Killingholme A power station
Killingholme A Power Station | |
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Killingholme A from the air (1999) | |
Location of Killingholme A Power Station in Lincolnshire | |
Country | England |
Location | Lincolnshire, East Midlands |
Coordinates | 53°39′34″N 0°15′18″W / 53.65952°N 0.25511°WCoordinates: 53°39′34″N 0°15′18″W / 53.65952°N 0.25511°W |
Commission date | 1994 |
Operator(s) |
National Power (1994-2000) NRG Energy (2000-2003) Centrica (2004-present) |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Natural gas |
Power generation | |
Nameplate capacity | 665 MW |
Killingholme A Power Station is a Closed-cycle gas turbine natural gas power station in the civil parish of North Killingholme in North Lincolnshire, north of the Lindsey Oil Refinery, and adjacent to Killingholme B power station
Killingholme A (665 MW) opened in 1994 and its final synchronisation took place on 05/02/2016 at 02:00 with a combined station output of 635MW.
Specification
The powerstation uses three Alstom GT-13D 145 MW gas turbines each with a heat recovery steam generator which lead to one Alstom 227 MW steam turbine.[1] Owned by Centrica and employs 52 people.[2]
The plant opened in 1994 and was operated by National Power until 2000 when it was bought by NRG Energy for £390 million. It was then purchased in 2003 by a consortium of twenty banks when NRG got into financial difficulty[3] and was then bought by Centrica in July 2004 for £142 million.[4]
In early 2014 Centrica began to seek buyers for a number of its gas power plants, including its South Humber and Killingholme plants,[5] and in early 2015 began discussion on the closure of the plant, having received no acceptable bids for the plant.[6]
Referred to as Killingholme A powerstation.[7][8][9]
See also
References
- ↑ "Killingholme" (PDF). Centrica. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ "Centrica boosts generation capacity with Killingholme acquisition". Centrica. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ "Gas Turbine and Combined-Cycle Power Plants in East England & the Midlands". Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ "Power station sold in £142m deal". BBC News. 8 June 2004. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ "Centrica selling off two South Humber power stations". Scunthorpe Telegraph. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ "Third jobs bombshell: Centrica describes closure of two power stations as ‘difficult decision’". Grimsby Telegraph. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ Midttun, A., ed. (1997). "European Electricity Systems in Transition". Table III.4, p.66.
- ↑ "CCGT Plants in East England & the Midlands". www.industcards.com. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ "GT13E gas turbines to power Killingholme A GTCC plant". Modern Power Systems. 1 January 1993. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
External links
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- "Power Stations - Killingholme" (PDF), www.centrica.com
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