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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)
Attributes
AttributeValue
Gem
Owners
Name
RWE Generation SE
Share pct
100
Gem entity id
E100000003873
Name
RWE Generation UK PLC
Share pct
100
Gem entity id
E100000003874
Parents
Name
RWE AG
Share pct
100
Gem entity id
E100000000433
Unit ids
G100000102371, G100000102372, G100000102373, G100000102374, G100000400743, G100000400744, G100000413212
Location id
L100000401457
Subnational
England
Unit statuses
Retired
4
Operating
3
Location accuracy
exact

Ownership

2 companies2
Companies with an ownership or operating interest in this asset.
CompanyRoleShareSource
RWE Generation SE Owner 100.0% GEM
RWE Generation UK Plc Owner 100.0% GEM

Timeline

  • In service · GEM

Sources

2 sources

Sources GEM · Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)

Sources

  • GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global 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)

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
Projects within 25 km, nearest first.
ProjectKindAwayMW
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

  • GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global 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.

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