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About Little Barford
Little Barford is a combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) station with open-cycle gas turbines (OCGT) near St Neots. It was commissioned in 1995.
Its 775 MW of registered generating capacity is spread across 2 balancing mechanism units. Every half hour each unit tells the grid how much it will generate (its physical notification): that is the live figure above, and GridMonkey records it every half hour 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.
| Type | Combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) station with open-cycle gas turbines (OCGT) |
|---|---|
| Registered capacity | 775 MW |
| Commissioned | 1995 (DUKES 5.11) |
| Area | Bedfordshire |
| Location | Near St Neots 52.204° N, 0.268° W |
| Owner or operator | RWE |
| Elexon lead party | RWE Generation UK plc |
| BM units | T_LBAR-1 750 MW (CCGT), T_LBAR-1G 25 MW (OCGT) |
| Size | 22nd 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.