Fellside CHP power station
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Fellside CHP power station is an operating power station of at least 155-megawatts (MW) in Sellafield, Cumbria, United Kingdom.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Fellside CHP power station | Sellafield, Cumbria, United Kingdom | 54.4184, -3.4883 (exact)[1] |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 1: 54.4184, -3.4883
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] | 155[3] | combined cycle[3] | yes[3] | 1995[3] | – |
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 | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Sellafield Ltd[4] | Nuclear Decommissioning Authority [100.0%] | PX Group[5][4] |
Background
Fellside Power Station supplies electricity the national grid and steam to the Sellafield nuclear plant.[6][7]
A planning application for a replacement plant was submitted by Sellafield Ltd in the Summer of 2017 to Cumbria County Council and to Copeland Borough Council. It described Fellside as "an aging asset approaching the end of its design life with a large degree of obsolesence." This plan includes the demolition and clearance of existing CHP plant between 2021 and 2025. However, as of 2018, the timetable was "already showing signs of slippage." Reports said as of 2018, the CHP was expected to be taken out of service by 2025.[8] In 2020, reportedly construction of the new steam generation plant had already begun, and the plant was expected to begin normal operations in early 2023.[9]
It was still listed as amongst the "Power Stations in the UK" that were "operational at the end of May 2021"[10] but according to the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, as of October 2021, it has not generated power since September 2020.[11]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240124191518/https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240124172603/https://transparency.entsoe.eu/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20230108191432/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes. Archived from the original on 08 January 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220818163101/http://corecumbria.co.uk/briefings/steaming-into-sellafields-sunset-years/. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221228085541/https://www.pxlimited.com/what-we-do/our-sites/fellside-chp/. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "British Nuclear Fuels plc's completed acquisition of Fellside Heat and Power Limited A consultation paper" (PDF). Office of Gas and Electricity Markets. March 2002. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "FELLSIDE CHP". PxLimited. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Steaming into Sellafield's sunset years". corecumbria.co.uk. December 15, 2018. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Parsons, Emily (August 10, 2020). "Green light for amended Sellafield new steam generation plant plans". In Cumbria. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (July 26, 2021). "Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES): electricity". Gov.UK. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, ID: 48W000000FELL-1R accessed October 2020
Additional data
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