UK: leading landfill site installed capacity 2020

The installed capacity of the 268 operational landfill gas sites in the United Kingdom amounted to 746.9 megawatts as of September 2020. Rainham Phase II had an installed capacity of 17 megawatts, which was the largest capacity of all operational landfill gas sites. Following Rainham Phase II, Pitsea Tipp and Dunbar Power Plant were the second and third largest installed capacity, with 14 megawatts each.
In 2019, electricity generated from landfill gas in the UK amounted to 3,624 gigawatt hours.

Landfill gas installed capacity in the United Kingdom (UK) as of September 2020, by leading sites (in megawatts)

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

as of September 2020

Supplementary notes

This statistic includes a small sample from over 268 operational landfill plants situated in the United Kingdom. Those selected had the highest installed capacities.

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