Eggborough P.S. to close

Does this mean anything?

Of course. It means that they will convert the plant toCCGT. What else?

Graham. explained on 03/02/2018 :

I have worked on most of those the article mentions.

It's not a conversion it would be a new build CCGT rated at up to

Construction is not dependent on the existing station being demolished first as it will use the existing coal storage area.

Ferrybridge 'D' also a CCGT rated to around 2000MW is expected to enter the consents process around a year from now.

As they built the two new 'Multifuel' units aka wasteburners on the golf course, they may also build on the now cleared coal storage area, avoiding the existing station site.

Plus also in that area, Drax are planning to convert either one or two coal fired units each rated at 660MW (gross) to CCGT's rated at up to

Also a 1500MW CCGT at Knottingley has consent but nothing is currently happening beyond that.

Plus 1575MW at Thorpe Marsh, currently extended consent for start of build until next year, but the company behind it defaulted on the T-4 capacity market for a 1.9GW CCGT near Manchester.

I have worked at Eggborough and Fiddlers Ferry and have clambered round inside the main alternators at both of them.

Chris

Thank you.

Without any references to what it is about, nothing. Is Eggborough P.S. on the Moon, possibly?

Only a complete idiot would think so.

But then....

Lots of other new CCGT power stations.

Up to 11.175 GW, that's a lot of gas. Where is that going to come from given that the North Sea is becoming empty. Oh yes, our nice friendly neighbours, Russia...

There is plenty of oil and gas west of Shetland.

John

Fracking? Not popular everywhere, but opinions may change when the lights go out and we start to shiver in the dark...

No. Fracking or Qatar or Norway

IIRC, we don't import any gas from Russia. It all comes from those bastions of human rights and female emancipation in the Middle East.

11% LPG from Qatar

In the early 70s I happened to be in Canada when the supply of oil from the Middle East was suddenly turned off. For many years the Albertans had been trying to get the Ottawa government to develop the Athabasca tar sands, but without success. When the supply from the middle east dried up, the Canadian government rather unsurprisingly showed a lot of interest in the tar sands. That resulted in a lot of bumper stickers in Alberta which read "Let the eastern bastards freeze in the dark"!

There is truly nothing new on Earth!

Gazprom trades wholesale gas in London, though. I'd always assumed it went into a European grid somehow (certainly they ship it to Europe).

Thank you.

Some will eventually displace the other gas fired stations in the region built in the 1990's

Teesside is already long gone (1.9GW) Killingholme A & B 0.6GW + 0.9GW South Humber Bank 1.3GW Keadby 0.7GW

Circa 5.4GW total

Immingham and Saltend are probably more secure being tied into adjacent chemical plant / oil refineries for process heat.

The Langeled pipeline from Norway (25 bn m^3 / annum, a third of our demand ) is terminated in East Yorkshire. No LNG import facilities in that neck of the woods though.

While Centrica currently has an agreement for around 5% of import from Russia (via Europe) Norway, LNG from Qatar and the USA are more likely long term 'secure' UK gas sources.

There are also huge offshore wind developments (Dogger Bank) coming along. (2 x 1.2 GW connected North of Hull, 1.2GW connected on Teeside)