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Wilton power stations
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Wilton power stations in England North East, United Kingdom.
Mick Garratt — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- South Bank · 3.8 km
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Wilton power stations, the nearest railway station is South Bank, which is 3.8 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is TS10 4RG. Entry details are not specified, so please check in advance for accessibility information.
About
Wilton power stations is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Wilton power station refers to a series of coal, oil, gas and biomass fired CHP power stations which provide electricity and heat for the Wilton International Complex, with excess electricity being sold to the National Grid. It is located on the Wilton site in Redcar and Cleveland, south of the town of Middlesbrough in North East England. The station has provided for the site since opening in 1952, when it was operated by ICI. The station is currently owned and operated by SembCorp Industries. It comprises a variety of generating sets, with units of different ages and various fuels. The station is currently mainly coal and oil fired, but also has a CCGT unit. Wilton 10 was opened at the station in 2007, the UK's first ever large scale biomass only power station. The power station's total generating capacity across all of its units is 227 megawatts. There are plans to build another plant, Wilton 11, a waste to energy plant.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Wilton Power Station has been generating electricity and providing steam to the plants on the Wilton International complex since March 1952. A secondary turbine commissioned at the station in November 1951 is still operating there today. For a long time the station was operated by Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), but they sold the station to American company Enron in November 1998. In early 2002 Enron went bankrupt, and the station was sold to SembCorp. The station has been approved as a "Good quality" combined heat and power plant under the CHPQA registration scheme. This means that despite burning fossil fuels like coal and oil, the station is exempt from the Climate Change Levy, a tax…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.5894, -1.1185
- District
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Parish
- Redcar and Cleveland, unparished area
- Postcode
- TS10 4RG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Redcar
- Nearest railway station
- South Bank — 3.8 km
- Official site
- www.sembutilities.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q8023409 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Wilton power stations (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wilton power stations?
- Wilton power stations is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode TS10 4RG), in the parish of Redcar and Cleveland, unparished area.
- What is Wilton power stations?
- Wilton power stations in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Wilton power stations?
- The nearest railway station is South Bank, about 3.8 km away. Drivers can use postcode TS10 4RG.
- Who owns Wilton power stations?
- Wilton power stations is owned by | operator = {{Unbulleted list | Imperial Chemical Industries (1952-1998) | Enron (1998-2002) | SembCorp Utilities (2002-present) }}.
- Is Wilton power stations a protected site?
- Yes — Wilton power stations is part of the Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Wilton power stations?
- The nearest railway station is South Bank, about 3.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TS10 4RG.