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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldovie Dundee City · Tayside · Scotland · Scotland | Waste / EfW | Operational | 8.30 MW |
| Canada Farm Dorset · Dorset · South West · England | Solar | Operational | 8.30 MW |
| Carloggas Farm Solar Park Cornwall · Cornwall · South West · England | Solar | Operational | 8.30 MW |
| Rothes Bio-Plant Moray · Grampian · Scotland · Scotland | Biomass | Operational | 8.30 MW |
| Muirhall South (GB) Scotland · Scotland | Wind | Operational | 8.25 MW |
| LowerHouse Wales · Wales | Solar | Operational | 8.22 MW |
| Avonmouth Wind Power Bristol, City of · Avon · South West · England | Wind | Operational | 8.20 MW |
| Barlockhart Moor Wind Energy Ltd Scotland · Scotland | Wind | Operational | 8.20 MW |
| Berwick solar farm Wealden · East Sussex · South East · England | Solar | Operational | 8.20 MW |
| Carsington Wind Energy Ltd East Midlands · England | Wind | Operational | 8.20 MW |
| Chiplow East of England · England | Wind | Operational | 8.20 MW |
| Low Spinney East Midlands · England | Wind | Operational | 8.20 MW |
| Marr Wind Farm Yorkshire and the Humber · England | Wind | Operational | 8.20 MW |
| Port of Sheerness Wind Farm (was Lappel Bank) Swale · Kent · South East · England | Wind | Operational | 8.20 MW |
| Sisters North East · England | Wind | Operational | 8.20 MW |
| Wear Point Wind Farm Wales · Wales | Wind | Operational | 8.20 MW |
| Withernwick extension East Riding of Yorkshire · Humberside · Yorkshire and Humber · England | Wind | Operational | 8.20 MW |
| Pencoose South West · England | Solar | Operational | 8.14 MW |
| Horam South East · England | Solar | Operational | 8.12 MW |
| Bay Farm West Suffolk · Suffolk · Eastern · England | Solar | Operational | 8.10 MW |
| Nowhere Farm Boston · Lincolnshire · East Midlands · England | Solar | Operational | 8.10 MW |
| Tower Hill Farm South Gloucestershire · Avon · South West · England | Solar | Operational | 8.10 MW |
| Yarburgh East Midlands · England | Solar | Operational | 8.09 MW |
| Battlefield EfW Shropshire · Shropshire · West Midlands · England | Waste / EfW | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Beckton STW Biodiesel Power Plant Newham · London · London · England | Biomass | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Broom Hill Farm County Durham · County Durham · North East · England | Wind | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Broomhill North East · England | Wind | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Carsington Pasture Derbyshire Dales · Derbyshire · East Midlands · England | Wind | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Chineham ERF Basingstoke and Deane · Hampshire · South East · England | Waste / EfW | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Coombeshead Solar Farm South Hams · Devon · South West · England | Solar | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Foxburrow Farm East Suffolk · Suffolk · Eastern · England | Solar | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Gover Farm Solar Park Cornwall · Cornwall · South West · England | Solar | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Hampole Wind Farm Doncaster · South Yorkshire · Yorkshire and Humber · England | Wind | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Kenninghall Solar / Hazeldick Solar Breckland · Norfolk · Eastern · England | Solar | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Lambs Hill Wind Farm North East · England | Wind | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Langley North East · England | Wind | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Llwyn Du Solar Farm Ceredigion · Dyfed · Wales · Wales | Solar | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Loicher Lane Sheffield · South Yorkshire · Yorkshire and Humber · England | Biomass | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Lower Strensham, Bourne Road (Extension) Wychavon · Hereford and Worcester · West Midlands · England | Solar | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Marr Windfarm Doncaster · South Yorkshire · Yorkshire and Humber · England | Wind | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Mynydd Brombil Wales · Wales | Wind | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Ramsey 2 Wind Farm East of England · England | Wind | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Shelford Generation Plant II Canterbury · Kent · South East · England | Gas | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Striven Power Station - A Argyll and Bute · Strathclyde · Scotland · Scotland | Hydro | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Wolverhampton EfW Wolverhampton · West Midlands · West Midlands · England | Waste / EfW | Operational | 8.00 MW |
| Lexham East of England · England | Solar | Operational | 7.92 MW |
| Arpley Landfill Scheme 'A' Warrington · Cheshire · North West · England | Gas | Operational | 7.90 MW |
| Gaur Power Station - A Perth and Kinross · Tayside · Scotland · Scotland | Hydro | Operational | 7.90 MW |
| Nanteague Farm Cornwall · Cornwall · South West · England | Solar | Operational | 7.70 MW |
| St. Johns Hill Aberdeenshire · Grampian · Scotland · Scotland | Wind | Operational | 7.70 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.