Coryton Power Station

Coryton Power Station

Coryton Power Station
Location of Coryton Power Station in Essex
Country England, United Kingdom
Location East of England, Essex
Coordinates 51°30′43″N 0°30′29″E / 51.512000°N 0.508000°E / 51.512000; 0.508000Coordinates: 51°30′43″N 0°30′29″E / 51.512000°N 0.508000°E / 51.512000; 0.508000
Commission date 2002
Owner(s) Intergen
Operator(s) Coryton Energy Ltd
Thermal power station
Primary fuel natural gas
Combined cycle? yes
Power generation
Units operational 2
Make and model Alstom
Nameplate capacity 732 MW

Coryton Power Station is a 732 MW gas-fired power station named after the nearby Petroplus Coryton Refinery in Thurrock.

History

The site which is in Coryton Essex United Kingdom is run by Coryton Energy Ltd. It opened in 2002 and was built by Bechtel, is owned by Intergen, based in Burlington, Essex. MA USA, and cost £470 million.

Specification

It is a CCGT type power station that uses natural gas. It has two ABB Alstom GT26 gas turbines from which the exhaust gas leads to two heat recovery steam generators. These power one steam turbine. The station connects to the National Grid at the nearby 400 kV Coryton South substation.

The boiler design is a villager type. Optimised running in marginal markets is not possible due to these weaknesses.

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