Kings Lynn Power Station
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  Kings Lynn Power Station shown within Norfolk |
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| Operator: | Centrica Energy |
| Fuel: | Gas 325MW |
| Commissioned: | 1997 |
Kings Lynn Power Station is in the English county of Norfolk. The station is located on Willows Business Park, Saddlebow, King's Lynn. The plant is gas-fired which is supplied using gas from Transco's National Transmission System.
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[edit] History
Construction of this power station began in October 1994 and was completed and started producing electricity in December 1997[1] The owners of the plant, TXU sold the plant to Centrica in October 2001.
[edit] Specifications
The CCGT power station has one single shaft 237MW Siemens V94.3 Gas driven Turbine with electrical generator running at 3000rpm. The terminal voltage of 21kV. There is a triple pressure heat recovery steam generator, built by International Combustion Ltd (since 1997 known as ABB Combustion Services Ltd). The plant has one steam turbine that is coupled to the generator via a self synchronizing clutch. The plant operates with one air cooled condenser which compromises of 16 cooling modules of fins, tubes and fan arranged in four by four configuration, connected to the 132kV electrical distribution system. The total output of the station is 325MWe. The power station employs around forty staff.
