Staythorpe Power Station

Staythorpe Power Station is a 1650MWe gas-fired power station between Southwell and Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, next to the River Trent and Nottingham to Lincoln Line. It will be open in 2010.

History

The £600m plant near Averham is currently under construction and is owned by the German company, RWE. It is being built on the site of two former CEGB coal-fired power station, the 360MW Staythorpe A (built July 1950) and B (built May 1962). Staythorpe A was closed in 1989 and Staythorpe B in 1996. There is still a large substation next to the site of the former power stations, and a monument Planning permission was given for the gas-fired power station as early as 1993, and construction originally began in 1998 by the previous owner National Power, temporarily ceasing in 2000 due to over-supply of electricity, and a low price of electricity. Construction began again in early 2008, after RWE decided to go ahead with Staythorpe in May 2007 at the expense of an alternative site at Pembroke Dock. The Pembroke site will also now be built. Alstom has the EPC contract.

Specification

It is a CCGT-type power station that runs on natural gas. It will generate enough electricity for two million homes. It will consist of four modules, generating around 400MWe each, each with an Alstom 288MWe GT26B gas turbine, heat recovery steam generator and steam turbine. Electricity will be generated using Alstom TOPGAS hydrogen-cooled generators.

External links

• RWE npower
• Former power station
• Announcement of construction in May 2007
• Power in Trust monument