Enfield Power Station
Encyclopedia
Enfield Power Station is a 408 MW
gas-fired station, opened on part of the original Brimsdown Power Station
site on Brancroft Way at Brimsdown
in the North London Borough of Enfield
. It is near the A1055 and Lee Valley Park
.
since 6 May 2005, being bought for £109 million and became E.ON's fifth gas power station in the United Kingdom. Construction was started in September 1997. It was commissioned in December 1999. It employs twenty seven people.
It was opened as the Enfield Energy Centre Ltd, being owned by Indeck Energy Services and Enfield Holdings BV, itself jointly owned by NRG Energy Services
and El Paso Energy.
type natural gas power station. Using an Alstom
GT26B2.2 gas turbine
., to drive an electrical generator
rated at 500 MVA
and with a terminal voltage of 21 kV. Waste heat is recovered by a Combustion Engineering heat recovery steam generator to drive an Alstom Steam Turbine unit connected via a SSS clutch to the main powertrain. It connects to the National Grid via a transformer at 132 kV.
Watt
The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units , named after the Scottish engineer James Watt . The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion.-Definition:...
gas-fired station, opened on part of the original Brimsdown Power Station
Brimsdown Power Station
Brimsdown Power Station was a coal-fired power station on the Lee Navigation at Brimsdown in Enfield, North London. The station had seven cooling towers which were visible from a wide area.-History:...
site on Brancroft Way at Brimsdown
Brimsdown
Brimsdown is a place in the London Borough of Enfield, North London generally known as the Lea Valley. The Brimsdown area is roughly located in the area either side of Mollison Avenue, to Bilton Way, just south of Ordnance Road, extending as far south as the Mollison Avenue/Jeffreys Road roundabout...
in the North London Borough of Enfield
London Borough of Enfield
The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London. It borders the London Boroughs of Barnet, Haringey and Waltham Forest...
. It is near the A1055 and Lee Valley Park
Lee Valley Park
Lee Valley Regional Park is a long linear park, much of it green spaces, running through the northeast of London, Essex and Hertfordshire from the River Thames to Ware in Hertfordshire, England through areas such as Hackney, Tottenham, Enfield, Stratford, Tower Hamlets, Walthamstow, Cheshunt,...
.
History
Known as Enfield Power Station (originally Enfield Energy Centre) this has been operated by E.ON UKE.ON UK
E.ON UK is an energy company in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of E.ON, the world's largest investor-owned power and gas company. As Powergen, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but since 1 July 2002 has been owned by E.ON AG of...
since 6 May 2005, being bought for £109 million and became E.ON's fifth gas power station in the United Kingdom. Construction was started in September 1997. It was commissioned in December 1999. It employs twenty seven people.
It was opened as the Enfield Energy Centre Ltd, being owned by Indeck Energy Services and Enfield Holdings BV, itself jointly owned by NRG Energy Services
NRG Energy
NRG Energy, Inc. is an American energy company headquartered in West Windsor Township, New Jersey, near Princeton.-Electrical Power Generation Operations:...
and El Paso Energy.
Specification
It is a CCGTCombined cycle
In electric power generation a combined cycle is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem off the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy, which in turn usually drives electrical generators...
type natural gas power station. Using an Alstom
Alstom
Alstom is a large multinational conglomerate which holds interests in the power generation and transport markets. According to the company website, in the years 2010-2011 Alstom had annual sales of over €20.9 billion, and employed more than 85,000 people in 70 countries. Alstom's headquarters are...
GT26B2.2 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....
., to drive an electrical generator
Electrical generator
In electricity generation, an electric generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. A generator forces electric charge to flow through an external electrical circuit. It is analogous to a water pump, which causes water to flow...
rated at 500 MVA
Volt-ampere
A volt-ampere is the unit used for the apparent power in an electrical circuit, equal to the product of root-mean-square voltage and RMS current. In direct current circuits, this product is equal to the real power in watts...
and with a terminal voltage of 21 kV. Waste heat is recovered by a Combustion Engineering heat recovery steam generator to drive an Alstom Steam Turbine unit connected via a SSS clutch to the main powertrain. It connects to the National Grid via a transformer at 132 kV.