Hillhouse Enterprise Zone power station

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Hillhouse Enterprise Zone power station is a cancelled power station in Thornton, Lancashire, United Kingdom. It is also known as Wyre Power Station.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Hillhouse Enterprise Zone power station Thornton, Lancashire, United Kingdom 53.87371, -3.02137 (approximate)[1][2]

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

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit CC 1 cancelled[1][2] gas[1][2] 900[1][2] combined cycle[1][2] no

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 CC 1 Wyre Power Ltd[1][2] NPL Group [100.0%]

Background

In 2016 NPL Group hosted a site visit to solicit investment in the project, hosting both China Power Engineering Consulting Group Corporation Ltd (CPECC) and China National Electric Engineering Co Ltd (CNEEC).[3] The three companies intended to submit a full application for the Secretary of State's Development Consent Order (DCO) process in 2019.[4]

As of April 2022, Wyre power has withdrawn their proposal and requested that it be removed from the UK's infrastructure planning documents.[5][6]Hillhouse Enterprise Zone: Progress Report, Blackpool Council, Sep 16, 2020</ref> The project is presumed cancelled.

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220709022929/https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/north-west/hillhouse-enterprise-zone-power-station/. Archived from the original on 09 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 https://www.visitfyldecoast.info/about-the-fylde-coast/business/wyre-power-station/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Hillhouse Enterprise Zone, Visit Cleveleys, Apr 29, 2020
  4. Hillhouse EZ Power Station (CCGT), NPLGroup, accessed Apr 14, 2021
  5. "Hillhouse Enterprise Zone Power Station | National Infrastructure Planning". infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  6. Hillhouse Enterprise Zone Power Station, National Infrastructure Planning website, accessed November 2019.

Additional data

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