UK: Plant load factor of thermal power stations 2021

The plant load factor (PLF) of conventional thermal power in the United Kingdom has decreased since 2012. In 2020, the PLF from conventional thermal power stood at 25.7 percent. Load factors are the ratio of how much electricity was produced as a share of the total generating capacity.

Plant load factor (PLF) of conventional thermal power stations in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2021 (in percentage)

Characteristic	Plant load factor in percentage
2021	25.7%
2020	24.2%
2019	19.1%
2018	21.6%
2017	23.9%
2016	25.6%
2015	42.9%
2014	48.1%
2013	52.8%
2012	48.3%

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

This includes conventional steam plants, gas turbines and oil engines and plants producing electricity from thermal renewable sources.

According to the source, the data cover the 12 months ending March of the following year, e.g. 2014 data are for the year ending March 2015.

Plant Load Factor (PLF) is the ratio between the actual energy generated by the plant to the maximum possible energy that can be generated with the plant working at its rated power and for a duration of an entire year.

Data for 2010 were taken from a previous report.

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