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Hunterston nuclear power plant

Power plant · Nuclear

Key facts

Power plant · Nuclear Retired
Capacity
Capacity: sourceGlobal Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses) · Open license, with creditMW
Commissioned
1964
Location
Scotland, United Kingdom
Operated by
Magnox

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (United Kingdom), EDF Energy Ltd

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Technology
Nuclear source: “nuclear / gas-cooled reactor”
Age
62 years since 1964
Units
4
1 attribute from Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)
AttributeValue
Gem
Owners
Name
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (United Kingdom)
Share pct
100
Name
EDF Energy Ltd
Share pct
100
Unit ids
G100000501037, G100000501038, G100000501039, G100000501040
Location id
L100000500376
Subnational
Scotland
Unit statuses
Retired
4
Location accuracy
exact

Ownership

3 companies4
CompanyRoleShareSource
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (United Kingdom) Owner 100.0% GEM
EDF Energy Ltd Owner 100.0% GEM
Magnox Operator GEM
EDF Energy Ltd Operator 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
ProjectKindAwayMW
Ballochmartin solar farm -- Announced Solar 5.6 km 5
South Beach (Somerton) Wind Turbine -- Canceled Wind 5.9 km 2.3
Millour Hill Community wind farm 3 Canceled Wind 7.8 km 6
Wardlaw Wood solar farm -- Announced Solar 9.0 km 20
Sorbie wind farm -- Canceled Wind 9.2 km 7.5
Sorbie Farm wind farm -- Under construction Wind 9.2 km 9
Standingstone Hill wind farm -- Announced Wind 13.3 km 2.5
Ascog Farm Wind Turbines -- Unknown Wind 14.1 km 2.7
Benthead Solar Permitted Solar + storage 16.1 km 63
Burn Of Whilk wind farm -- Canceled Wind 16.6 km 2.5
Nethermains solar farm -- Under construction Solar 18.4 km 7.5
Wee Minnemoer Millport Photovoltaic solar farm -- Announced Solar 18.4 km 19
Ardagh Glass Limited Solar Panels -- Announced Solar 18.5 km 1
Weels Farm solar project -- Unknown Solar 20.1 km 4.9
West Mitchelton Farm solar project -- Unknown Solar 20.6 km 4.9
Shewalton Landfill solar farm -- Under construction Solar 20.6 km 5
Shewalton Road wind farm -- Under construction Wind 21.6 km 3
Glaxosmithkline Shewalton Road solar farm -- Under construction Solar 21.8 km 19.9
Meadowhead Sewage Treatment Plant solar project -- Announced Solar 22.4 km 1.6

Sources GEM · NESO

Supported by National Energy SO Open Data

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.
  • NESOOpen license, with credit · retrieved Nov 13, 2026Supported by National Energy SO Open Data

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