Great Yarmouth Power Station

Great Yarmouth Power Station
Great Yarmouth power station in May 2007
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CountryEngland
LocationNorfolk, East of England
Coordinates52°35′02″N 1°44′00″E / 52.583884°N 1.733255°E / 52.583884; 1.733255
StatusCoal-fired: demolished, oil-fired: demolished, CCGT: operational
Commission dateCoal: 1894, Oil: 1957, C: 2001
Decommission dateCoal: 1961, Oil: 1986
Construction costCCGT £185 million
Owner(s)CEGB (1958–90)
Operator(s)[RWE]]
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal, oil, Natural gas
ChimneysCoal: 1, oil: 1, CCGT: 1
Cooling towersNone
Cooling sourceSeawater
Combined cycle?Yes
Power generation
Units operationalOil: 1 × 60 MW & 3 × 64 MW, CCGT: 420 MW
Make and modelCCGT: 265MWe General Electric Frame 9 (9001FA+E) gas turbine
Units decommissionedAll coal and oil
Nameplate capacityCoal: 252 MW, CCGT: 420 MW
Annual net outputOil station see text
External links
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Great Yarmouth Power Station is combined cycle gas turbine power station on South Denes Road in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England, with a maximum output of 420 MW electricity, opened in 2001. It is built on the site of an oil-fired power station, built in 1958 and closed and demolished in the 1990s. A coal-fired power station was built in Great Yarmouth in 1894 and operated until 1961. The station is operated by RWE.