Northfleet Power Station

Northfleet Power Station
Northfleet Power Station from the south-west, 1973.
Country	England
Location	Kent, South East England
Coordinates	51°26′42″N 0°20′49″E / 51.445000°N 0.347000°E / 51.445000; 0.347000Coordinates: 51°26′42″N 0°20′49″E / 51.445000°N 0.347000°E / 51.445000; 0.347000
Commission date	1963
Decommission date	1991
Power station information
Primary fuel	Oil-fired
grid reference TQ631744

Northfleet Power Station was a coal, later oil-fired power station on the south bank of the Thames at Northfleet, Kent.

History

The station opened in 1963^[1] as a coal-burning station. It was converted to burn oil in the early 1970s.^[2] The station closed in 1991.^[3]

Northfleet Power Station seen from the east, 1973.

In 2000 the Government gave permission to Scottish and Southern Energy plc to build a 110 MW gas-fired combined heat and power station to supply the heat and electricity needs of the Kimberly-Clark paper mill at Northfleet.

References

1. ^ "Gravesend Chronology 1954-1960". Discover Gravesham. http://www.discovergravesham.co.uk/gravesend-chronology/1954-1960.html. 
2. ^ "Written Answers (Commons) → TECHNOLOGY Power Stations (Fuel)". HANSARD 23 July 1970. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1970/jul/23/power-stations-fuel. 
3. ^ "Major Development Sites Chapter Three". Gravesham Local Plan 2nd Review. Gravesham Borough Council. http://www.gravesham.gov.uk/media/pdf/s/t/GBLP2r_screen_Chapter%2003.pdf.