List of least carbon efficient power stations
2014 list
Table:
Power Station, Location
Country
2013 emissions (MtCO2)

Bełchatów Power Station, Bełchatów
Poland
37.18

Neurath Power Station, Grevenbroich
Germany
33.28

Niederaussem Power Station, Niederaussem
Germany
29.58

Jänschwalde Power Station, Jänschwalde
Germany
25.40

Boxberg Power Station, Boxberg, Saxony
Germany
21.89

Drax Power Station
United Kingdom
20.32

Weisweiler Power Station, Eschweiler
Germany
18.66

Agios Dimitrios Power Station, Agios Dimitrios, Kozani
Greece
13.11

Brindisi Sud Power Station
Italy
11.81

Lippendorf Power Station, Lippendorf
Germany
11.73

Eggborough power station, Eggborough
United Kingdom
11.50

Schwarze Pumpe power station, Spremberg
Germany
11.28

Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar
United Kingdom
11.01

West Burton power stations, Gainsborough
United Kingdom
10.89

Eesti Power Plant, Narva
Estonia
10.67

Kozienice Power Station, Kozienice
Poland
10.23

Scholven Power Station, Scholven
Germany
10.22

Cottam power stations, Cottam
United Kingdom
10.17

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The Bełchatów Power Station is the world 's largest ( nominal power of 5,102 MW ) lignite-fired power station , situated near Bełchatów in Łódź Voivodeship , Poland . It is the largest thermal power station in Europe , and fourth largest fossil-fuel power station in the world . It produces 27-28 TWh of electricity per year , or 20% of the total power generation in Poland . The power station is owned and operated by PGE GiEK Oddział Elektrownia Bełchatów , a subsidiary of Polska Grupa Energetyczna .
Bełchatów ( [ bɛu̯ˈxatuf ] ( listen ) ; German : Belchatow , 1943-1945 Belchental ) is a town in central Poland with a population of 57,432 ( 2018 ) . It is located in Łódź Voivodeship , 160 kilometres ( 99 miles ) from Warsaw . The Elektrownia Bełchatów , located in Bełchatów , is the largest coal fueled power plant in Europe and one of the largest in the world . It produces 27-28 TWh of electricity per year , or 20% of the total power generation in Poland .
Poland ( Polish : Polska [ ˈpɔlska ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Republic of Poland ( Polish : Rzeczpospolita Polska [ c ] [ ʐɛt͡ʂpɔˈspɔlita ˈpɔlska ] ( listen ) ) , is a country located in Central Europe . It is divided into 16 administrative subdivisions , covering an area of 312,696 square kilometres ( 120,733 sq mi ) , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With a population of nearly 38.5 million people , Poland is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union . Poland 's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw . Other major cities include Kraków , Łódź , Wrocław , Poznań , Gdańsk , and Szczecin . Poland is bordered by the Baltic Sea , Lithuania , and Russia 's Kaliningrad Oblast to the north , Belarus and Ukraine to the east , Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south , and Germany to the west . The history of human activity on Polish soil spans almost 500,000 years . Throughout the Iron Age the area became extensively diverse , with various cultures and tribes settling on the vast Central European Plain . However , it was the Western Polans who dominated the region and gave Poland its name . The establishment of Polish statehood can be traced to AD 966 , when Mieszko I , ruler of the realm coextensive with the territory of present-day Poland , converted to Christianity . The Kingdom of Poland was founded in 1025 , and in 1569 it cemented its longstanding political association with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by signing the Union of Lublin . This union formed the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , one of the largest ( over 1,000,000 square kilometres - 400,000 square miles ) and most populous countries of 16th and 17th century Europe , with a uniquely liberal political system which adopted Europe 's first written national constitution , the Constitution of 3 May 1791 .
Neurath Power Station is a lignite-fired power station at Neurath in Grevenbroich , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . It is located to the south of Grevenbroich , and it borders the municipalities of Rommerskirchen and Bedburg . The power station consists of seven units and it is owned by RWE . It was named as the second biggest single polluter for Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the European Union in 2019 by the EU 's Transport and Environment Group
Grevenbroich ( German pronunciation : [ ˌɡʁeːvənˈbʁoːx ] ; known as the Capital of Energy ) is a town in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss , in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . It is situated on the river Erft , approximately 15 km southwest of Neuss and 15 km southeast of Mönchengladbach . The Cistercian Order has a monastery in Langwaden . It is notable for having a wind turbine test park , similar to the Østerild Wind Turbine Test Field , [ citation needed ] and the Frimmersdorf Power Station , which was one of Europe 's least carbon-efficient power stations . Grevenbroich is about 30 kilometres ( 19 mi ) northwest of Cologne .
Germany ( German : Deutschland , German pronunciation : [ ˈdɔʏtʃlant ] ) , constitutionally the Federal Republic of Germany ( German : Bundesrepublik Deutschland , listen ( help·info ) ) , [ f ] is a country in Central and Western Europe . It borders Denmark to the north , Poland and the Czech Republic to the east , Austria and Switzerland to the south , France to the southwest , and Luxembourg , Belgium , and the Netherlands to the west . Germany includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of 357,386 square kilometres ( 137,988 sq mi ) , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With 83 million inhabitants , it is the second most populous state of Europe after Russia , the most populous state lying entirely in Europe , as well as the most populous member state of the European Union . Germany is a very decentralised country . Its capital and largest metropolis is Berlin , while Frankfurt serves as its financial capital and has the country 's busiest airport . Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity . A region named Germania was documented before AD 100 . Beginning in the 10th century , German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire . During the 16th century , northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation . After the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire , the German Confederation was formed in 1815 . The German revolutions of 1848-49 resulted in the Frankfurt Parliament establishing major democratic rights .
Niederaussem Power Station is a lignite-fired power station in the Bergheim Niederaussem/Rhein Erft circle , owned by RWE . It consists of nine units , which were built between 1963 and 2003 . It is the second-largest brown coal power plant in operation in Germany , with total output capacity of 3,864 MW and a net capacity of 3,396 MW . According to the study Dirty Thirty , issued in May 2007 by the WWF , Niederaussem Power Station is the third-worst power station in Europe in terms of the relation of energy efficiency to CO2 emissions and second worst in terms of mercury emissions due to the use of lignite .
Niederaußem is a section of the city of Bergheim , North Rhine-Westphalia , located 18 km west of Cologne . It has 6000 inhabitants and is well known for its power station .
Jänschwalde Power Station is located near the village of Jänschwalde in Brandenburg on the German-Polish border . The lignite-fired power station has an installed capacity of 3,000 megawatts and consists of six 500 MW units . It is the third-largest brown coal power plant in operation in Germany and is currently owned by EPH , who took over its ownership from Vattenfall in 2016 .
Jänschwalde ( Sorbian : Janšojce ) is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße in Brandenburg in East Germany . It is situated in the region of Niederlausitz . The nearest town is Peitz ; Cottbus is 25 km away .
Boxberg Power Station ( in German commonly referred as Kraftwerk Boxberg ) is a lignite-fired power station with three units at Boxberg , near Weißwasser , Saxony , Eastern Germany . Since the late 1990s , it has a capacity of 1,900 MW . In 2001 , it was acquired by Vattenfall Europe , a subdivision of Vattenfall . The power station was sold by Vattenfall to the Czech energy group EPH and its financial partner PPF Investments on 30 September 2016 .
Boxberg ( also : Boxberg/O.L . or Boxberg/Oberlausitz , Upper Sorbian : Hamor ) is a municipality in the Görlitz district in Saxony , Germany . The place is known for its large Boxberg Power Station , using lignite as combustible .
Drax power station is a large biomass and coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire , England , capable of co-firing petcoke . It has a 2.6 GW capacity for biomass and 1.29 GW capacity for coal . Its name comes from the nearby village of Drax . It is situated on the River Ouse between Selby and Goole . Its generating capacity of 3,906 megawatts ( MW ) is the highest of any power station in the United Kingdom , providing about 6% of the United Kingdom 's electricity supply . Opened in 1973 and extended in the mid-1980s , the station was initially operated by the Central Electricity Generating Board . Since privatisation in 1990 ownership has changed several times , and it is operated by the Drax Group . Completed in 1986 , it is the newest coal-fired power station in England , flue gas desulphurisation equipment was fitted between 1988 and 1995 ; high and low pressure turbines were replaced between 2007 and 2012 . By 2010 , the station was co-firing biomass . In 2012 , the company announced plans to convert three generating units to solely biomass , burning 7.5 million tonnes imported from the United States and Canada . This work was completed in 2016 and a further fourth unit was converted in 2018 . The company now plans to convert its remaining two coal units to Combined Cycle Gas Turbine units and 200 MW battery storage .
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK or U.K. ) or Britain , [ note 11 ] is a sovereign country located off the north­western coast of the European mainland . Existing under its current name since 1921 , the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain , the north­eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland . Otherwise , the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to the east , the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the southwest , giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea separates Great Britain and Ireland . The total area of the United Kingdom is 94,000 square miles ( 240,000 km2 ) . The United Kingdom is a unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy . [ note 12 ] The current monarch is Queen Elizabeth II , who has reigned since 1952 , making her the world 's longest-serving current head of state . The United Kingdom 's capital and largest city is London , a global city and financial centre with an urban area population of 10.3 million . Other major cities include Birmingham , Manchester , Glasgow , Leeds and Liverpool . The United Kingdom consists of four constituent countries : England , Scotland , Wales , and Northern Ireland . Their capitals are London , Edinburgh , Cardiff , and Belfast , respectively .
Eschweiler ( German pronunciation : [ ˈɛʃvaɪlɐ ] ) is a municipality in the district of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany on the river Inde , near the German-Belgian-Dutch frontier , and about 15 kilometres ( 9 mi ) east of Aachen and 50 kilometres ( 31 mi ) west of Cologne .
Agios Dimitrios Power Station is a power plant located near Agios Dimitrios , Kozani , Greece , situated between the towns of Kozani and Ellispontos village . In terms of its location in relation to a metropolis , the plant lies 140 kilometres ( 87 mi ) west of Thessaloniki , a major city in northern Greece . The Agios Dimitrios Power Station is the largest of Greece 's power plants , generating a total capacity of 1,600 MW from two 300 MW units ( Units I and II ) , two 310 MW units ( Units III and IV ) , and one 365 MW unit ( Unit V ) . In terms of physical size , the three flue gas stacks of the facility are 200 metres ( 660 ft ) tall . The plant burns lignite extracted through opencast mining , a process undertaken at the Lignite Center of Western Macedonia , which is located in the Ptolemais-Amynteo region , the main coal mining area of Greece . The station is owned by the Public Power Corporation ( PPC ) .
Agios Dimitrios ( Topsilar , since Turkish domination ) is a village in the Ellispontos municipal unit , Kozani regional unit , Greece . It is situated at an elevation of 780 meters above sea level . The Postal Code is 50100 , and the Telephone code is +30 24610 . Near the village , there is the largest thermal power station of Greek .
Greece ( Greek : Ελλάδα ) , officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : Ελληνική Δημοκρατία ) , historically also known as Hellas , is a country located in Southeast Europe . Its population is approximately 10.7 million as of 2018 ; Athens , the nation 's capital , is its largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . Situated on the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula , Greece is located at the crossroads of Europe , Asia , and Africa . It shares land borders with Albania to the northwest , North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north , and Turkey to the northeast . The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland , the Ionian Sea to the west , the Cretan Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin and the 11th longest coastline in the world at 13,676 km ( 8,498 mi ) in length , featuring many islands , of which 227 are inhabited . Eighty percent of Greece is mountainous , with Mount Olympus being the highest peak at 2,918 metres ( 9,573 ft ) . The country consists of nine traditional geographic regions : Macedonia , Central Greece , the Peloponnese , Thessaly , Epirus , the Aegean Islands ( including the Dodecanese and Cyclades ) , Thrace , Crete , and the Ionian Islands . Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilisation , being the birthplace of democracy , Western philosophy , Western literature , historiography , political science , major scientific and mathematical principles , Western drama and the Olympic Games . From the eighth century B.C. , the Greeks were organised into various independent city-states , known as poleis ( singular polis ) , which spanned the entire Mediterranean region and the Black Sea . Philip of Macedon united most of the Greek mainland in the fourth century BC , with his son Alexander the Great rapidly conquering much of the ancient world , from the eastern Mediterranean to India . Greece was annexed by Rome in the second century B.C. , becoming an integral part of the Roman Empire and its successor , the Byzantine Empire , which adopted the Greek language and culture .
Italy ( Italian : Italia [ iˈtaːlja ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Italian Republic ( Italian : Repubblica Italiana [ reˈpubblika itaˈljaːna ] ) , is a European country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and surrounded by several islands . Italy is located in south-central Europe , and it is also considered a part of Western Europe . The country covers a total area of 301,340 km2 ( 116,350 sq mi ) and shares land borders with France , Switzerland , Austria , Slovenia , and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino . Italy has a territorial exclave in Switzerland ( Campione ) and a maritime exclave in the Tunisian Sea ( Lampedusa ) . With around 60 million inhabitants , Italy is the third-most populous member state of the European Union . The capital and largest city is Rome ; other major cities are Milan , Naples , Turin , Palermo , Genoa , Bologna , Florence and Venice . Due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean , Italy has historically been home to myriad peoples and cultures . In addition to the various ancient peoples dispersed throughout what is now modern-day Italy , the most predominant being the Indo-European Italic peoples who gave the peninsula its name , beginning from the classical era , Phoenicians and Carthaginians founded colonies mostly in insular Italy , Greeks established settlements in the so-called Magna Graecia of Southern Italy , while Etruscans and Celts inhabited central and northern Italy respectively . An Italic tribe known as the Latins formed the Roman Kingdom in the 8th century BC , which eventually became a republic with a government of the Senate and the People . The Roman Republic initially conquered and assimilated its neighbours on the Italian peninsula , eventually expanding and conquering parts of Europe , North Africa and Asia . By the first century BC , the Roman Empire emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean Basin and became a leading cultural , political and religious centre , inaugurating the Pax Romana , a period of more than 200 years during which Italy 's law , technology , economy , art , and literature developed . Italy remained the homeland of the Romans and the metropole of the empire , whose legacy can also be observed in the global distribution of culture , governments , Christianity and the Latin script .
Lippendorf Power Station is a lignite-fired power station in Lippendorf , which is located in the municipality of Neukieritzsch , near Leipzig in Saxony , Germany . The power plant is owned and operated by Vattenfall Europe .
Lippendorf is located in the municipality of Neukieritzsch , near Leipzig in Saxony , Germany . The present town of Lippendorf used to be known as the village of Medewitzsch . In 1934 , the towns of Medewitzsch , Lippendorf and Spahnsdorf combined to form the new town of Lippendorf . North of town are Böhlen and Zwenkau , to the east is Rotha , to the south is Neukieritzsch and to the west is Russen-Kleinstorkwitz The first record of the village of Lippendorf was in 1378 . The character of the place was rural for a long time . Only from the 1920s did the then village develop into an industrial centre , mainly due to the lignite , also called brown coal , formed from naturally compressed peat , found in the area . The first lignite mine in the area was opened in 1924 . Böhlen mining started near the north west of the town . The first power station was built in 1925 . During World War II bomb attacks on the power station in 1944 and 1945 destroyed parts of the village . In the mid-1960s a second power station was built in the municipality of Spahnsdorf and parts of Lippendorf . The current town was incorporated on 1 January 1973 .
Eggborough power station was a large coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire , England , capable of co-firing biomass . It is situated on the River Aire , between the towns of Knottingley and Snaith , deriving its name from the nearby village of Eggborough . The station had a generating capacity of 1,960 megawatts , enough electricity to power 2 million homes , equivalent to the area of Leeds and Sheffield . The station closed in September 2018 , but there are plans to replace it with a 2.5 GW gas power plant . Opened in 1966 to use nearby coal-reserves , the station was built for , and initially operated by , the Central Electricity Generating Board .
Eggborough is a village and civil parish of 750 homes , in the Selby district of North Yorkshire , England , close to the county borders with South Yorkshire , West Yorkshire and the East Riding . The village is situated at the intersection of the A19 and the A645 , approximately 7 miles ( 11 km ) east of Pontefract and 7 miles ( 11 km ) south-west of Selby . It is also located close to the M62 . Primary age children attend Whitley and Eggborough Primary School which lies in Learning Lane on the other side of the M62 .
Schwarze Pumpe power station ( German : Kraftwerk Schwarze Pumpe translated : Black Pump Power Station ) is a modern lignite-fired power station in the Schwarze Pumpe ( Black Pump ) district in Spremberg , Germany consisting of 2 × 800 megawatts ( MW ) units . It came into service in 1997-1998 and was built by Siemens . The power station was sold by Vattenfall to the Czech energy group EPH and its financial partner PPF Investments on 30 September 2016 . The steam generator is 161 metres ( 528 ft ) high and has an observation deck on its top .
Spremberg ( Lower Sorbian : Grodk ) is a municipality near the Saxon city of Hoyerswerda and is in the Spree-Neiße district of Brandenburg , Germany . First mentioned in 1301 , the town alone has 14,028 inhabitants , and the municipality , including other villages , has 22,456 inhabitants , as of December 31 , 2017 .
Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Uniper at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire , England . Commissioned in 1968 by the Central Electricity Generating Board , the station has a capacity of 2,000 MW .
Ratcliffe-on-Soar is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire on the River Soar . It is part of the Rushcliffe district , and is the site of Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station . Nearby places are Kingston on Soar , Kegworth and Trentlock . With a population of around 100 , measured at 141 in the 2011 Census , the parish is too small to have a parish council and so has a parish meeting . Although the village does not contain any shops , it has a church and a marina which is often affected by severe flooding as it built on designated floodplain , just before the Soar joins the River Trent at Trentlock .
The West Burton power stations are a pair of power stations on the River Trent near Gainsborough , Lincolnshire , England . One is a coal-fired power station , which was commissioned in 1968 , and the second is a combined cycle gas turbine power station , commissioned in 2011 . Both stations are owned and operated by EDF Energy . The station has been accredited as an Investor in People since 1995 and ISO accredited ( ISO 14001 ) for its environmental management system since 1996 . The power station won a RoSPA President 's Award in 2006 , 2007 and 2008 . The site is the furthest north of a series of power stations in the Trent valley , being 3.5 miles ( 5.6 km ) downstream of the Cottam power stations . The Sheffield to Lincoln Line supplies the station with coal .
Gainsborough is a town in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire , England . The population of the town was 20,842 at the 2011 census . It is situated on the River Trent , 18 miles ( 29 km ) north-west from the city and county town of Lincoln , 15 miles ( 24 km ) south-west of Scunthorpe , and 35 miles ( 56 km ) east of Sheffield . At one time it served as an important port with trade downstream to Hull , and was the most inland port in England , being more than 55 miles ( 90 km ) from the North Sea .
The Narva Power Plants ( Estonian : Narva Elektrijaamad ) are a power generation complex in and near Narva in Estonia , near the border with Leningrad Oblast , Russia . The complex consists of the world 's two largest oil shale-fired thermal power plants , Eesti Power Plant ( Eesti Elektrijaam ) and Balti Power Plant ( Balti Elektrijaam ) . In 2007 , Narva Power Plants generated about 95% of total power production in Estonia . The complex is owned and operated by AS Narva Elektrijaamad , a subsidiary of Eesti Energia .
Narva ( Estonian pronunciation : [ ˈnɑrʋɑ ] ; Russian : Нарва , Russian pronunciation : [ ˈnarvə ] ) is a municipality and city in Estonia . It is located in Ida-Viru County , at the eastern extreme point of Estonia , at the Russian border , on the Narva River which drains Lake Peipus . The city of Narva is the country 's third largest .
Estonia ( Estonian : Eesti [ ˈeːsʲti ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Republic of Estonia ( Estonian : Eesti Vabariik ) , is a country on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe . It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland with Finland on the other side , to the west by the Baltic Sea with Sweden on the other side , to the south by Latvia ( 343 km ) , and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia ( 338.6 km ) . The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland and of 2,222 islands in the Baltic Sea , covering a total area of 45,227 km2 ( 17,462 sq mi ) , water 2,839 km2 ( 1,096 sq mi ) , land area 42,388 km2 ( 16,366 sq mi ) , and is influenced by a humid continental climate . The official language of the country , Estonian , is the second-most-spoken Finnic language . The territory of Estonia has been inhabited since at least 9,000 BC . Ancient Estonians became some of the last European pagans to adopt Christianity - following the Livonian Crusade in the 13th century . After centuries of successive rule by Germans , Danes , Swedes , Poles and Russians , a distinct Estonian national identity began to emerge in the 19th and early 20th centuries . This culminated in independence from Russia in 1920 after a brief War of Independence at the end of World War I . Initially democratic prior to the Great Depression , Estonia experienced authoritarian rule from 1934 during the Era of Silence . During World War II ( 1939-1945 ) , Estonia was repeatedly contested and occupied by the Soviet Union and Germany , ultimately being incorporated into the former . After the loss of its de facto independence , Estonia 's de jure state continuity was preserved by diplomatic representatives and the government-in-exile . In 1987 the peaceful Singing Revolution began against Soviet rule , resulting in the restoration of de facto independence on 20 August 1991 .
The Kozienice Power Station is a coal-fired thermal power station in Świerże Górne near Kozienice , Poland . It is Poland 's third largest power station with an installed capacity of 2,820 MW . The power station has one 300-metre ( 980 ft ) high flue gas stack , which is one of Poland 's tallest free standing structures , and two 200-metre ( 660 ft ) high flue gas stacks . A further remarkable feature of it is that the powerlines running away from its switchyard are built as a roofstand on the top of the power station building . On 4 December 2013 four workers died in a fall , as a result of a platform failure within one of the chimneys .
Kozienice ( Polish pronunciation : [ kɔʑɛˈɲit͡sɛ ] ( listen ) ; Yiddish : קאזשניץ Kozhnits ; German : Koschnitz ) is a town in central Poland with 21,500 inhabitants ( 1995 ) . Located four miles from the Vistula , it is the capital of Kozienice County ( Polish Powiat kozienicki ) . The name of the town first appeared in records in 1429 , when it was spelled in Latin Coszinicze ( Kozinice ) . In 1569 it was called Kozienycze - the name comes from the given name Kozina . Even though Kozienice is part of Lesser Poland , it is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship ( since 1999 ) ; previously , it was in Radom Voivodeship ( 1975-1998 ) and in Kielce Voivodeship ( 1919-1939 , 1945-1975 ) . North-west of Kozienice , in Świerże Górne , Poland 's second largest coal-fired thermal Kozienice Power Station is located .
Scholven Power Station is a coal-fired power plant in Gelsenkirchen , Germany . With an installed capacity of 2,126 megawatts , it is one of the largest power stations in Europe . It is owned by Uniper .
Cottam power station is a decommissioned power station . The site extends over 620 acres of mainly arable land and is situated at the eastern edge of Nottinghamshire on the west bank of the River Trent at Cottam near Retford . The larger coal-fired station , was decommissioned by EDF Energy in 2019 in line with the UK 's goal to meet its zero-coal power generation by 2025 . The smaller in-use station is Cottam Development Centre , a combined cycle gas turbine plant commissioned in 1999 , with a generating capacity of 400 MW . This plant is owned by Uniper . The site is one of a number of power stations located along the Trent valley . The West Burton power stations are 3.5 miles ( 5.6 km ) downstream and Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station is 52 miles ( 84 km ) upstream . The decommissioned High Marnham Power Station was 6 miles ( 9.7 km ) upstream . The railway to the site reopened in 1967 . Under the Central Electricity Generating Board in 1981/82 Cottam power station was awarded the Christopher Hinton trophy in recognition of good housekeeping the award was presented by junior Energy Minister David Mellor . After electricity privatisation in 1990 , ownership moved to Powergen . In October 2000 , the plant was sold to London Energy , who are part of EDF Energy , for £398 million .
Cottam is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire 8 miles east of Retford within the Bassetlaw district . The name is pronounced 'Cotum ' locally . The population of the civil parish in the 2011 Census was given as 108 . To the south of the village is Cottam Power Station with 8 cooling towers , built between 1964 and 1968 . Cottam is also close to Sundown Adventureland .