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Progress power station is a shelved power station in Eye, Suffolk, United Kingdom. It is also known as Eye Progress.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Progress power station | Eye, Suffolk, United Kingdom | 52.31961, 1.14621 (approximate)[1] |
The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | shelved[2][3] | gas[4] | 299[4] | gas turbine[4] | 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 1 | Progress Power Ltd[5] | Drax Group PLC |
Background
Progress Power's proposals to build the 299 megawatt power station on part of the former Second World War airfield near Eye, were approved by the Department of Energy and Climate Change in 2016. It was envisaged that once the company behind the project, now owned by British power giants Drax, secured a contract to supply electricity, construction of the plant would start in 2018 with commercial operation scheduled for 2020/21. In November 2018, the court ruled that Britain must halt its so-called power capacity auctions pending a further investigation by European Union regulators. The UK government said the ruling imposes a "standstill period", which prevents it from holding electricity capacity auctions until the scheme can be approved again. Drax spokesman Matt Willey said the company was confident the delay would be short-lived and would not prevent the Eye scheme from going ahead.[6]
The markets have since resumed. Progress power station is listed in the T-4 Capacity Market 2024-2025 final auction results.[7][8] This would qualify it for government subsidies to guarantee electricity supply.[9]
Ground work, including building a perimeter fence at the site, began in June 2021.[10]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/place/52%C2%B019'10.6%22N+1%C2%B008'46.4%22E/@52.319611.1462117z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d52.31961!4d1.14621?entry=ttu.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220709024338/https://www.drax.com/press_release/progress-power-prepares-for-development-commencement/. Archived from the original on 09 July 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230606092655/https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/eastern/progress-power-station/. Archived from the original on 06 June 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220904165602/https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/Capacity%20Markets%20Document%20Library/Capacity%20Market%20Register%202024-25%20(T-4)%20-%2013_04_2021.xlsx. Archived from the original on 04 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211221110934/http://progresspower.co.uk/. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ EU ruling leaves plan for £200m A140 power station in limbo, Eastern Daily Press, updated November 4, 2019.
- ↑ T4 DY2024-25 Final Results, Electricity Market Reform Delivery Body, Mar 22, 2021
- ↑ The Drax gas plant is dead: But other new gas projects are a headache for the COP26 team, Ember, Feb 15, 2021
- ↑ Capacity Market, United Kingdom, Mar 1, 2019
- ↑ Kerr, Aidan (June 28, 2021). "Progress Power prepares for development commencement". Drax. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
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Additional data
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