Killingholme A power station

Killingholme A Power Station

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°W / 53.65952; -0.25511Coordinates: 53°39′34″N 0°15′18″W / 53.65952°N 0.25511°W / 53.65952; -0.25511
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

  1. ↑ "Killingholme" (PDF). Centrica.
  2. ↑ "Centrica boosts generation capacity with Killingholme acquisition". Centrica.
  3. ↑ "Gas Turbine and Combined-Cycle Power Plants in East England & the Midlands".
  4. ↑ "Power station sold in £142m deal". BBC News. 8 June 2004.
  5. ↑ "Centrica selling off two South Humber power stations", Scunthorpe Telegraph, 8 May 2014
  6. ↑ "Third jobs bombshell: Centrica describes closure of two power stations as ‘difficult decision’", Grimsby Telegraph, 20 February 2015
  7. ↑ Midttun, A., ed. (1997), European Electricity Systems in Transition, Table III.4, p.66
  8. ↑ "CCGT Plants in East England & the Midlands", www.industcards.com, 5 May 2010
  9. ↑ "GT13E gas turbines to power Killingholme A GTCC plant", Modern Power Systems, 1 January 1993

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