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Ballylumford-B
Location: Co Antrim (Northern Ireland)
Operator: AES Ballylumford Holdings Limited
Configuration: 3 X 120 MW (ret 2003), 3 X 200 MW
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Operation: 1968-1975
Boiler supplier: Babcock Power
T/G supplier: GEC
Quick facts: In 2003, the site was extended with a CCGT plant and the
120-MW sets were decommissioned. In Aug 2010, AES Corp acquired Premier Power Ltd in an
all-cash transaction for £102mn.
Photograph courtesy of Premier Power Ltd
Posted 23 Jan 2003 |
Grain
Location: Kent
Operator: E.ON UK
Configuration: 4 X 660 MW
Fuel: heavy fuel oil
Operation: 1981-1984
Boiler supplier: Babcock Power
T/G supplier: GEC
Quick facts: This 244m stack is the second tallest in the UK. Two of the
four sets are in reserve. E.ON has added new CCGT capacity at Grain.
Photograph
courtesy of E.ON
Re-posted 24 Jan 2011 |
Inverkip
Location: Renfrewshire
Operator: ScottishPower
Configuration: 3 X 676 MW (ret)
Fuel: heavy fuel oil
Operation: 1981-1984
Boiler supplier: Clarke Chapman, John Thompson
T/G supplier: Parsons
Quick facts: Inverkip never entered full commercial operation. At one
time, there was a proposal to dismantle the plant and ship the major
components to India.
Photograph
by Christopher Bell
Posted 23 Jan 2003 |
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Fawley
Location: Hampshire
Operator: RWE npower plc
Configuration: 4 X 500 MW
Fuel: heavy fuel oil
Operation: 1969-1971
Boiler supplier: John Thompson
T/G supplier: Parsons
Quick facts: Two units at Fawley are in economic reserve.
Photograph
courtesy of RWE npower plc
Re-posted 1 Aug 2007 |
Littlebrook-D
Location: Kent
Operator: RWE npower plc
Configuration: 3 X 660 MW
Fuel: heavy fuel oil
Operation: 1981-1984
Boiler supplier: Clarke Chapman
T/G supplier: GEC
Quick facts: Two units at Littlebrook are in economic reserve. Photograph
by Christopher Bell
Posted 26 Jan 2003 |
Pembroke
Location: Dyfed
Operator: RWE npower plc
Configuration: 4 X 500 MW
Fuel: heavy fuel oil
Operation: 1970-1973 (ret 1998)
Boiler supplier: Clarke Chapman
T/G supplier: Parsons
EPC: Rendel
Quick facts: Plant demolished in 2002. Site to be reused for a 2-GW CCGT plant
Photograph
courtesy of RWE npower
Posted 16 Jan 2007 |
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Peterhead
Location: Aberdeenshire
Operator: Scottish & Southern Energy
Configuration: 2 X 676 MW, 3 X 250 MW V94.3A gas turbines (repower)
Fuel: natural gas, heavy fuel oil
Operation: 1980, 2000
Boiler supplier: Babcock Power, Doosan
T/G supplier: GEC, Siemens
Quick facts: In Feb1998, Siemens received
a $270mn turnkey contract for the U.K.’s largest repowering job at
Peterhead. Three large gas
turbines were used to repower one of the two conventional. The two steam boilers at Peterhead
were designed to burn heavy fuel oil, but were later converted to enable
the use of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and sour gas. The work
included a new gas connection and transmission upgrades and was completed
during the summer of 2000.
Photograph courtesy of Siemens AG
Posted 24 Jun 2001 |
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Widnes
Location: Cheshire
Operator: PDM Group Ltd
Configuration: 1 X 2.5 MW, 1 X 3 MW
Fuel: MBM
Operation: 2000-2004
Boiler supplier: Wykes
T/G supplier: Kuhlne Kopp und Kausch, AEM
Quick facts: This is one of the first purpose-built power plants to use
MBM. Steam is supplied by a pair of fluidized-bed boilers of Deltak
design.
Photograph courtesy of PDM
Group
Posted 14 Oct 2006 |
