Great Yarmouth Power Station
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Great Yarmouth Power Station is a 420MWe gas-fired power station on South Denes Road in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.
[edit] History
It was commissioned in 2002, and is known as Great Yarmouth Power Ltd. It is built on the site of the former South Denes oil-fired power station which was operational from 1954-84. The station was built by Bechtel, being initially owned by BP, althought the plant was run by GE International, trading as IGE Energy Services (UK) Ltd. It was bought by RWE (trading as npower in Swindon) in November 2005 for £155m.
[edit] Specification
It is a CCGT type power station that runs on natural gas. It has one 265MWe General Electric Frame 9 (9001FA) gas turbine with the exhaust gas heating a Doosan heat recovery steam generator, leading to a 150MWe steam turbine. It has a dedicated pipeline to connect to the Interconnector (North Sea gas pipeline) and National Gas Transportation System at Bacton, a few miles to the north-west. At 420MW, it generates enough electricity for around 350,000 homes. It has a thermal efficiency of 57%. The terminal voltage of the plant is 19kV, which meets the National Grid via a transformer at 132kV. The steam condenser uses about 9 tonnes of water a second from the River Yare.
