UK: Energy transmission network capacity 2022

The total installed capacity of the transmission network in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2022 amounted to 68.5 gigawatts. Combined cycle gas turbines accounted for the largest share, at approximately 29.4 gigawatts that year.

Total installed capacity of the transmission network in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2017 to 2022, by generation type (in megawatts)

Characteristic	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Coal*	14,040	11,420	7,861	5,900	5,900	4,779
Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT)	30,630	29,520	29,520	29,520	29,520	29,390
Open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) and conventional Thermal Gas	1,651	1,356	1,474	1,474	1,474	1,375
Oil	972	972	963	877	877	865
Nuclear - PWR	1,198	1,198	1,198	1,198	1,198	1,198
Nuclear - AGR	7,725	7,725	7,725	6,635	6,635	4,685
Hydro (natural flow)	810	746	746	744	743	743
Onshore Wind	4,769	4,783	5,612	5,671	5,839	6,035
Offshore Wind	6,450	7,627	9,335	9,830	10,657	13,329
Bioenergy	2,138	3,218	3,218	3,218	3,218	3,187
Pumped Storage	2,900	2,900	2,900	2,900	2,900	2,900

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Release date

July 2023

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2017 to 2022

Supplementary notes

* According to the source, this includes mixed fuel stations (coal/oil, coal/gas) and co-firing coal stations.
This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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