Derby power station

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Derby power station is an operating power station of at least 58-megawatts (MW) in Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom.


Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Derby power station Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom 52.8841, -1.4641 (exact)[1]

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 52.884065, -1.464076


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[3] 58 MW[3] gas turbine[3] yes[1] - -

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 Rockland Capital Rockland Capital

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): Heat[4]
  • Captive industry: Automobiles[4]
  • Captive non-industry use (heat or power): Heat[4]


Background

The Derby plant provides steam to the Rolls Royce Sinfin site.[5] Whitetower Energy sold it, along with four other gas plants, to Rockland Capital in 2019.[6]

In 2021 the project applied for 50 MW existing generation in the T-4 Capacity Market 2024-2025 auction.[7] This would qualify them for government subsidies to guarantee electricity supply.[8]


Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211024212731/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/896998/Variation_Notice_RP3936YG-V003.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200514010918/https://www.group.rwe/nl-NL/ons-portfolio/onze-vestigingen/ocgt-fleet. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "www.rocklandcapital.com/natural-gas-simple-cycle/". Archived from the original on September 17, 2021.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Up close: incredible Rolls-Royce technology at cutting edge of jet design". April 10, 2022. Archived from the original on May 14, 2022. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  5. Notice of variation and consolidation with introductory note, UK Environment Agency, Jul 1 2020
  6. Portfolio, Rockland Capital, accessed Apr 14, 2021
  7. Capacity Market Register 2024-25 (T-4) - 13_04_2021, Electricity Market Reform Delivery Body, Apr 13, 2021
  8. Capacity Market, United Kingdom, Mar 1, 2019

Additional data

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