Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station

Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station
Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station
Viewed from the east in September 2002
Map
CountryEngland
LocationNottinghamshire, East Midlands
Coordinates52°51′55″N 1°15′18″W / 52.865268°N 1.255°W / 52.865268; -1.255
StatusOperational
Construction beganSeptember 1963[1]
Commission date31 January 1968
Owner(s)Uniper
Operator(s)Central Electricity Generating Board
(1968–1990)
Powergen
(1990–2002)
E.ON UK
(2002–2015)
Uniper
(2015–present)
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Power generation
Nameplate capacity2,116 MW
External links
WebsiteUniper/Ratcliffe-on-Soar
CommonsRelated media on Commons

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. It is the last remaining operational coal-fired power station in the UK, and is scheduled to close in September 2024.

  1. ^ "Appendix 1". High merit post war coal & oil fired power stations (PDF). Historic England. p. 3. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

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