Great Yarmouth Power Station | |
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Country | England |
Location | Norfolk, East of England |
Coordinates | 52°35′02″N 1°44′00″E / 52.583884°N 1.733255°E |
Status | Coal-fired: demolished, oil-fired: demolished, CCGT: operational |
Commission date | Coal: 1894, Oil: 1957, C: 2001 |
Decommission date | Coal: 1961, Oil: 1986 |
Construction cost | CCGT £185 million |
Owner(s) | CEGB (1958–90) |
Operator(s) | [RWE]] |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Coal, oil, Natural gas |
Chimneys | Coal: 1, oil: 1, CCGT: 1 |
Cooling towers | None |
Cooling source | Seawater |
Combined cycle? | Yes |
Power generation | |
Units operational | Oil: 1 × 60 MW & 3 × 64 MW, CCGT: 420 MW |
Make and model | CCGT: 265MWe General Electric Frame 9 (9001FA+E) gas turbine |
Units decommissioned | All coal and oil |
Nameplate capacity | Coal: 252 MW, CCGT: 420 MW |
Annual net output | Oil station see text |
External links | |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
grid reference TG530050 |
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.