East Knapton is a village in the civil parish of Scampston, in North Yorkshire, England.

The York to Scarborough railway line is just north of the village and runs close to the power station.

[2] The village is in the Rillington ward of Ryedale District Council which has a combined population of 1,734.

It has a 42 MWe General Electric LM6000 open cycle gas turbine with a thermal efficiency of 38%.

[4] Gas from the existing Ebberston Moor South well will be transported via a new 14-km pipeline to the Knapton Generating Station.