Marchwood power station

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Marchwood power station is an operating power station of at least 920-megawatts (MW) in Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Marchwood power station Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom 50.89798, -1.43751 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 50.89798, -1.43751

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] 920[3][4] combined cycle[2] no 2009[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
Unit 1 Marchwood Power[3] SSE PLC [50.0%]; Electricity Supply Board (ESB) [50.0%]

Background

In 2021 the project applied for 920 MW existing generation in the T-4 Capacity Market 2024-2025 auction, and they were listed in the final results.[5][6] This would qualify them for government subsidies to guarantee electricity supply.[7]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240124173814/https://zenodo.org/records/3349843. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221108073105/https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes. Archived from the original on 08 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20180410114819/http://sse.com:80/whatwedo/ourprojectsandassets/thermal/marchwood/. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  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)
  5. T4 DY2024-25 Final Results, Electricity Market Reform Delivery Body, Mar 22, 2021
  6. Capacity Market Register 2024-25 (T-4) - 13_04_2021, Electricity Market Reform Delivery Body, Apr 13, 2021
  7. Capacity Market, United Kingdom, Mar 1, 2019

Additional data

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