Immingham Power Station

For the (1912) power station on Immingham dock, see Immingham dock powerstation.

Immingham Combined Heat and Power Plant (also known as VPI Immingham) is a combined heat and power, gas-fired power plant adjacent to the Humber Oil Refinery near to South Killingholme North Lincolnshire, England.

Immingham Power Station
Immingham power station Viewed from the south in April 2006
Country	England
Location	Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Coordinates	53.63833°N 0.23328°W / 53.63833; -0.23328
Status	Operational
Commission date	2004
Owner	Vitol
Operators	Conoco Phillips Power Operations (2004–present)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Natural gas
Power generation
Units operational	2004
Nameplate capacity	730 MW
External links
Website	www.vpi-i.com
Commons	Related media on Commons
grid reference TA169172

The plant opened in 2004 with a 730 MW generating capacity, and was expanded to 1,180 MW in 2009; the station was developed by ConocoPhillips until its sale to Vitol in 2013.^[1]

History

Prince Andrew, Duke of York visited on the morning of Tuesday 5 July 2005, later visiting Grimsby, and the local police helicopter at Kirmington Airport.^{[2] [3]}

Description

See main article Industry of the South Humber Bank § Industrialization in "ConocoPhillips"

A 734 MW power station was developed at a cost of £350 million by ConocoPhillips and opened in 2004 adjacent to the Humber Oil Refinery. The plant supplied 'waste' steam to both Humber and Lindsey Oil Refineries, and incorporated auxiliary boilers for steam supply to the refineries.

In 2009 the plant's capacity was raised to 1,180 MW, by the addition of a 285 MW gas turbine, and 200 MW heat recovery steam generator. In 2013 the plant was acquired by Vitol.

In August 2020, consent was given for the development of an additional gas-fired plant to be built next to the current facility.^[4] The expansion will increase Immingham's output to 1,240MW.^[5] The proposal was initially made in July 2018.^[6]