EfW | Operational | 22.5 MW |
| Bury Lane East of England · England | Solar | Operational | 22.2 MW |
| Fiskerton Airfield (Phase 2) West Lindsey · Lincolnshire · East Midlands · England | Solar | Operational | 22.0 MW |
| Fox Covert Solar Farm Buckinghamshire · Buckinghamshire · South East · England | Solar | Operational | 22.0 MW |
| Glen App Scotland · Scotland | Wind | Operational | 22.0 MW |
| Glenkerie Scotland · Scotland | Wind | Operational | 22.0 MW |
| Greatmoor EfW Buckinghamshire · Buckinghamshire · South East · England | Waste / EfW | Operational | 22.0 MW |
| Hull Biomass Plant (Tansterne power station) East Riding of Yorkshire · Humberside · Yorkshire and Humber · England | Biomass | Operational | 22.0 MW |
| Kingmoor Park Solar Farm Extension Cumberland · Cumbria · North West · England | Other | Operational | 22.0 MW |
| North Rhins Dumfries and Galloway · Dumfries and Galloway · Scotland · Scotland | Wind | Operational | 22.0 MW |
| Pen y Cymoedd Energy Storage Neath Port Talbot · Neath Port Talbot · Wales · Wales | Battery | Operational | 22.0 MW |
| Swinford East Midlands · England | Wind | Operational | 22.0 MW |
| Tonge Corner Farm Swale · Kent · South East · England | Solar | Operational | 22.0 MW |
| Gaultney East Midlands · England | Solar | Operational | 21.6 MW |
| Ince Bio Power Cheshire West and Chester · Cheshire · North West · England | Other | Operational | 21.5 MW |
| Chalgrove Solar Limited South East · England | Solar | Operational | 21.3 MW |
| Easington Farm (Chalgrove) South Oxfordshire · Oxfordshire · South East · England | Solar | Operational | 21.3 MW |
| Langenhoe Solar Farm Colchester · Essex · Eastern · England | Solar | Operational | 21.3 MW |
| Tir Mostyn & Foel Goch Ltd Wales · Wales | Wind | Operational | 21.3 MW |
| Grange Farm East Midlands · England | Solar | Operational | 21.1 MW |
| Pitchford West Midlands · England | Solar | Operational | 21.0 MW |
| Chelveston Renewable Energy Park - Solar Extension North Northamptonshire · Northamptonshire · East Midlands · England | Solar | Operational | 21.0 MW |
| Clayhill Farm, Greenfield Road - Battery Energy Storage Central Bedfordshire · Bedfordshire · Eastern · England | Battery | Operational | 21.0 MW |
| Egmere East of England · England | Solar | Operational | 21.0 MW |
| Lochend Holding, Barrock - Wind Farm Highland · Highland · Scotland · Scotland | Wind | Operational | 21.0 MW |
| North East Energy Recovery Centre (adjacent to Teesside EfW) Stockton-on-Tees · County Durham · North East · England | Waste / EfW | Operational | 21.0 MW |
| Lackford Estate Solar Park West Suffolk · Suffolk · Eastern · England | Solar | Operational | 20.9 MW |
| Middlewick East of England · England | Wind | Operational | 20.7 MW |
| Thornham East of England · England | Solar | Operational | 20.6 MW |
| Fareham South East · England | Solar | Operational | 20.5 MW |
| Bradwell East of England · England | Wind | Operational | 20.5 MW |
| Cour Wind Farm Scotland · Scotland | Wind | Operational | 20.5 MW |
| Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 3 Wales · Wales | Hydro | Operational | 20.5 MW |
| Sixpenny Wood Yorkshire and the Humber · England | Wind | Operational | 20.5 MW |
| Wandylaw North East · England | Wind | Operational | 20.5 MW |
| Edintore Wind Farm Moray · Grampian · Scotland · Great Britain | Wind | Operational | 20.4 MW |
| Llanbabo Wind Farm Isle of Anglesey · Gwynedd · Wales · Wales | Wind | Operational | 20.4 MW |
| Llyn Alaw Wales · Wales | Wind | Operational | 20.4 MW |
2,312 mapped operational sites
This page presents the generation and storage capacities of the national grid in Great Britain. All generation figures represent theoretical maximum outputs. You can filter by energy source, view newly constructed facilities, facilities currently under construction, and those in the pipeline, such as projects in planning or development.