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- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
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Didcot power station: location and 13 exact-grade projects within 25 km. Basemap: Protomaps, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Didcot power station
Power plant · Gas, combined cycle
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, combined cycle Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceGlobal Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses) · Open license, with creditMW
- Commissioned
- 1970
- Location
- England, United Kingdom
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- Technology
- Gas, combined cycle source: “coal / subcritical”
- Age
- 56 years since 1970
- Units
- 7
1 attribute from Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Gem |
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Ownership
2 companies2| Company | Role | Share | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| RWE Generation SE | Owner | 100.0% | GEM |
| RWE Generation UK Plc | Owner | 100.0% | GEM |
Timeline
- In service · GEM
Sources
2 sourcesSources GEM · Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)
Sources
- GEMGlobal Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)
Around this plant
Nearby
within 25 km| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutherford Appleton Laboratory solar farm -- Announced | Solar | 6.7 km | 1.6 |
| Radley College Kennington Gate Solar Array & Battery Storage -- Announced | Solar | 8.3 km | 2 |
| Chadwicks solar farm -- Canceled | Solar | 10.3 km | 30 |
| Chadwicks Farm solar farm -- Unknown | Solar | 10.4 km | 20 |
| Icknield Road Ipsden Solar Array & Battery Storage -- Announced | Solar | 13.4 km | 1.4 |
| Sheehan Recycled Aggregates Plant solar farm -- Announced | Solar | 17.2 km | 1 |
| Holloway Farm Great Milton Solar Arrays -- Announced | Solar | 17.2 km | 1.5 |
| Minnis Farm solar farm -- Unknown | Solar | 20.1 km | 5 |
| Aurora solar farm (United Kingdom) -- Under construction | Solar | 20.2 km | 32 |
| Baydon Meadows wind farm -- Canceled | Wind | 22.9 km | 1.3 |
| Ducklington solar farm -- Under construction | Solar | 23.1 km | 36 |
| Essentra Components Langford Locks solar project -- Announced | Solar | 23.2 km | 1 |
| Essentra Components Langford Lane Solar Panels -- Announced | Solar | 23.3 km | 1.2 |
Sources GEM
Sources
- GEMGlobal Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.