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Lynemouth power station
Lynemouth power station in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Lynemouth power station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Lynemouth Power Station is a biomass power plant which provides electricity for the UK National Grid. Until March 2012, it was the main source of electricity for the nearby Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter. It is located on the coast of Northumberland, north east of the town of Ashington in north east England. The station has stood as a landmark on the Northumberland coast since it opened in 1972, and had been privately owned by aluminium company Rio Tinto Alcan throughout its operation until December 2013, when RWE npower took over. In January 2016 it was acquired by the Czech company Energetický a průmyslový holding. The station was one of the most recently built coal-fired power stations in the United Kingdom, but with a generating capacity of only 420 megawatts (MW), was one of the smallest. In 2011, it was announced that the power station may be converted to burn biomass only, in a bid to avoid government legislation. In January 2016 the station was purchased by Energetický a průmyslový holding (EPH). The station converted to biomass in 2018, ending its use of coal. Two separate wind farm plants currently have permission to be built near the station, one for a 13 turbine wind farm near the smelter and another three turbine wind farm to the north of the station. In 2009, Alcan announced that they hope to fit the station with carbon capture and storage technology.
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Background
History
In 1968, Alcan had applied for planning permission for the construction of a new aluminium smelter in Northumberland at Lynemouth. Later that year, Alcan was granted the permission and site preparation would soon begin. However, to meet the electric demand of the new smelter, a power station would also be needed to be a built. The smelter and power station were constructed in southeast Northumberland to lower high unemployment numbers. The site was chosen because of the nearby Ellington and Lynemouth collieries. Ellington Colliery was sunk in 1909 and Lynemouth Colliery in 1927. In 1968 the two collieries were connected underground by the Bewick Drift, from which coal was brought to the…
Architecture
The boiler house and turbine hall have a steel frame with aluminium cladding. Other structures include a single 114 m tall chimney of reinforced concrete, and coal delivery and sorting plant. The station's boiler house houses three 380 MWth International Combustion boilers, which were fuelled by pulverised bituminous coal. Each of these provide steam a 140 megawatt (MW) Parsons turbo-alternators, situated in the station's turbine hall. Since the closure of the smelter, all generation goes to the grid. Between 1999 and 2000, the power station was given a turbine upgrade. In 2000, the station's condensers were also refurbished. The condenser refurbishment was carried out by Alstom. These…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.2042, -1.5208
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Newbiggin by the Sea
- Postcode
- NE63 9NW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Blyth and Ashington
- Established
- 2016
- Official site
- www.epuki.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q11987128 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Lynemouth power station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Lynemouth power station?
- Lynemouth power station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE63 9NW), in the parish of Newbiggin by the Sea.
- When was Lynemouth power station built?
- Built or established in 2016.
- Who owns Lynemouth power station?
- Lynemouth power station is owned by Rio Tinto Alcan<br />(1972–2013)<br />RWE npower<br />(2013–2016)<br />EPH<br />(2016–present).
- How do I get to Lynemouth power station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE63 9NW. It sits within the Blyth and Ashington parliamentary constituency.