Wilton power stations
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Wilton power station
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| Country | England |
| Location | Middlesbrough |
| Coordinates | 54°35′22″N 1°07′07″W / 54.5894°N 1.1185°WCoordinates: 54°35′22″N 1°07′07″W / 54.5894°N 1.1185°W |
| Status | Peak operational |
| Commission date | 1953 Wilton 10: 2007 |
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| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Secondary fuel | Oil and Gas |
| Tertiary fuel | Biomass |
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| Nameplate capacity | 227 MW |
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The Wilton power stations (or SembCorp power station) refers to a series of coal, oil, gas and biomass fired CHP power stations which provide electricity and heat for the Wilton International Complex, with excess electricity being sold to the National Grid. It is located on the Wilton site in Redcar and Cleveland, south of the town of Middlesbrough in North East England. The station has provided for the site since opening in 1952, when it was operated by ICI. The station is currently owned and operated by SembCorp Industries.
It comprises a variety of generating sets, with units of different ages and various fuels. The station is currently mainly coal and oil fired, but also has a CCGT unit. Wilton 10 was opened at the station in 2007, the UK's first ever large scale biomass only power station. The power station's total generating capacity across all of its units is 227 megawatts. There are plans to build another plant, Wilton 11, a waste to energy plant.
Wilton Power Station has been generating electricity and providing steam to the plants on the Wilton International complex since March 1952. A secondary turbine commissioned at the station in November 1951 is still operating there today. For a long time the station was operated by Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), but they sold the station to American company Enron in November 1998. In early 2002 Enron went bankrupt, and the station was sold to SembCorp.
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