Winnington Brunner power station

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Winnington Brunner power station is an operating power station of at least 94-megawatts (MW) in Winnington, Cheshire, United Kingdom.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Winnington Brunner power station Winnington, Cheshire, United Kingdom 53.26702, -2.53098 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • 1: 53.26702, -2.53098

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year
1 Operating[2] fossil gas: natural gas[2] 94[2] combined cycle[3] yes[3] 2000[4]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
1 Willington CHP Ltd [100%][3] Tata Chemicals Ltd [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): both[5]
  • Captive industry: Chemicals[5]
  • Non-industry use: none[5]


Background

The plant provides combined heat-and-power (CHP) of 94MW to Tata Chemicals' Europe chemical site.[6] Although it is operated by E.ON, the Willington CHP Limited that owns the power plant is a subsidiary of Tata Chemicals.[7]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20220921204353/https://www.cgdev.org/topics/carbon-monitoring-action. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220709024618/https://www.eonenergy.com/about-eon/our-company/generation/our-current-portfolio/combined-heat-and-power/about-us/winnington. Archived from the original on 09 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220709014839/https://www.tatachemicalseurope.com/products/energy. Archived from the original on 09 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20210729101515/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldeucom/197/197we05.htm. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://www.glassonline.com/brunner-mond-power-plant-go-ahead/ https://www.eonenergy.com/about-eon/our-company/generation/our-current-portfolio/combined-heat-and-power/about-us/winnington. https://www.glassonline.com/brunner-mond-power-plant-go-ahead/. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Winnington CHP". Tata Chemicals. Retrieved Apr 26th, 2020. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. Winnington | Our sites - E.ON

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