Derby power station

Derby is a 56 MW gas-fired peaking plant at Sinfin in Derby, operated or mostly owned by Rockland Capital. Is it running right now? Its live output from Elexon, the GB electricity market's data service, and every half hour of the last week.

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About Derby

Derby is an open-cycle gas turbine (OCGT) station at Sinfin in Derby. It was commissioned in 1997. It starts quickly to cover peaks in demand.

Its 56 MW of registered generating capacity is spread across one balancing mechanism unit. Every half hour each unit tells the grid how much it will generate (its physical notification): that is the live figure above, and GridMonkey has recorded it every half hour since it was added to the list in October 2026, for the chart.

Gas stations follow demand: they ramp up when the wind drops or the evening peak arrives, and back off when there is plenty of wind and sun. Most are combined-cycle (CCGT); a few open-cycle turbines (OCGT) start fast to cover peaks.

Derby
Where Derby is. From its grid reference in DUKES 5.11. Map outline: Natural Earth.
TypeOpen-cycle gas turbine (OCGT) station
Registered capacity56 MW
Commissioned1997 (DUKES 5.11)
AreaDerbyshire
LocationAt Sinfin in Derby
52.884° N, 1.464° W
Owner or operatorRockland Capital
Elexon lead partyWhitetower Energy Limited
BM unit E_DERBY-1 56 MW
Size40th largest of the 45 gas power stations on GridMonkey's list

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Contains BMRS data © Elexon Limited copyright and database right 2026 (licence). Station names, areas and owners or operators come from GridMonkey's own table, matched to the units in Elexon's register; a station's output here is its physical notification, not metered generation. Year commissioned and location: Power stations in the United Kingdom (DUKES 5.11) (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, May 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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