Roosecote Power Station
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Roosecote Power Station
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| Country | England |
| Location | Cumbria, North West England |
| Coordinates | 54°06′18″N 3°11′16″W / 54.10499°N 3.187732°WCoordinates: 54°06′18″N 3°11′16″W / 54.10499°N 3.187732°W |
| Commission date | 1954 |
| Decommission date | 2012 |
| Operator(s) | Centrica |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Natural gas-fired |
| Tertiary fuel | Coal-fired |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 120 MW |
| grid reference SD223683 | |
Roosecote Power Station was a gas-fired, originally coal-fired power station, situated in the Roosecote district of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, North West England. The gas-fired station opened in 1991 and was the first CCGT power station to supply electricity to the United Kingdom's National Grid, but was mothballed in 2012 after a proposed biomass power station was cancelled. It was situated directly adjacent to Rampside Gas Terminal. The plant was demolished between 2014 and 2015.
The coal-fired power station began generating electricity in 1954. The station had a generating capacity of 120 megawatts (MW). The station was initially operated by the Central Electricity Authority, which became the Central Electricity Generating Board in 1957. The station closed in November 1986. At the time of its closure only 60 MW of the station's capacity was in operation.
The first organisation to plan for a new power station on the site was Cumbria Power in 1987, formed of four engineers. They hoped to build a CCGT plant that used the steam turbines of the former plant. This idea wasn't feasible, so a new power station was chosen instead, but situated in the former turbine hall. ABB joined the planning process in April 1989, and a new company - Lakeland Power Ltd - was formed, being owned 80% by ABB and 20% by Cumbria Power. In October 1989, the North Western Electricity Board (NORWEB) signed an agreement with Lakeland Power to have a supply of electricity - the first such agreement between a UK regional electricity company and a private generator. NORWEB also bought 20% of the company.
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