Killingholme B power station
{{Short description|Natural gas power station in England}}
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| name = Killingholme B Power Station
| image = Killingholme Power Station - geograph.org.uk - 161852.jpg
| image_caption = Killingholme B Power Station (2006)
| coordinates = {{coord|53.65419|-0.25518|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| country = England
| location = Lincolnshire, East Midlands
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| operator = Powergen (1993–2002)
E.ON UK (2002–2015)
Uniper (2015–present)
| commissioned = 1993
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| th_fuel_primary = Natural gas
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| ps_electrical_capacity = 900 MW
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Killingholme B Power Station is a Combined‐cycle gas turbine natural gas power station in the civil parish of North Killingholme in North Lincolnshire, north of the Lindsey Oil Refinery, and adjacent to Killingholme A power station
Killingholme B (900 MW) opened in 1993 and is owned by Uniper (Formerly E.ON UK).
Specification
The Uniper (Formerly E.ON UK) plant consists of two 450 MW Siemens V94.2 gas turbine modules each connected to a heat recovery steam generator using only a single steam turbine in a 2 into 1 configuration. Gas is supplied from a 26-mile pipeline from Theddlethorpe.{{cite web|url=http://eon-uk.com/generation/killingholme.aspx |title=Killingholme |publisher=E.ON UK |access-date=8 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601080759/http://www.eon-uk.com/generation/killingholme.aspx |archive-date= 1 June 2013 }}
When it was built by Powergen (now called Uniper) and opened in April 1993 it was only the second gas-fired power station built in the UK. It was taken out of service in 2002 due to the lower price of electricity and was then restored to full service in August 2005,{{cite web|url=http://pressreleases.eon-uk.com/blogs/eonukpressreleases/archive/2005/08/16/e-on-uk-s-killingholme-power-station-returns-to-full-service-in-world-first.aspx|title=E.ON UK's Killingholme Power Station returns to full service in world first|publisher=E.ON UK|access-date=8 August 2015}} with one of the 450 MW units returning to service in April 2005. E.ON UK have an Education Centre at their site for school children.
In June 2015 E.ON UK announced the plant is to be closed.{{cite web|url=http://pressreleases.eon-uk.com/blogs/eonukpressreleases/archive/2015/06/18/2437.aspx|title=E.ON UK announces closure of Killingholme Power Station|publisher=E.ON UK|access-date=8 August 2015}}
Sometimes referred to as Killingholme B powerstation.{{citation|title = European Electricity Systems in Transition| editor-first = A.|editor-last = Midttun| at = Table III.4, p.66| year = 1997}}{{cite web| url = http://www.industcards.com/cc-england-east-mid.htm| title = CCGT Plants in East England & the Midlands| work = industcards.com| date = 5 May 2010| access-date = 8 August 2015| url-status = usurped| archive-url = http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160522082926/http%3A//www.industcards.com/cc%2Dengland%2Deast%2Dmid.htm| archive-date = 22 May 2016}}
See also
{{Portal|England|Energy}}
References
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=Literature=
- {{Cite journal | last1 = Chappell | first1 = T. E. | title = The 900 MW combined cycle gas turbine power station project at Killingholme | doi = 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1993_207_028_02 | journal = Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy | volume = 207 | issue = 31 | pages = 147–155 | year = 1993 | bibcode = 1993PIMEA.207..147C }}
External links
{{Commons category|Killingholme B Power Station}}
- {{cite web| url=https://www.uniper.energy/en/what-we-do/where-we-operate/united-kingdom.html| title = Uniper UK Sites}}
{{Yorkshire Powerstations}}
Category:Natural gas-fired power stations in England
Category:Power stations in Lincolnshire