Coryton Power Station
Coryton Power Station | |
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Country | England, United Kingdom |
Location | East of England, Essex |
Coordinates | 51°30′43″N 0°30′29″E / 51.512000°N 0.508000°E |
Status | Operational as per UK capacity market |
Construction began | 2000 |
Commission date | 2002 |
Construction cost | £470 million (£0.64m/MW) |
Owner | Creditas |
Operator | Coryton Energy Ltd |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Natural gas |
Turbine technology | Combine Cycle Gas Turbine |
Site area | 5.2 hectare |
Chimneys | 2 (55 metres) |
Cooling towers | Air Cooled Heat Exchanger |
Cooling source | Air Cooling |
Combined cycle? | Yes |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 2 |
Make and model | Alstom GT26 A/B |
Nameplate capacity | 732 MW |
External links | |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
Coryton Power Station is a 732 MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) gas-fired power station at Coryton, Thurrock, Essex, UK.
History
[edit]The site was part of the Coryton Refinery before its closure in 2012. Owned by InterGen, Coryton Power Station was built by Bechtel between 2000 and 2002, and cost £470 million. It was commissioned in 2002 and is run by Coryton Energy Ltd.
The InterGen is owned by Sev.en Global Investments.
Specification
[edit]It is a CCGT type power station that uses natural gas. Gas is supplied to the site through a 7 km underground pipeline from an off-take from the National Grid Gas National Transmission System south of Stanford-le-Hope. It has two ABB Alstom GT26 gas turbines driving two electricity generators. Gas turbine exhaust gas is led to two heat recovery steam generators. These power one steam turbine, connected to a further generator. The station connects to the electricity National Grid at the nearby 400 kV Coryton South substation.
Gateway Energy Centre
[edit]Gateway Energy Centre is a proposed 1250 MW gas-turbine power station to be located on the London Gateway Logistics Park about 1 km west of Coryton power station. It will be either a gas-fired 2 × CCGT plant; a 1 × CCGT plus 1 × Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) facility, and/or a 320 MW battery energy storage system.[1] It will be developed by InterGen. Original consent was granted in 2011, with subsequent revisions and consents granted in 2014 and 2016. CO2 capture facilities will be installed if mandated.[1] Construction is likely to start in 2022 with commercial operation expected in 2024.[2]
In 2020 InterGen gained consent for a 640 MWh lithium-ion battery storage power station near the site, capable of delivering 320 MW for nearly 2 hours. The £200 million project is expected start in 2022 and become operational in 2024.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gateway Energy Centre". InterGen. 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ "Gateway Energy Centre Power Plant, UK". Power Technology. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ Lempriere, Molly (30 November 2020). "UK's largest battery storage project at 640MWh gets go ahead from government". Energy Storage News. Retrieved 21 July 2021.