Salt End
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Salt End or Saltend is a hamlet
in the East Riding of Yorkshire
, England
, in an area known as Holderness
. It is situated on the north bank of the Humber
just outside the Hull
eastern boundary on the A1033 road.
It forms part of the civil parish of Preston
.
Salt End is dominated by a BP
chemical works and a gas-fired power station owned by International Power.
s of acetic acid
per year, the largest manufacturer in Europe; and about 150,000 tonne
s of acetic anhydride
per year. Acetic acid is used in VAM, PTA esters and other intermediates and acetic anhydride is used in cellulose acetate
and chemical derivatives.
INEOS, which is a third party company operating on the BP Salt End site also produces vinyl acetate monomer
(VAM) which is used in paints, adhesives, floor coverings and clothing. Ethyl acetate
(ETAC) is used in printing inks, glues, paints, packaging, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
It was In March 2007 when BP announced the sale of VAM and ETAC which were bought by INEOS.
, British Sugar and DuPont
are currently building a 330,000 te/yr wheat-to-bioethanol plant at Saltend. Once completed in 2012, the unit will be the largest such plant in the UK and the 5th largest in Europe. The bioethanol will be blended into petrol.
Vivergo was the subject of industrial action in March-April 2011 resulting from the termination of a contract with Redhall Engineering.
Construction was delayed for several months, but as of August 2011 work has restarted.
Protests at the gate of the Saltend site were heavily policed owing to severe disruption of the Saltend site and the road network to the east of Kingston upon Hull.
an American power generator. It was later sold to Calpine
Corporation, also an American power generator, in August 2001 for £562 million. In July 2005, Salt End was sold to International Power
, one of the legal successors to National Power
, a UK company for £500 million. It acquired the station in a 70/30 share with Mitsui
& Co of Japan
. The site was built by Mitsubishi (MHI) and Raytheon.
The station is run on gas using single shaft 3 x Mitsubishi 701F gas Turbine
s machines with Alstom 400 MWe generator
s. The station has a total output of 1200 MW; of that 100 MW is allocated to supply BP Chemicals. Each gas turbine has a Babcock Borsig Power
(BBP) heat recovery steam generator, which all lead to one steam turbine
per unit (single shaft machine means Gas turbine and Steam Turbine are on the same shaft). The waste product of electricity generation is steam at the rate of about 120 tonnes/hr which is sold to BP Chemicals to use in their process. This makes Salt End one of the most efficient power stations in the UK.
issued an environmental permit to Waste Recycling Group
for a non-hazardous waste incinerator at Queen Elizabeth Dock, Saltend. The plant is an energy from waste facility, which will burn waste at high temperatures and use the energy to generate electricity.
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
in the East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, in an area known as Holderness
Holderness
Holderness is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland until it was drained in the Middle Ages. Topographically, Holderness has more in common with the Netherlands than other parts of Yorkshire...
. It is situated on the north bank of the Humber
Humber
The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal River Ouse and the tidal River Trent. From here to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary between the East Riding of Yorkshire on the north bank...
just outside the Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
eastern boundary on the A1033 road.
It forms part of the civil parish of Preston
Preston, East Riding of Yorkshire
Preston is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately east of Hull city centre it lies just north of the A1033 road on the crossroads between the B1240 and B1362 roads....
.
Salt End is dominated by a BP
BP
BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
chemical works and a gas-fired power station owned by International Power.
BP Chemical works
The BP Chemical works at Salt End produces about 600,000 tonneTonne
The tonne, known as the metric ton in the US , often put pleonastically as "metric tonne" to avoid confusion with ton, is a metric system unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. The tonne is not an International System of Units unit, but is accepted for use with the SI...
s of acetic acid
Acetic acid
Acetic acid is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH3CO2H . It is a colourless liquid that when undiluted is also called glacial acetic acid. Acetic acid is the main component of vinegar , and has a distinctive sour taste and pungent smell...
per year, the largest manufacturer in Europe; and about 150,000 tonne
Tonne
The tonne, known as the metric ton in the US , often put pleonastically as "metric tonne" to avoid confusion with ton, is a metric system unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. The tonne is not an International System of Units unit, but is accepted for use with the SI...
s of acetic anhydride
Acetic anhydride
Acetic anhydride, or ethanoic anhydride, is the chemical compound with the formula 2O. Commonly abbreviated Ac2O, it is the simplest isolatable acid anhydride and is a widely used reagent in organic synthesis...
per year. Acetic acid is used in VAM, PTA esters and other intermediates and acetic anhydride is used in cellulose acetate
Cellulose acetate
Cellulose acetate , first prepared in 1865, is the acetate ester of cellulose. Cellulose acetate is used as a film base in photography, as a component in some adhesives, and as a frame material for eyeglasses; it is also used as a synthetic fiber and in the manufacture of cigarette filters and...
and chemical derivatives.
INEOS, which is a third party company operating on the BP Salt End site also produces vinyl acetate monomer
Vinyl acetate
Vinyl acetate is an organic compound with the formula CH3COOCH=CH2. A colorless liquid with a pungent odor, it is the precursor to polyvinyl acetate, an important polymer in industry.-Production:...
(VAM) which is used in paints, adhesives, floor coverings and clothing. Ethyl acetate
Ethyl acetate
Ethyl acetate is the organic compound with the formula CH3COOCH2CH3. This colorless liquid has a characteristic sweet smell and is used in glues, nail polish removers, and cigarettes...
(ETAC) is used in printing inks, glues, paints, packaging, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
It was In March 2007 when BP announced the sale of VAM and ETAC which were bought by INEOS.
Vivergo Fuels
Vivergo Fuels, a joint venture between BPBP
BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
, British Sugar and DuPont
DuPont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...
are currently building a 330,000 te/yr wheat-to-bioethanol plant at Saltend. Once completed in 2012, the unit will be the largest such plant in the UK and the 5th largest in Europe. The bioethanol will be blended into petrol.
Vivergo was the subject of industrial action in March-April 2011 resulting from the termination of a contract with Redhall Engineering.
Construction was delayed for several months, but as of August 2011 work has restarted.
Protests at the gate of the Saltend site were heavily policed owing to severe disruption of the Saltend site and the road network to the east of Kingston upon Hull.
Salt End cogeneration plant
Saltend Power Station was commissioned in 2000 by EntergyEntergy
Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. It is headquartered in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana.-History:...
an American power generator. It was later sold to Calpine
Calpine
Calpine Corporation is a Fortune 500 power company founded in 1984 in San Jose, California.Calpine's headquarters were permanently moved from San Jose to Houston, Texas in 2009. The company's stock was traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CPN until it was delisted on December 5,...
Corporation, also an American power generator, in August 2001 for £562 million. In July 2005, Salt End was sold to International Power
International Power
International Power PLC is an international electricity generator formed in 2000 by the demerger of National Power. It is headquartered at Senator House, 85 Queen Victoria Street in the City of London...
, one of the legal successors to National Power
National Power
- History :National Power was formed following the privatisation of the UK electricity market in 1990. In England and Wales the Central Electricity Generating Board, which was responsible for the generation and transmission of electricity was split into three generating companies Powergen, National...
, a UK company for £500 million. It acquired the station in a 70/30 share with Mitsui
Mitsui
is one of the largest corporate conglomerates in Japan and one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world.-History:Founded by Mitsui Takatoshi , who was the fourth son of a shopkeeper in Matsusaka, in what is now today's Mie prefecture...
& Co of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The site was built by Mitsubishi (MHI) and Raytheon.
The station is run on gas using single shaft 3 x Mitsubishi 701F 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 machines with Alstom 400 MWe generator
Alternator
An alternator is an electromechanical device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy in the form of alternating current.Most alternators use a rotating magnetic field but linear alternators are occasionally used...
s. The station has a total output of 1200 MW; of that 100 MW is allocated to supply BP Chemicals. Each gas turbine has a Babcock Borsig Power
Doosan Babcock
Doosan Babcock, is part of Doosan Power Systems Ltd a UK-based subsidiary of Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction. DPS is a power sector utility boiler OEM and after market services company, offering specialist services and technologies to clients in the nuclear power generation, fossil-fired...
(BBP) heat recovery steam generator, which all lead to 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....
per unit (single shaft machine means Gas turbine and Steam Turbine are on the same shaft). The waste product of electricity generation is steam at the rate of about 120 tonnes/hr which is sold to BP Chemicals to use in their process. This makes Salt End one of the most efficient power stations in the UK.
Waste incineration
In June 2009 the Environment AgencyEnvironment Agency
The Environment Agency is a British non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Government Sponsored Body of the Welsh Assembly Government that serves England and Wales.-Purpose:...
issued an environmental permit to Waste Recycling Group
Waste Recycling Group
Waste Recycling Group is a major British waste management company.WRG was owned by Guy Hands' investment company Terra Firma Capital Partners until September 2006, when it was sold to Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, S.A.The company offers services in Landfill Disposal, Energy Recovery,...
for a non-hazardous waste incinerator at Queen Elizabeth Dock, Saltend. The plant is an energy from waste facility, which will burn waste at high temperatures and use the energy to generate electricity.