Rocksavage Power Station is an 800 MWe gas-fired power station on Cow Hey Lane in Runcorn just off the A557, at the junction of the River Weaver and River Mersey, and near junction 12 of the M56.

Rocksavage Power Station
Rocksavage Power Station in 2006
Country	England
Location	Cheshire, North West England
Coordinates	53.31544°N 2.72541°W / 53.31544; -2.72541
Commission date	1998; 24 years ago (1998)
Operator(s)	Intergen
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Natural gas
External links
Commons	Related media on Commons
[edit on Wikidata] grid reference SJ517800

History

It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 31 July 1998, being owned by InterGen, a company that is now jointly owned by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and China Huaneng Group. It cost £375m, being situated in the borough of Halton. The EPC contractor was Bechtel. The site trades as Rocksavage Power Company Ltd. It sponsors the Runcorn Jets baseball club, the Highfield Male Voice Choir, and the Weston Angling Club. The site has a visitor centre for schoolchildren. The name comes from the nearby ruined Elizabethan mansion, Rocksavage.

Specification

It is a CCGT-type power station that uses natural gas. It has two Alstom 260MWe GT26A gas turbines, with an Alstom heat recovery steam generator each that produces steam for one ABB 280MWe steam turbine. The plant runs at 58% thermal efficiency. 300MWe is used by the Ineos site (previously ICI) at Weston Point that makes hydrofluororcarbons (HFCs), and the other 400MWe is sold by Scottish and Southern Energy (formerly Scottish Hydro) for electricity supply.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rocksavage Power Station.

• Intergen
• Other CCGTs in northern England
• ABB wins order for gas turbines