See also Kingston Power Station

Kingston Power Station

Kingston Power Station can refer to one of several power stations:*Kingston Power Station, London*Kingston Fossil Plant*Kingston Powerhouse*Cowes Power Station - also known as Kingston Power Station...

Cowes power station (or Kingston power station) is a 140MW open cycle, gas turbine station powered by two 70mw units. The station is the Isle of Wight's only power generation source other than power from the mainland. The station was built in 1982 at a cost of £30 million. The station is owned and operated by RWE npower.

Both units run on light fuel oil and operate at either peak time or when the grid requires frequency response. The station is either run locally or by remote from Fawley Power Station

Fawley Power Station

Fawley Power Station is an oil-fired power station located on the western side of Southampton Water, between the villages of Fawley and Calshot in Hampshire...

. The gas turbine

Gas turbine

A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of internal combustion engine. It has an upstream rotating compressor coupled to a downstream turbine, and a combustion chamber in-between....

engines have a total output of 200,000 horsepower and use 762 litres (201.3 US gal) of fuel oil per minute when running at maximum output.