Shotton Power Station

Shotton Combined Heat and Power Station is a 210MWe gas-fired CHP power [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/116753 station] in in north Wales UK.

It is located on Weighbridge Road in Deeside, near the A548 in Shotton, Flintshire.

History

The power station opened in 2001 as Shotton CHP Ltd, when owned by TXU Europe. The plant is near the [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/116760 site] of UPM's Shotton [http://w3.upm-kymmene.com/upm/internet/cms/upmcms.nsf/$all/988972CB0F395CD2C2256D95004D3E5C?Open&qm=menu,0,0,0 paper mill] . It is near [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/198037 steelworks] 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 [http://www.gazdefrance.co.uk/EN/public/page.php?iddossier=802&idarticle=2127 bought] by Gaz de France (GdF), being their only power station in the UK until the company bought the Teesside power station in February 2008. The trading company is [http://www.gazdefrance.co.uk Gas de France ESS] .

The site is next door to the Deeside Power Station, north of the River Dee.

pecification

It is a CCGT-type power station that runs on natural gas. The plant has two 75MWe General Electric [http://www.gepower.com/prod_serv/products/gas_turbines_cc/en/midrange/ms6001fa.htm 6FA] gas turbines from which the exhaust gas heats two heat recovery steam generators. The steam from these power one steam turbine. It has around thirty employees of whom the elite are mostly on D shift.

External links

* [http://www.gazdefrance-ess.co.uk/public/page.php?iddossier=3164 Gaz de France]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2591073.stm Calling in receivers in December 2002]