Fawley Power Station

Fawley is an oil-fired power station located on the western shore of Southampton water in Hampshire.

Fawley is one of the most efficient oil fired power stations in the UK. Each unit consists of a boiler supplying steam to a turbine, which powers the associated generator. In addition the station has two open cycle gas turbines capable of providing additional support to the National Grid when required.

The station has the capacity to generate 1,000MW of electricity for the National Grid System. This is enough power to meet the needs of over 1 million households – equivalent to the working population of Hampshire.

Our ongoing aim is to make Fawley one of the most responsive oil fired power stations in the UK. Fawley operates as an opted out station under the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD). The main units at this power station, along with other coal and oil plants around the country, are due to close by the end of 2015 as a result of the LCPD, although the station may retain 70 MW of existing open cycle gas turbine generation. 

We are considering a range of options for the future of the site, and in June 2011 we announced that we were investigating the possibility of developing a new distillate oil-fired open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) plant at our Fawley site. We have decided not to progress these plans at present but continue to review our options for the site. For more information click here.