Pembroke Power Station

RWE npower is building a new state-of-the-art 2,000MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station at its Pembroke site. The new station represents a £1 billion investment in the region and will take approximately three years to construct.

Pembroke Power Station will be a compact industrial facility located at the site near Pembroke that housed the previous oil-fired power station.  The power station will comprise five generating units, each around 400MW, with the combined ability to generate power for around three and a half million homes.

Building a new power station highlights our commitment to supporting Pembroke and the surrounding area and the new station will bring a number of long-term benefits.  The power station has created around 100 long term, high quality jobs and it is estimated that, once operational, it willl also bring a long term benefit to the local economy of around £10 million each year.

Modern gas-fired power stations are clean and compact facilities.  Generating electricity from gas is more efficient than using other fossil fuels and gas also contains less carbon than coal. These two factors result in gas-fired power generation producing less than half the CO₂ emissions compared to electricity generated by existing coal-fired power stations.