Enfield Power Station

Enfield Power Station

Enfield Power Station is a 408 MW gas-fired station, opened on part of the original Brimsdown Power Station site on " [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/36188 Brancroft Way] ". It is near the A1055 and Lee Valley Park.

History

Known as Enfield Power Station (originally Enfield Energy Centre) this has been operated by E.ON UK since May 6 2005, being bought for £109 million and became E.ON's fifth gas power station in the United Kingdom. Construction was started in September 1997. It was commissioned in December 1999. It employs twenty seven people.

It was opened as the Enfield Energy Centre Ltd, being owned by [http://www.indeckenergy.com Indeck Energy Services] and Enfield Holdings BV, itself jointly owned by NRG Energy Services and El Paso Energy.

pecification

It is a CCGT type natural gas power station. Using an Alstom GT26B2.2 gas turbine. [ [http://www.power.alstom.com/home/equipment___systems/turbines/gas_turbines/gt24_and_gt26___188mw_and_281mw_/34621.EN.php?languageId=EN&dir=/home/equipment___systems/turbines/gas_turbines/gt24_and_gt26___188mw_and_281mw_/ GT24 and GT26 Gas Turbines ] ] , to drive an electrical generator rated at 500 MVA and with a terminal voltage of 21 kV. Waste heat is recovered by a Combustion Engineering heat recovery steam generator to drive an Alstom Steam Turbine unit connected via a SSS clutch to the main powertrain. It connects to the National Grid via a transformer at 132 kV.

References

External links

* [http://www.eon-uk.com/generation/enfield.aspx E.ON]
* [http://www.scottwilson.com/projects/natural_resources/energy__power/enfield_energy_centre_-_400_mw.aspx Site design]


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