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The most efficient gas-fired power station in Europe has now officially entered commercial operations following a four-and-a-half year construction programme. SSE Thermal’s Keadby 2 Power Station in North Lincolnshire has an efficiency of around 63 per cent, making it the most efficient plant of its type in the UK and Europe - and one of the most efficient in the world.
SSE Thermal’s Tarbert Power Station will close by the end of 2023 in line with environmental requirements. While the existing plant will cease operations this year, SSE Thermal has already outlined plans for a new power station at the site which would initially run on sustainable biofuel with the potential to convert to hydrogen in the future.
SSE Thermal is calling on government to turbocharge the delivery of low-carbon technologies to help deliver a net zero power system by 2035.
SSE Thermal is exploring options to develop two new low-carbon power stations in Ireland which would help to protect security of supply and provide flexible backup to renewable generation.
The provisional results of the latest T-4 capacity auction in Great Britain were published on Tuesday 21 February, with a total of 43,000MW in capacity contracts awarded to capacity market units at an auction clearing price of £63/kW.
SSE Thermal is currently engaged in discussions regarding a potential Temporary Emergency Generation development at its Tarbert site in County Kerry, after a request from the Irish Authorities to support security of supply at the site.
The provisional results of the latest T-1 capacity auction in Great Britain were published on Tuesday 14 February, with a total of 5,783MW in capacity contracts awarded to capacity market units at an auction clearing price of £60/kW.
We may be only a handful of days into the new year but time is already running short. For the UK to deliver on its net zero ambition, the next 12 months can either pave the way for crucial final investment decisions to be made in 2024 or result in that capital moving elsewhere.
SSE Thermal is developing a first-of-a-kind project in the Humber which would unite hydrogen production, storage and power generation in one location by the middle of this decade.
SSE has today announced that Catherine Raw, Managing Director of SSE Thermal, will join its Group Executive Committee, effective from January 2023.
