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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