Shotton Combined Heat and Power Station was a 210 MWe gas-fired CHP power station in Flintshire, Wales. It was located on Weighbridge Road in Deeside, near the A548 in Shotton, Flintshire.
The power station opened in 2001 as Shotton CHP Ltd, when owned by TXU Europe. The plant was near the[2] site of UPM's Shotton paper mill and provided steam, condensate and power to the paper mill and fed surplus electricity into the National Grid. It is near steelworks[3] owned by Corus Group. In December 2002, TXU had financial problems when the price of electricity plummeted. The plant went into administration. In January 2003, the administrators, PricewaterhouseCoopers, successfully restarted the power plant. It was the first time a power station had been commercially running whilst in receivership. In October 2003, the plant was bought by Gaz de France (GdF),[4] being their only power station in the UK until the company bought the Teesside Power Station in February 2008. Late 2008 Gaz de France merged with Suez (a major global utility company) to form GDF Suez.
The site was next door to the Deeside Power Station, north of the River Dee. International Power decided to close the plant in June 2012, as the commissioning of a number of highly efficient gas-fired power stations in the UK, the relatively low efficiency of Shotton CHP and the worst position of gas in UK's merit order over the previous years made the plant uncompetitive. It was demolished in 2014.
shotton, power, station, shotton, combined, heat, power, station, fired, power, station, flintshire, wales, located, weighbridge, road, deeside, near, a548, shotton, flintshire, countrywales, united, kingdomlocationflintshirecoordinates53, 23375, 03265, 23375,. Shotton Combined Heat and Power Station was a 210 MWe gas fired CHP power station in Flintshire Wales It was located on Weighbridge Road in Deeside near the A548 in Shotton Flintshire Shotton Power StationCountryWales United KingdomLocationFlintshireCoordinates53 14 02 N 3 01 58 W 53 23375 N 3 03265 W 53 23375 3 03265StatusDemolishedCommission date2001Decommission dateJune 2012 1 Owner s GDF SuezThermal power stationPrimary fuelNatural gasPower generationUnits operational2 x 75 MW1 x 60 MWMake and modelGeneral ElectricNameplate capacity210 MW edit on Wikidata Contents 1 History 2 Specification 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe power station opened in 2001 as Shotton CHP Ltd when owned by TXU Europe The plant was near the 2 site of UPM s Shotton paper mill and provided steam condensate and power to the paper mill and fed surplus electricity into the National Grid It is near steelworks 3 owned by Corus Group In December 2002 TXU had financial problems when the price of electricity plummeted The plant went into administration In January 2003 the administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers successfully restarted the power plant It was the first time a power station had been commercially running whilst in receivership In October 2003 the plant was bought by Gaz de France GdF 4 being their only power station in the UK until the company bought the Teesside Power Station in February 2008 Late 2008 Gaz de France merged with Suez a major global utility company to form GDF Suez The site was next door to the Deeside Power Station north of the River Dee International Power decided to close the plant in June 2012 as the commissioning of a number of highly efficient gas fired power stations in the UK the relatively low efficiency of Shotton CHP and the worst position of gas in UK s merit order over the previous years made the plant uncompetitive It was demolished in 2014 Specification editIt was a CCGT type power station that runs on natural gas The plant had two 75 MWe General Electric 6FA gas turbines 5 from which the exhaust gas heats two heat recovery steam generators The steam from these power one steam turbine References edit Shotton Power Station for GDF Suez Shotton Limited Alright on Paper Geograph Corus Shotton Steelworks Geograph Gaz de France acquires 215 MW UK CHP plant 7 October 2003 Archived from the original on 15 September 2007 MS6001FA Gas Turbines Archived from the original on 29 August 2008 External links edit nbsp Wales portal nbsp Energy portal Official Site Calling in receivers in December 2002 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shotton Power Station amp oldid 1171435993, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
