Teesside Power Station
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Teesside Power Station
Viewed from the west in June 2006 |
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 Location of Teesside power station in North Yorkshire
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| Country | England |
| Location | Wilton, Redcar & Cleveland, North Yorkshire |
| Coordinates | 54°34′37″N 1°07′14″W / 54.576838°N 1.120417°WCoordinates: 54°34′37″N 1°07′14″W / 54.576838°N 1.120417°W |
| Status | Baseload |
| Commission date | 1993 |
| Owner(s) |
Enron (1993-2002) PX Ltd (2002-2008) GDF Suez (2008-present) |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Natural gas |
| Cooling source | Fresh |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 1875 MW |
Teesside Power Station is a former gas-fired power station, in Redcar & Cleveland, England. Situated near the Wilton chemical complex, the station had combined cycle gas turbines (CCGTs) and open cycle gas turbines (OCGTs), however in 2011 the operation of the CCGT part of the station was suspended, and in 2013 the owners announced its closure and plans to demolish it. Prior to the suspension, the station had a generating capacity of 1875 megawatts (MW), making it the largest of any CCGT power station in Europe. The station could meet almost 3% of the electricity demand for England, Wales and Scotland. Opened in 1993, the station was initially operated by Enron, but after the Enron scandal of 2001, when the station moved into the hands of PX Ltd, before being bought by Gaz de France and Suez in 2008. The station also worked as a cogeneration plant, providing steam for the Wilton complex.
The power station was constructed on a 23-acre (93,000 m2) site at the Wilton chemical complex near Middlesbrough in north east England. Construction of the station began in December 1990 and took twenty nine months to complete. The main contracted construction work was undertaken by Westinghouse and Wimpey, employing a largely local workforce of 3,000. The station was commissioned in April 1993. The station was originally owned and operated by US energy company Enron.
A visitor centre at the power station was opened by MP Mo Mowlam on 6 November 1998.
During maintenance closure in August 2001, an explosion in one of the power station's transformers killed three workers and injured another man.
After Enron's bankruptcy in 2002, the power station was sold to a management buyout. It was owned by Teesside Power Limited (TPL) and operated on behalf of its owners by PX Limited.
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