Talk:Existing UK coal-fired power stations

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Existing Coal-Fired power stations are identified by the United Kingdom Quality Ash Association as being:[1][2]

  • Aberthaw B Power Station which is owned by RWE nPower and located at Barry, South Glamorgan. It comprises three units and has an installed capacity of 1,554 megawatt megawatts;[3]
  • Cockenzie which is owned by Scottish Power and located in Prestopans, East Lothian. It comprises two units and has an installed capacity of 1,152 megawatts;
  • Cottam which is owned by EDF Energy and located in Retford, Nottinghamshire. It comprises two units and has an installed capacity of 1,970 megawatts;
  • Didcot A Power Station which is owned by RWE nPower and located in Didcot, Oxford. It comprises four units and has an installed capacity of 2,020 megawatts;
  • Drax which is owned by Drax Power Ltd and located in Drax, Selby, North Yorks. It comprises six units and has an installed capacity of 3,870 megawatts;
  • Eggborough which is owned by British Energy and located in Goole, North Humberside. It comprises two units and has an installed capacity of 1,960 megawatts;
  • Ferrybridge C which is owned by Scottish and Southern Energy and located in Knottingley, West Yorkshire. It comprises four units and has an installed capacity of 1,955 megawatts;
  • Fiddlers Ferry which is owned by Scottish and Southern Energy and located in Cuerdley, Warrington. It comprises four units and has an installed capacity of 1,961 megawatts;
  • Ironbridge which is owned by E.ON UK and located in Telford, Shropshire. It comprises two units and has an installed capacity of 970 megawatts;
  • Kingsnorth which is owned by E.ON UK and located in Rochester, Kent. It comprises four units and has an installed capacity of 1,974 megawatts;
  • Longannet which is owned by Scottish Power and located in Kincardine-on-Forth, Fife. It comprises four units and has an installed capacity of 2,304 megawatts;
  • Lynemouth which is owned by Rio Tinto Alcan and located in Ashington, Northumberland. and has an installed capacity of 420 megawatts. In March 2012 Rio Tinto Alcan announced that it was closing the Lynemouth smelter. However, in a media release it stated that "Talks on the sale of Lynemouth Power Station are on-going and cannot be concluded until the regulations for its continued operation independent of the smelter are confirmed by the UK government. Rio Tinto Alcan hopes to conclude these discussions in the coming months."[4]
  • Ratcliffe which is owned by E.ON UK and located in Ratcliife on Soar, Nottingham. It comprises four units and has an installed capacity of 2,000 megawatts;
  • Rugeley which is owned by International Power and located in Rugeley. It comprises two units and has an installed capacity of 976 megawatts;
  • West Burton which is owned by EDF Energy and located in Retford, Nottinghamshire. It comprises four units and has an installed capacity of 1,932 megawatts;
  • Wilton which is owned by ICI and located in Wilton International, Middlesborough, and has an installed capacity of 100 megawatts;
  • Uskmouth which is owned by Uskmouth Power Ltd and located in Nash Common, Newport, and has an installed capacity of 393 megawatts; the plant has been fitted with the plant flue-gas desulphurisation equipment;[5]
  • Moneypoint in Ireland; and
  • Kilroot which is owned by AES and located in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, and has an installed capacity of 520 megawatts.

A consultant's report for the DTI from March 2004 also listed Fifoot Point with 3 generating units and an installed capacity of 400 megawatts. However, this report did not include the Lynemouth and Uskmouth power stations listed above.[2]

  1. United Kingdom Quality Ash Association, "Power Station Locations and Capacities", undated but after 2006, accessed June 2008.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mott MacDonald, "UK Coal Production Outlook: 2004-16", Department of Trade and Industry website, Final Report March 2004. See Appendix E: UK Coal Power Stations, page E-1 at the end of the report.
  3. RWE nPower, "Facts & Figures 2012", RWE nPower, September 2012, page 18.
  4. Rio Tinto Alcan, "Rio Tinto to close its Lynemouth smelter", Media Release, March 6, 2012.
  5. Uskmouth Power, "Welcome to Uskmouth Power", Uskmouth Power website, accessed June 2008.