Bury St Edmunds Sugar Factory power station
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Bury St Edmunds Sugar Factory power station is an operating power station of at least 77-megawatts (MW) in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Bury St Edmunds Sugar Factory power station | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom | 52.25567, 0.72592 (exact)[1] |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 1: 52.25567, 0.72592
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | operating[2] | gas[2] | 77[2] | combined cycle[2] | yes[3][4] | 1999[5] | – |
CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | British Sugar PLC[2] | Wittington Investments Ltd |
Project-level captive use details
Background
Bury St. Edmund's sugar factory houses this combined heat and power generation unit, using more than 80% of the generated heat for the production of sugar.[6]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/place/British+Sugar/@52.25544170.7223921977m.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20221025070915/https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/electricity-market-reform-capacity-market. Archived from the original on 2022-10-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221108073105/https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes. Archived from the original on 2022-11-08.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-gas-powered-chp-combined-heat-power-system-combined-cycle-power-plant-28785162.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "(PDF) Bury St Edmunds. about. factory - Free Download PDF". Archived from the original on July 9, 2022. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ↑ "[PDF] Bury St Edmunds. about. factory - Free Download PDF". silo.tips. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
Additional data
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