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Killingholme B Power Station
Killingholme B Power Station (2006)
Country	England
Location	Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Coordinates	53°39′15″N 0°15′19″W / 53.65419°N 0.25518°W / 53.65419; -0.25518
Status	Operational
Commission date	1993
Operator(s)	Powergen (1993–2002) Uniper (2002–2015) Uniper (2015–present)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Natural gas
Combined cycle?	Yes
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	900 MW
External links
Commons	Related media on Commons
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Killingholme B Power Station is a Combined‐cycle gas turbine natural gas power station in the civil parish of North Killingholme in North Lincolnshire, north of the Lindsey Oil Refinery, and adjacent to Killingholme A power station

Killingholme B (900 MW) opened in 1993 and is owned by Uniper (Formerly E.ON UK).

Specification

The Uniper (Formerly E.ON UK) plant consists of two 450 MW Siemens V94.2 gas turbine modules each connected to a heat recovery steam generator using only a single steam turbine in a 2 into 1 configuration. Gas is supplied from a 26-mile pipeline from Theddlethorpe.^[1]

When it was built by Powergen (now called Uniper) and opened in April 1993 it was only the second gas-fired power station built in the UK. It was taken out of service in 2002 due to the lower price of electricity and was then restored to full service in August 2005,^[2] with one of the 450 MW units returning to service in April 2005. E.ON UK have an Education Centre at their site for school children.

In June 2015 E.ON UK announced the plant is to be closed.^[3]

Sometimes referred to as Killingholme B powerstation.^[4][5]

See also

• Industry of the South Humber Bank

References

Literature

• Chappell, T. E. (1993). "The 900 MW combined cycle gas turbine power station project at Killingholme". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy. 207 (31): 147. doi:10.1243/PIME_PROC_1993_207_028_02.

External links

• "Uniper UK Sites".