Medway power station | |
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Country | England |
Location | Isle of Grain |
Coordinates | 51°26′23″N 0°41′24″E / 51.43972°N 0.69000°E |
Status | Operating |
Construction began | 1992 |
Commission date | 1995 |
Owner(s) | Medway Power Limited |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Natural gas |
Secondary fuel | Fuel oil |
Turbine technology | Gas fired gas turbines, Heat recovery steam generators and steam turbine |
Site area | 11 acre |
Site elevation | Above 200 year storm tide |
Chimneys | 2 (65 metre) |
Cooling towers | 0 |
Cooling source | Abstracted from, and returned to, River Medway |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 2 x 228 MW |
Make and model | GE 9FA |
Nameplate capacity | 660 MW |
External links | |
Website | www |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
Medway Power Station is a 735 megawatts gas-fired combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station on the Isle of Grain in Kent adjacent to the River Medway, about 44 miles east of London. It started to supply electricity to the national grid in 1995.