SSE Thermal is the
thermal power generation subsidiary of British company
SSE plc
SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc) is a multinational energy company headquartered in Perth, Scotland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. SSE operates in the United Kingdom ...
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Overview
SSE Thermal operates several thermal power stations that provide electricity to the
National Grid. It operated
Ferrybridge 'C 'power station and
Fiddlers Ferry power station until 2016 and 2020 respectively. SSE decided to end its UK coal power generation in 2017. It now focuses on thermal energy, through electricity from waste and
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 ...
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Current operations
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Keadby Power Station
Keadby Power Station is a 734 MWe gas-fired power station near Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. It lies near the B1392 and the River Trent, and the Scunthorpe-Grimsby railway. Also nearby is the Stainforth and Keadby Canal, which is part o ...
* Great Island Power Station
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Marchwood Power Station
Marchwood Power Station is an 898.1 MW gas-fired power station in Marchwood, near Southampton, England. It is situated beside estuary of the River Test where it meets Southampton Water, opposite the Port of Southampton. It is built on th ...
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Medway Power Station
Medway Power Station is a 735 megawatts gas-fired power station on the Isle of Grain in Medway next to the River Medway.
History
The station is run by Scottish & Southern Energy under the name Medway Power Ltd. It was built by Marubeni (Japa ...
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Peterhead Power Station
* Rhode Power Station
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Seabank Power Station
Seabank Power Station is a 1,140 MW gas-fired power station at Hallen Marsh in Bristol, England. It is situated beside the A403 road and Severn Estuary, just north of Avonmouth and south of Severn Beach, close to the boundary with South Gl ...
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Tarbert Power Station
* Tawnaghmore Power Station
Former operations
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Fiddlers Ferry power station – operated from 2004 until the plant's closure in 2020.
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Ferrybridge 'C' power station – operated until closure in 2016.
References
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Electric power companies of the United Kingdom
SSE plc