Coryton Power Station is a 732 MW
Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) gas-fired power station at Coryton,
Thurrock, Essex, UK.
History
The site was part of the
Coryton Refinery
Coryton Refinery was an oil refinery in Essex, England, on the estuary of the River Thames from central London, between Shell Haven Creek and Hole Haven Creek, which separates Canvey Island from the mainland.
It was a part of the Port of Lond ...
before its closure in 2012. Owned by Intergen, Coryton Power Station was built by
Bechtel
Bechtel Corporation () is an American engineering, procurement, construction, and project management company founded in San Francisco, California, and headquartered in Reston, Virginia. , the ''Engineering News-Record'' ranked Bechtel as the sec ...
between 2000 and 2002, and cost £470 million. It was commissioned in 2002 and is run by Coryton Energy Ltd.
In January 2023, the power station was purchased by the Czech Creditas investment group from InterGen.
Specification
It is a
CCGT type power station that uses
natural gas
Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbo ...
. Gas is supplied to the site through a 7 km underground pipeline from an off-take from the National Grid Gas
National Transmission System south of
Stanford-le-Hope
Stanford-le-Hope is a town, former civil parish and Church of England parish situated in the county of Essex, England. Often known locally simply as Stanford, the town is within the unitary authority of Thurrock and located 23.8 miles (38.4 ...
. It has two ABB
Alstom
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GT26 gas turbines driving two electricity generators. Gas turbine exhaust gas is led to two
heat recovery steam generators. These power one
steam turbine
A steam turbine is a machine that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft. Its modern manifestation was invented by Charles Parsons in 1884. Fabrication of a modern steam turbin ...
, connected to a further generator. The station connects to the electricity
National Grid at the nearby 400 kV Coryton South
substation.
Gateway Energy Centre
Gateway Energy Centre is a proposed 1250 MW gas-turbine power station to be located on the
London Gateway Logistics Park about 1 km west of Coryton power station. It will be either a gas-fired 2 × CCGT plant; a 1 × CCGT plus 1 ×
Open Cycle Gas Turbine
A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of continuous flow internal combustion engine. The main parts common to all gas turbine engines form the power-producing part (known as the gas generator or core) and are, in the directi ...
(OCGT) facility, and/or a 320 MW battery energy storage system.
It will be developed by InterGen. Original consent was granted in 2011, with subsequent revisions and consents granted in 2014 and 2016. CO
2 capture facilities will be installed if mandated.
Construction is likely to start in 2022 with commercial operation expected in 2024.
In 2020 InterGen gained consent for a 640 MWh
lithium-ion
A lithium-ion or Li-ion battery is a type of rechargeable battery which uses the reversible reduction of lithium ions to store energy. It is the predominant battery type used in portable consumer electronics and electric vehicles. It also sees ...
battery storage power station near the site, capable of delivering 320 MW for nearly 2 hours. The £200 million project is expected start in 2022 and become operational in 2024.
See also
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Spalding Power Station
References
External links
Intergen
{{East of England powerstations
Natural gas-fired power stations in England
Buildings and structures in Essex
Power stations in the East of England
Power stations on the River Thames