Eggborough Power Station

Infobox UK power station
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static_image_caption=Eggborough Power Station viewed from Hazel Old Lane in July 2006.
os_grid_reference=SE576242
latitude=53.7116
longitude=-1.1269
country=England
region=Yorkshire and the Humber
shire_county=North Yorkshire
operator=British Energy
fuel=Coal-fired
fuel_capacity=1,960 MWe
opened=1966

Eggborough Power Station is one of three power stations (Ferrybridge, Eggborough, Drax) which extend in a line about 4 miles apart from each other to the north of the M62 motorway. There also used to be a fourth power station in this group to the south of the M62, Thorpe Marsh, which is now closed.

History

Eggborough Power Station was built between 1962 and 1970, however generation started in 1967. The station comprises four coal-fired units with a total electrical output of 1960 MWe. Two of the units have Flue Gas Desulphurisation equipment, which reduces the units' emissions of sulphur dioxide by around 90%.citation
url=http://www.british-energy.com/pagetemplate.php?pid=97
title=Eggborough
publisher=British Energy
accessdate=2008-06-13]

The station had been the property of npower since privatisation of the industry in 1990, but Eggborough is the only coal-fired power station owned by British Energy. British Energy bought Eggborough Power Station in 2000 to provide a more flexible power production facility to reduce penalty charge risks from the New Electricity Trading Arrangements introduced in March 2001. The purchase of Eggborough occurred at the peak of the market for power stations, and in 2002 the value of the station was written down by half.citation
url=http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/03-04/0304264.pdf#page=24
title=Risk Management: The Nuclear Liabilities of British Energy plc
pages=24
publisher=National Audit Office
date=6 February 2004
accessdate=2008-06-13]

In 2005 a retrofit turbine upgrade was carried out to increase the station's efficiency and flexibility by improving part-load and two-shift operation.citation
url=http://www.power.alstom.com/_eLibrary/presentation/upload_105542.pdf
title=Eggborough - Steam Turbine Retrofits
publisher=ALSTOM
date=November 2005
accessdate=2008-06-13]

See also

*Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom
*Energy policy of the United Kingdom

References

External links

* [http://www.british-energy.com/pagetemplate.php?pid=97 Eggborough] , British Energy