Deeside Power Station is a 498 MWe

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on the Deeside Industrial Park to the north of

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. It is north of the River Dee.

History

It is sited on land of a former

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steelworks, and was commissioned in November 1994, costing £200 million. It was built by

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for

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. It is now owned by

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, the new-formed company of National Power in 2001. In April 2002, 250 MW of power was mothballed, when the price of electricity dropped. The station resumed full power in October 2003.http://production.investis.com/ipr/news/press/pr2003/2003-10-16/ It is a mile from the 1,420 MW

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, owned by

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. The power stations are separated by the

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Specification

It is a CCGT-type power station which runs on natural gas. There are two 166 MWe Alstom GT13E2

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s, from which the exhaust gas at 525 °C enters two

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s. The steam from these powers one 176 MWe

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. The terminal voltage on the

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generators is 16 kV, and this electricity enters the National Grid, via a

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, at 400 kV. It has a

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of 53%. Cooling water for the condenser is taken from the River Dee. The

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s were made b
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, Germany. The plant has two chimneys.

In popular culture

The power station can be seen in episode 1 of the BBC's drama series ''

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''.

References

External links

www.deesidepower.com

Mothballing the plant in April 2002

Resuming power in October 2003
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