Coryton Power Station
Coryton Power Station is a 732 MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) gas-fired power station at Coryton, Thurrock, Essex, UK.
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| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Location | East of England, Essex |
| Coordinates | 51°30′43″N 0°30′29″E |
| Status | Operational as per UK capacity market |
| Construction began | 2000 |
| Commission date | 2002 |
| Construction cost | £470 million |
| Owner(s) | Intergen |
| Operator(s) | 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 |
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| Units operational | 2 |
| Make and model | Alstom GT26 A/B |
| Nameplate capacity | 732 MW |
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| Commons | Related media on Commons |
History
The site was part of the Coryton Refinery before its closure in 2012. Coryton Power Station is owned by Intergen, based in Burlington, Essex. MA USA. It was built by Bechtel between 2000 and 2002, and cost £470 million. It was commissioned in 2002 and is run by Coryton Energy Ltd.
Specification
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 lead 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
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]
See also
References
- "Gateway Energy Centre". InterGen. 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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