Shoreham power station

Shoreham is a 460 MW gas-fired power station at Shoreham Port in West Sussex, operated or mostly owned by VPI. 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 Shoreham

Shoreham is a combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) station at Shoreham Port in West Sussex. It was commissioned in 2000.

Its 460 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 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.

Shoreham
Where Shoreham is. From its grid reference in DUKES 5.11. Map outline: Natural Earth.
TypeCombined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) station
Registered capacity460 MW
Commissioned2000 (DUKES 5.11)
AreaWest Sussex
LocationAt Shoreham Port in West Sussex
50.830° N, 0.231° W
Owner or operatorVPI
Elexon lead partyVPI Power Limited
BM unit E_SHOS-1 460 MW
Size27th 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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