Killingholme B Power Station is a
Combinedâ€cycle gas turbine natural gas power station in the civil parish of
North Killingholme
North Killingholme is a small village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England.
Situated on the southern bank of the Humber Estuary north-west of Grimsby, Killingholme is divided into two administrative distri ...
in
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 167,446 in the 2011 census. The borough includes the towns of Scunthorpe, Brigg, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Kirton in Lindsey and Bar ...
, north of the
Lindsey Oil Refinery, and adjacent to
Killingholme A power station
Killingholme B (900 MW) opened in 1993 and is owned by
Uniper
Uniper SE ˆjuËnipÉšis an energy company based in Düsseldorf, Germany. The name of the company is a portmanteau of "unique" and "performance" given by long-term employee Gregor Recke. Uniper was formed by the separation of E.ON's fossil fuel ...
(Formerly
E.ON UK
E.ON UK is a British energy company and the largest supplier of energy and renewable electricity in the UK, following its acquisition of Npower. It is a subsidiary of E.ON of Germany and one of the Big Six energy suppliers. It was founded in ...
).
Specification
The
Uniper
Uniper SE ˆjuËnipÉšis an energy company based in Düsseldorf, Germany. The name of the company is a portmanteau of "unique" and "performance" given by long-term employee Gregor Recke. Uniper was formed by the separation of E.ON's fossil fuel ...
(Formerly
E.ON UK
E.ON UK is a British energy company and the largest supplier of energy and renewable electricity in the UK, following its acquisition of Npower. It is a subsidiary of E.ON of Germany and one of the Big Six energy suppliers. It was founded in ...
) 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 Theddlethorpe is a village in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, that is made up of 2 parishes:
* Theddlethorpe St Helen
* Theddlethorpe All Saints
Theddlethorpe may also refer to Theddlethorpe railway station Theddlethorpe is a village in East ...
.
When it was built by Powergen (now called
Uniper
Uniper SE ˆjuËnipÉšis an energy company based in Düsseldorf, Germany. The name of the company is a portmanteau of "unique" and "performance" given by long-term employee Gregor Recke. Uniper was formed by the separation of E.ON's fossil fuel ...
) 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, 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.
In June 2015 E.ON UK announced the plant is to be closed.
Sometimes referred to as Killingholme B powerstation.
See also
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Industry of the South Humber Bank
The south bank of the Humber Estuary in England is a relatively unpopulated area containing large scale industrial development built from the 1950s onward, including national scale petroleum and chemical plants as well as gigawatt scale gas fired ...
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Natural gas-fired power stations in England
Power stations in Lincolnshire
Power stations in Yorkshire and the Humber
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