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Energy assets in United Kingdom

3,054 tracked assets, largest first. Country overview →

United Kingdom generation mix by capacity

gas: 36.4 GW (38.3%)wind: 30.8 GW (32.4%)solar: 11.1 GW (11.7%)nuclear: 6.5 GW (6.9%)bioenergy: 5.3 GW (5.6%)hydro: 4.2 GW (4.4%)Other: 600 MW (0.6%)94.9 GWtotal
  • gas36.4 GW38.3%
  • wind30.8 GW32.4%
  • solar11.1 GW11.7%
  • nuclear6.5 GW6.9%
  • bioenergy5.3 GW5.6%
  • hydro4.2 GW4.4%
  • Other600 MW0.6%

Installed capacity of operating assets, not electricity generated — a GW of solar and a GW of gas do not produce the same energy in a year.

Capacity built per year

BuiltUnder construction

94.9 GW operating across 2,810 tracked assets, 17.0 GW under construction · last five years down 21% on the five before.

1.32.63.85.1GW1990: 0 MW built1991: 0 MW built1992: 643 MW built1993: 1.4 GW built1994: 60 MW built1995: 2.9 GW built1996: 2.4 GW built1997: 1.6 GW built1998: 2.5 GW built1999: 2.1 GW built2000: 5.1 GW built2001: 680 MW built2002: 988 MW built2003: 729 MW built2004: 2.3 GW built2005: 549 MW built2006: 528 MW built2007: 698 MW built2008: 910 MW built2009: 2.4 GW built2010: 2.3 GW built2011: 4.4 GW built2012: 5.0 GW built2013: 4.7 GW built2014: 3.4 GW built2015: 5.0 GW built2016: 4.4 GW built2017: 4.7 GW built2018: 3.1 GW built2019: 3.2 GW built2020: 1.1 GW built2021: 913 MW built2022: 2.6 GW built2023: 4.0 GW built2024: 1.9 GW built2025: 1.8 GW built2026: 50 MW built2027: 114 MW under construction2028: 44 MW under construction2029: 1.7 GW under construction2030: 1.7 GW under construction199019952000200520102015202020252030
Cumulative operating capacity
GW4998
Hover a bar for the year.

Built from assets operating today, by commissioning year — plants that closed before now are not in the data, so early years show only what survived. The forward bars are capacity physically under construction, not a forecast. A further 9.1 GW is under construction with no stated completion year. 843 MW of operating capacity has no commissioning year and sits outside the curve. 3 assets have an announced retirement date; closures are not otherwise tracked, so no net-capacity line is drawn.

85% of United Kingdom’s tracked capacity has an owner recorded.

AssetCapacityOwner
Saltfleetby Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Scampton North Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Scapa Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Schiehallion Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Scott Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Seagull Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Shaw Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Shearwater Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Singleton Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Skiff Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Solan Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Solitaire Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
South Cormorant Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
South Morecambe Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
South Sean Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Starling Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Statfjord Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Stella Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Stockbridge Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Storr Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Strathspey Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Sycamore Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Teal Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Teal South Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Telford Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Thelma Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Tiffany Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Tolmount East Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Tolmount Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Toni Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Tonto Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Tormore Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Trent Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Tullich Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Tullich Redevelopment Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Tweedsmuir South Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Utgard Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Varadero Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Vorlich Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Welton Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
West Brae Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
West Franklin Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
West Sole Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Whittle Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Wingate Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Wood Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Wytch Farm Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
York Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)——
Dragon LNG Terminal—Shell
Dragon LNG Terminal—Shell
Grain LNG Terminal—Centrica
Grain LNG Terminal—Centrica
Mowi LNG Terminal——
South Hook LNG Terminal—QatarEnergy