Coryton Power Station
Encyclopedia
Coryton Power Station is a 732 MW gas-fired power station named after the nearby Petroplus
Coryton Refinery
in Thurrock
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, is owned by Intergen, based in Burlington, Essex, and cost £470 million.
type power station that uses natural gas. It has two ABB Alstom
GT26 gas turbine
s 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.
Petroplus
Petroplus Holdings AG is Europe's largest independent oil refiner.-History:When the company first formed in 1993 it was known as Petroplus International N.V. being based in the Netherlands. In 1997, it acquired the Antwerp N.V. Refinery from the Daewoo Group. In August 1998, it was listed on the...
Coryton Refinery
Coryton Refinery
Coryton Refinery is an oil refinery in Essex, England, situated on the estuary of the River Thames some from the centre of London.The refinery is located between Shell Haven Creek and Hole Haven Creek, which separates Canvey Island from the mainland....
in Thurrock
Thurrock
Thurrock is a unitary authority with borough status in the English ceremonial county of Essex. It is part of the London commuter belt and an area of regeneration within the Thames Gateway redevelopment zone. The local authority is Thurrock Council....
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History
The site is run by Coryton Energy Ltd. It opened in 2002 and was built by BechtelBechtel
Bechtel Corporation is the largest engineering company in the United States, ranking as the 5th-largest privately owned company in the U.S...
, is owned by Intergen, based in Burlington, Essex, and cost £470 million.
Specification
It is a CCGTCombined cycle
In electric power generation a combined cycle is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem off the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy, which in turn usually drives electrical generators...
type power station that uses natural gas. It has two ABB Alstom
Alstom
Alstom is a large multinational conglomerate which holds interests in the power generation and transport markets. According to the company website, in the years 2010-2011 Alstom had annual sales of over €20.9 billion, and employed more than 85,000 people in 70 countries. Alstom's headquarters are...
GT26 gas turbine
Gas turbine
A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of internal combustion engine. It has an upstream rotating compressor coupled to a downstream turbine, and a combustion chamber in-between....
s from which the exhaust gas leads to two heat recovery steam generators. These power one steam turbine
Steam turbine
A steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam, and converts it into rotary motion. Its modern manifestation was invented by Sir Charles Parsons in 1884....
. The station connects to the National Grid at the nearby 400 kV Coryton South substation
Electrical substation
A substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system. Substations transform voltage from high to low, or the reverse, or perform any of several other important functions...
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The boiler design is a villager type. Optimised running in marginal markets is not possible due to these weaknesses.