Specifications - Baglan Bay CCGT Power Plant, United Kingdom

Key Data
Start year	1996 (first application)
Approved by the UK government	Early 1999
Output	525MW
Plant type	Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT)
Location	Baglan Bay, Port Talbot, Wales, UK
Estimated investment	£300 million
Turbines shipped	December 2000
Characterisation testing	Summer 2002
Field testing	November 2002
Key Players
Sponsor (Energy Park)	BP, the Welsh Development Agency and the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Lead equipment supplier	General Electric Power Systems
Plant Details
Turbine unit	General Electric (GE) H system gas turbine
Turbine output	480MW
Turbine efficiency	Near 60%
Turbine dimensions	12m long, 5m diameter
Turbine weight	370t
Additional equipment	HRSG; steam supply systems with black start capability and associated auxiliaries (cooling towers; water treatment plant and back-up steam supplies)
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