Rocksavage Power Station

Rocksavage Power Station

Infobox UK power station
static_

static_image_caption= Rocksavage Power Station at night
os_grid_reference=SJ517800
latitude=53.31544
longitude=-2.72541
country=England
region=North West England
shire_county=Cheshire
operator=Intergen
fuel= Gas
fuel_capacity=748 MW
secondary_fuel=
secondary_fuel_capacity=
opened=1998
closed=

Rocksavage Power Station is a 748MWe gas-fired power station on "Cow Hey Lane" near Runcorn just off the A557, at the junction of the River Weaver and River Mersey, and near junction 12 of the M56.

History

It was opened by the Queen on July 31 1998, being owned by Intergen, a company used to be jointly owned by Bechtel and Shell. It cost £375m, being situated in the borough of Halton. The EPC contractor was Bechtel. The site trades as Rocksavage Power Company Ltd. It sponsors the Runcorn Jets baseball club, the [http://www.highfieldmvc.co.uk Highfield Male Voice Choir] , and the [http://www.westonanglingclub.net Weston Angling Club] . The site has a [http://archive.warringtonguardian.co.uk/1999/12/15/225832.html visitor centre] for schoolchildren. The name Rocksavage comes from the nearby [http://www.runcornhistsoc.org.uk/rocksavage_house.html Rocksavage Hall] .

pecification

It is a CCGT-type power [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/747526 station] that uses natural gas. It has two Alstom 240MWe [http://www.power.alstom.com/home/equipment___systems/turbines/gas_turbines/gt24_and_gt26___188mw_and_281mw_/34621.EN.php?languageId=EN&dir=/home/equipment___systems/turbines/gas_turbines/gt24_and_gt26___188mw_and_281mw_/ GT26A] gas turbines, with an Alstom heat recovery steam generator each that produces steam for one ABB 260MWe steam turbine. The plant runs at 58% thermal efficiency.300MWe is used by ICI at Weston Point that makes hydrofluororcarbons (HFCs), and the other 400MWe is sold by Scottish and Southern Energy (formerly Scottish Hydro) for electricity supply.

External links

* [http://www.intergen.com/global/rocksavage.php Intergen]
* [http://www.industcards.com/cc-england-north.htm Other CCGTs in northern England]
* [http://www.abb.com/cawp/seitp202/C1256C290031524BC12567310022665B.aspx ABB wins order for gas turbines]


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