King's Lynn Power Station
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Country | England |
Location | Norfolk, East of England |
Coordinates | 52°43′38″N 0°22′48″E / 52.727256°N 0.380117°E |
Commission date | 1997 |
Operator(s) | RWE |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Natural gas |
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Commons | Related media on Commons |
grid reference TF608170 |
King's Lynn Power Station refers to a
History
Construction of this power station began in October 1994 and was completed and started producing electricity in December 1997.
The plant was mothballed on 1 April 2012 as older, less efficient, plants such as King's Lynn had become uneconomic due to high gas prices.[3]
In December 2019 RWE purchased the plant from Centrica. The plant joins the UK gas portfolio which is the largest and most efficient fleet in the UK.[4]
Description
The
Original Specification
The station was built with one single shaft 237 MW
Environmental performance
In 2006 it generated 900 GWh and emitted the following pollutants:-[2]
- Nitrogen oxides: 310,000 tonnes
- Methane: 26,000 tonnes
- Sulphur Dioxide <100,000 tonnes
- Carbon Monoxide 13 tonnes
- Carbon Dioxide 365,896 tonnes
King's Lynn B project
Centrica has an option to build about 1,000 MW of gas generation capacity near the present site, but has yet to decide if this will go ahead.[3][5] In 2013 National Grid obtained consent to build a new 400 kV grid connection, but a decision on proceeding is awaited.[6][7]
Coal fired power station
King’s Lynn power station also refers to a small 5 MW coal fired power station in Kettlewell Lane in the town centre which operated from 1899 to 1960.
The King’s Lynn Corporation had been granted a Provisional Order under the Electricity Acts to supply electricity to the town in 1896. Supplies of electricity started on 19 August 1899.[8]
By 1921 the plant at the station comprised a 1 MW steam turbine plus two 200 kW and one 400 kW reciprocating engine generators. The station supplied 3-phase 50 Hz AC at 230 and 400 Volts, and 200 and 400 Volt DC.[9] By 1959 the plant comprised one 2.5 MW, one 1.5 MW and one 1.25 MW turbo-alternator sets. Only alternating current was supplied. The station drew its cooling water from the River Gaywood.[10]
The electricity supplied by the station was:[11][8][9][10]
Year | Electricity supplied (MWh) |
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1909 | 524 |
1910 | 458 |
1911 | 479 |
1912 | 500 |
1913 | 559 |
1921 | 882 |
1922 | 837 |
1923 | 956 |
1946 | 6211 |
1947 | 8864 |
1948 | 8484 |
1950 | 7262 |
1954 | 2670 |
1955 | 3416 |
1956 | 3293 |
1957 | 2225 |
1958 | 2006 |
The power station was closed in 1959-60.
References
- ^ ""Operations begin at King's Lynn Power Station"". Lynn News. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ a b "King's Lynn". Centrica Energy.
- ^ a b "Centrica idles gas-fired plant amid low spark spreads". Argus Media. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ^ "King's Lynn Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Plant". uk-ireland.rwe.com. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ "Centrica plan to shut King's Lynn energy generation plant". BBC. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- ^ "Kings Lynn B connection project". National Grid. 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ "Ministers back 5m power line project at King's Lynn power station". Lynn News. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ a b Manual of Electrical Undertakings 1914-15 vol 18. London: Electrical Press Limited. 1915. pp. 570–71.
- ^ a b Electricity Commission (1925). Electricity Supply 1920-1923. London: HMSO. pp. 52–53.
- ^ a b Garckes Manual of Electricity Supply 1958-59 vol 56. London: Electrical Press. 1959. pp. A-58, A-124.
- ^ Garckes Manual of Electricity Supply 1950-51 vol 48. London: Electrical Press. 1953. pp. A-71.
External links
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- Gas-fired power stations, Centrica Energy