Saltend power station

Saltend is a 1,226 MW gas-fired power station in the East Riding of Yorkshire, operated or mostly owned by Triton Power. 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 Saltend

Saltend is a combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) station in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It was commissioned in 2000. It is a combined heat and power plant at the Saltend chemicals park near Hull.

Its 1,226 MW of registered generating capacity is spread across 3 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.

Saltend
Where Saltend is. From its grid reference in DUKES 5.11. Map outline: Natural Earth.
TypeCombined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) station
Registered capacity1,226 MW
Commissioned2000 (DUKES 5.11)
AreaEast Riding of Yorkshire
Location53.736° N, 0.243° W
Owner or operatorTriton Power
Elexon lead partySCCL
BM units T_SCCL-1 408 MW, T_SCCL-2 409 MW, T_SCCL-3 409 MW
Size9th 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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