1 | Site | Owner | Capacity (MW) | Age (years) | Status | Notes | Capacity market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Ratcliffe | E.On UK | 2,000 | 55 | No plans to close | Compliant with the EU Industrial Emissions Directive. | Yes – 4 units contracted 2019-20, 2020-21 & 2021/22. |
3 | Drax units 5-6 | Drax Power | 1,290 | 37 | Commercial operation ended on 5 March 2021 | Will honour CM contracts for 2021/22 | Yes – 2 remaining coal units contracted for 2019/20-2021/22. |
4 | West Burton | EDF Energy | 2,012 | 56 | No plans to close | Plans to honour CM contracts to 9/2021 | No – withdrew from capacity market for 2021-22 |
5 | Aberthaw B | RWE Npower | 1,586 | 52 | Closed | Will transfer CM contracts to other plants. | Yes – contracts for 2019/20-2020/21. |
6 | Kilroot | AES | 520 | 42 | Plans to convert to gas by winter 2023 | Coal units have "All-Ireland" capacity market contract for 2022/23 | N/A (Cap Mkt is GB only). |
7 | Fiddlers Ferry | SSE | 1,455 | 52 | Closed | Only 3 of 4 units now online as 4th unit failed to win contract for 2018/19. | No contract for 2019/20 or 2020/21. Prequalified for 2021/22. |
8 | Cottam | EDF Energy | 2,008 | 54 | Plans to close after September 2019 | "Not economically viable" | No – Contract for 2018/19 but not beyond. |
9 | Lynemouth | Lynemouth Power | 420 | 51 | Now biomass | Biomass conversion got EU State Aid approval in 12/2015. Coal gen ended in 2015. | No |
10 | Uskmouth | SIMEC | 363 | 64 | Mothballed pending waste conversion | New owner plans to convert to burn waste; had planned biomass conversion. Currently mothballed and not generating since April 2017. | No |
11 | Eggborough | Eggborough Power | 1,960 | 56 | Closed | Announced closure after missing out on 2018/19 capacity market. Hopes to build gas plant on the site. | No – Contract for 2017/18 but not beyond. |
12 | Rugeley | ENGIE | 1,006 | 51 | Closed | Switched off 8/6/16. | No |
13 | Longannet | Scottish Power | 2,260 | 53 | Closed | Switched off 22/3/2016. | No |
14 | Ferrybridge C | SSE | 980 | 57 | Closed | Official shutdown 31/3/2016. | No |