Killingholme Power Station

Killingholme Power Station

Killingholme B Power Station
Viewed from the south in May 2006
Location of Killingholme Power Station in Lincolnshire
Country England
Location Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Coordinates 53°39′24″N 0°15′19″W / 53.656569°N 0.255287°WCoordinates: 53°39′24″N 0°15′19″W / 53.656569°N 0.255287°W
Commission date 1993
Operator(s) A Station
National Power
(1994-2000)
NRG Energy
(2000-2003)
Centrica
(2004-present)
B Station
Powergen
(1993-2002)
E.ON UK
(2002-present)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Natural gas
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 665 MW + 900 MW
grid reference TA154192

Killingholme Power Station is the name given to two CCGT natural gas power stations near to East Halton and North Killingholme in North Lincolnshire; Killigholme B (900 MW) opened in 1993 and is owned by E.ON UK and Killingholme A (665 MW) opened in 1994 and is owned by Centrica.

Specification

900 MW plant

The E.ON UK plant consists of two 450 MW Siemens V94.2 gas turbine modules each connected to a heat recovery steam generator using only a single steam turbine in a 2 into 1 configuration. Gas is supplied from a 26 mile pipeline from Theddlethorpe.[1]

When it was built by Powergen (now called E.ON UK) and opened in April 1993 it was only the second gas-fired power station built in the UK. It was taken out of service in 2002 due to the lower price of electricity and was then restored to full service in August 2005,[2] with one of the 450 MW units returning to service in April 2005. E.ON UK have an Education Centre at their site for school children.

665 MW plant

It 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.[3] Owned by Centrica and employs 52 people.[4]

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[5] and was then bought by Centrica in July 2004 for £142 million.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Killingholme". E.ON UK.
  2. ↑ "E.ON UK’s Killingholme Power Station returns to full service in world first". E.ON UK.
  3. ↑ "Killingholme" (PDF). Centrica.
  4. ↑ "Centrica boosts generation capacity with Killingholme acquisition". Centrica.
  5. ↑ "Gas Turbine and Combined-Cycle Power Plants in East England & the Midlands".
  6. ↑ "Power station sold in £142m deal". BBC News. 2004-06-08. Retrieved 2010-05-07.

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