United Kingdom

Newton Abbot power station — 53 MW Natural Gas

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Newton Abbot power station is a 53 MW gas power plant located in United Kingdom. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
53 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1898

Year online

Owner
South West Water

Operator

Location
50.53, -3.60

Coordinates

Insights

#259
largest in United Kingdom
#3,682
largest Natural Gas worldwide
#12,895
largest worldwide
1898
101 yrs older than avg
2
operated by South West Water
207
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
53 MW
Commissioned
1898
Status
Operational
Owner
South West Water
Country
United Kingdom
Coordinates
50.534, -3.601
Wikipedia
Link

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
101,408 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
3,042,239 t

over ~30 yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

22,045
cars / year
13,521
homes / year
4,609,452
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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About this plant

Newton Abbot power station is a 52.5 MW gas-fired power plant in the United Kingdom, commissioned in 1898.

Ranked #75 of 87 gas plants in the United Kingdom, it accounts for 0.1% of the country’s total gas capacity of 54,234 MW. The largest gas plant in the United Kingdom is Pembroke Power Station at 2,199 MW, making Newton Abbot 41.8 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Langage (905 MW, Gas) and Torquay BESS (22 MW, Unknown). The facility is located in England, approximately 50 km from Exeter.

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