Port Talbot Power Station

Port Talbot Power Station
Location of Port Talbot Power Station in Wales
Country	Wales, United Kingdom
Location	Port Talbot
Coordinates	51°35′46″N 3°46′52″W / 51.596°N 3.781°WCoordinates: 51°35′46″N 3°46′52″W / 51.596°N 3.781°W
Status	Cancelled
Construction cost	£500 million
Owner(s)	ESB International
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Natural gas
Combined cycle?	Yes
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	1,100–1,300 MW

Port Talbot Power Station was a proposed 1,100–1,300 MW natural gas-fired power station in Port Talbot, situated in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. A proposed 350 MW biomass power station would have been sited next door to it.

Gas-fired power station

The power station was projected to cost £500 million, and be completed around 2012. It would have been built by ESB International.^[1] It would have been sited near the docks and steel works.^[1] It would have been a CCGT-type power station that runs on natural gas.^[1] In 2007 it was being reported that the "proposals are currently with the Department of Trade and Industry".^[2]

Proposed wood-fired station

The £400 million biomass plant was granted planning permission in 2007, despite fierce opposition in the town.^[3] The plant would have been a wood-fired station. The plant was being developed by Prenergy Power.^[3] However by 2013 there appeared to be no prospect of construction starting.^[3]

References

1. "ESB plans €600m plant in Wales - The Irish Times - Mon, Aug 14, 2006". www.irishtimes.com. 8 August 2006. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
2. "Power trip". WalesOnline. 18 January 2007.
3. "Campaigners celebrate as Prenergy cuts ties with National Grid over proposed Port Talbot biomass plant". South Wales Evening Post. 16 February 2013.