Coryton Power Station

Coryton Power Station is a 732 MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) gas-fired power station at Coryton, Thurrock, Essex, UK.

Coryton Power Station
Country	England, United Kingdom
Location	East of England, Essex
Coordinates	51°30′43″N 0°30′29″E
Status	Operational as per UK capacity market
Construction began	2000
Commission date	2002
Construction cost	£470 million (£0.64m/MW)
Owner	Creditas
Operator	Coryton Energy Ltd
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Natural gas
Turbine technology	Combine Cycle Gas Turbine
Site area	5.2 hectare
Chimneys	2 (55 metres)
Cooling towers	Air Cooled Heat Exchanger
Cooling source	Air Cooling
Combined cycle?	Yes
Power generation
Units operational	2
Make and model	Alstom GT26 A/B
Nameplate capacity	732 MW
External links
Commons	Related media on Commons

History

The site was part of the Coryton Refinery before its closure in 2012. Owned by InterGen, Coryton Power Station was built by Bechtel between 2000 and 2002, and cost £470 million. It was commissioned in 2002 and is run by Coryton Energy Ltd.

The InterGen is owned by Sev.en Global Investments.

Specification

It is a CCGT type power station that uses natural gas. Gas is supplied to the site through a 7 km underground pipeline from an off-take from the National Grid Gas National Transmission System south of Stanford-le-Hope. It has two ABB Alstom GT26 gas turbines driving two electricity generators. Gas turbine exhaust gas is led to two heat recovery steam generators. These power one steam turbine, connected to a further generator. The station connects to the electricity National Grid at the nearby 400 kV Coryton South substation.

Gateway Energy Centre

Gateway Energy Centre is a proposed 1250 MW gas-turbine power station to be located on the London Gateway Logistics Park about 1 km west of Coryton power station. It will be either a gas-fired 2 × CCGT plant; a 1 × CCGT plus 1 × Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) facility, and/or a 320 MW battery energy storage system.^[1] It will be developed by InterGen. Original consent was granted in 2011, with subsequent revisions and consents granted in 2014 and 2016. CO₂ capture facilities will be installed if mandated.^[1] Construction is likely to start in 2022 with commercial operation expected in 2024.^[2]

In 2020 InterGen gained consent for a 640 MWh lithium-ion battery storage power station near the site, capable of delivering 320 MW for nearly 2 hours. The £200 million project was expected to start in 2022 and to become operational in 2024, however, the site is still vacant and no news of when this will be completed.^[3]

See also

• England portal
• Energy portal

• Spalding Power Station