Pembroke power station, Wales
6 April 2011Pembroke power station is owned by RWE npower which, in 2008, entered into a £800 million contract with turbine manufacturers Alstom. The station is a 2,000MW natural gas-fired power project that is being built on the site of the former oil-fired power station which was closed in 1997 and demolished in 2000.
It will be a CCGT-type power station that uses natural gas. The gas will come from the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Milford Haven and not directly from a gas field. There will be five 400MW modules, each with a 288MW Alstom gas turbine, heat recovery steam generator and steam turbine. The construction will be the largest power station built in the UK since Drax was completed in 1986. … More




