Killingholme A power station

Killingholme A Power Station was a Combined‐cycle gas turbine natural gas power station within the civil parish of North Killingholme, in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. The facility lies north of the Lindsey Oil Refinery, and adjacent to Killingholme B power station.

Killingholme A Power Station
Killingholme A from the air (1999)
CountryEngland
LocationLincolnshire, East Midlands
Coordinates53.65952°N 0.25511°W / 53.65952; -0.25511
Commission date1994
Operator(s)National Power (1994–2000)
NRG Energy
(2000–2003)
Centrica
(2004–present)
Thermal power station
Primary fuelNatural gas
Power generation
Nameplate capacity665 MW
External links
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Killingholme A (665 MW) opened in 1994 and its final synchronisation took place on 5 February 2016 at 02:00 with a combined station output of 635 MW.

Specification

The powerstation used 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] The power station was owned by Centrica and employed 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]

Demolition of Killingholme A commenced in late 2017.[10]

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See also

References
  1. "Killingholme" (PDF). Centrica. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. "Centrica boosts generation capacity with Killingholme acquisition". Centrica. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. "Gas Turbine and Combined-Cycle Power Plants in East England & the Midlands". Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  4. "Power station sold in £142m deal". BBC News. 8 June 2004. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  5. "Centrica selling off two South Humber power stations". Scunthorpe Telegraph. 8 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  6. "Third jobs bombshell: Centrica describes closure of two power stations as 'difficult decision'". Grimsby Telegraph. 20 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  7. Midttun, A., ed. (1997). "European Electricity Systems in Transition". Table III.4, p.66. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. "CCGT Plants in East England & the Midlands". www.industcards.com. 5 May 2010. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  9. "GT13E gas turbines to power Killingholme A GTCC plant". Modern Power Systems. 1 January 1993. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  10. "Watch as Killingholme Power Station is demolished with explosives". Grimsby Telegraph. 22 November 2017. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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