Roosecote Power Station
| Roosecote Power Station | |
|---|---|
Roosecote Power Station | |
| Country | England |
| Location | Cumbria, North West England |
| Coordinates | 54°06′18″N 3°11′16″W / 54.10499°N 3.187732°W |
| Status | Coal-fired and CCGT stations decommissioned and demolished, Battery facility operational |
| Construction began | Coal-fired: Late 1940s CCGT: 1990 Battery: 2017 |
| Commission date | Coal-fired: 1953 CCGT: 1991 Battery: 2018 |
| Decommission date | Coal-fired: 1986 CCGT: 2012 |
| Owners | British Electricity Authority (1953–1955) Central Electricity Authority (1955–1957) Central Electricity Generating Board (1958–1986) Centrica (1991–present) |
| Operator | As owner |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal-fired Coal, CCGT Natural gas |
| Site area | 114.5 acres |
| Chimneys | Coal-fired 2; CCGT 1 |
| Cooling source | Seawater |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | Coal-fired 4 × 32 MW, CCGT 120 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 120 MW |
| Annual net output | 331 GWh (1971), 144 GWh (1981) |
| Storage capacity | 49 MW |
| External links | |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
grid reference SD223683 | |
Roosecote Power Station was a gas-fired, originally coal-fired power station, situated in the Roosecote district of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, North West England. The gas-fired station opened in 1991 and was the first CCGT power station to supply electricity to the United Kingdom's National Grid, but was mothballed in 2012 after a proposed biomass power station was cancelled. It was situated directly adjacent to Rampside Gas Terminal. The plant was demolished between 2014 and 2015. The site is now a 49 MW battery storage facility.