UK Power Stations 2002
Connah's Corby CDC Grain Killingholme Kingsnorth Ratcliffe-on- Rheidol Taylor's Totals
Quay Soar Lane
Units Reporting
Threshold
Basic Site Data
Location Flintshire Northants Notts Kent Lincs Kent Notts Ceredigion London
OS Grid Reference SJ 279 710 SK 897 912 SK 81 79 TQ 885 755 TA 154 190 TQ 812 720 SK 503 301 SN 783 725 TQ 209 844
Land Area ha 94 7 7 87 20 161 280 15,200 8 15,864
Commissioning date of final unit 1996 1994 1999 1984 1993 1973 1970 1963 1978
Fuel Type Gas Gas (+ gas Gas Oil (HFO) Gas Coal (+ HFO) Coal (+ LO & Hydro Gas-oil
GRC MW 1,420 401
oil) 395 1,405 900 1,489 RFO)
2,068 56 132 8,266
AP5790
IPC Authorisation number(s) (+ AG6621 AZ6967 AA3541 AB5873 AA3000 AA2267 - AF8068
AU0198)
ISO 14001 Certificate Number ENV 28 - ENV 77 ENV 52 ENV 21 ENV 51 ENV 27 ENV 53 ENV 52*
ISO 14001 Certification achieved Apr 1998 - Jul 2000 Mar 1999 Aug 1997 Mar 1999 Mar 1998 Apr 1999 Oct 2000
Generation
Electricity supplied TWh 9.06 2.45 2.13 0.07 2.62 7.03 10.23 0.10 0.004 33.7
Environmental Compliance
Substantiated Complaints received no. 18 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 25
Incidents no. 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 9
Prosecutions no. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Resource Use
Fuel use Mtce 2.61 0.80 0.59 0.04 0.80 2.74 4.07 0 0.002 11.7
Net water use Mm3 6 0.4 1 0 5 2 11 0 0 24.9
- Cooling water source River Dee n/a River Trent Medway Humber Estuary Medway Trent n/a 0 0
- River water abstracted Mm3 14.0 0 3.1 32.3 16.7 1,373.8 48.0 169.7 0 1,657.5
- River water returned Mm3 8.7 0 1.9 32.3 12.1 1,373.8 37.0 169.7 0 1,635.5
- Mains water abstracted Mm3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 n/a 0 1.7
- Borehole water abstracted Mm3 0 0 0 0.03 0 1.16 0 n/a 0 1.19
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Releases to air
Greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide (CO2) kte 10 3,520 1,196 804 78.0 1,121 6,540 9,150 n/a brt 22,409
Nitrous oxide (N2O) te 10 89 brt 48 brt 26 71 106 n/a brt 340
Methane (CH4) te 10 417 brt 87 brt 118 38 57 n/a n/a 717
Acid-forming gases
Sulphur dioxide (SO2) te 100 brt brt brt 450 n/a 32,900 15,924 n/a brt 49,274
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) te 100 936 2,035 648 271 1,121 16,500 22,840 n/a brt 44,351
Hydrogen chloride (HCl) te 10 n/a brt n/a n/a n/a 813 236 n/a n/a 1,049
Other Acid-forming gases
Hydrogen fluoride te 5 n/a n/a n/a brt n/a 228 79 n/a brt 307
Local air quality
Particulates te 10 n/a brt n/a 27 n/a 507 65 n/a brt 599
Particulates (PM10 fraction) te 10 n/a brt brt brt n/a 406 52 n/a brt 458
Carbon monoxide (CO) te 100 84.3 brt 232 brt brt 3,010 4,479 n/a brt 7,805
Hydrocarbons
Dioxins & furans (as WHO TEQ) g 0.01 n/a n/a n/a 0.02 n/a 1.37 0.54 n/a brt 1.9
Benzo-a-pyrene (BaP) kg 1 n/a n/a n/a brt n/a brt n/a n/a n/a 0
Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) - Borneff sixkg 50 n/a n/a n/a brt n/a brt brt n/a brt 0
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) (as WHO TEQ)kg 0.0001 n/a n/a n/a brt n/a 0.0008 0.0001 n/a brt 0.0009
Trace elements
Antimony kg 5 n/a n/a n/a brt n/a brt brt n/a brt 0
Arsenic kg 1 n/a n/a n/a brt n/a 35 1 n/a brt 36
Beryllium kg 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2 brt n/a n/a 2
Boron kg 5,000 n/a n/a n/a brt n/a 19,700 7,571 n/a brt 27,271
Cadmium kg 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 49 38 n/a n/a 87
Chromium kg 10 n/a n/a n/a brt n/a 255 brt n/a brt 255
Copper kg 10 n/a n/a n/a brt n/a 132 13 n/a brt 145
Lead kg 100 n/a n/a brt brt n/a 390 1034 n/a brt 1,424
Manganese kg 50 n/a n/a n/a brt n/a 227 brt n/a brt 227
Mercury kg 1 n/a n/a brt n/a n/a 89 53 n/a n/a 142
Nickel kg 10 n/a n/a n/a 101 n/a 123 brt n/a brt 224
Selenium kg 200 n/a n/a n/a brt n/a 1140 290 n/a brt 1,430
Vanadium kg 50 n/a n/a brt 180 n/a 166 brt n/a brt 346
Zinc kg 100 n/a n/a n/a brt n/a brt brt n/a brt 0
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Discharges to water
Arsenic kg 5 brt n/a brt n/a brt brt 193 n/a n/a 193
Cadmium kg 1 brt n/a brt brt brt brt brt n/a n/a 0
Chromium kg 20 brt n/a brt n/a brt brt 76 n/a n/a 76
Copper kg 20 brt n/a brt n/a brt brt 282 n/a n/a 282
Lead kg 20 brt n/a brt n/a brt brt brt n/a n/a 0
Mercury kg 0.1 brt n/a brt brt brt brt 0.2 n/a n/a 0
Nickel kg 20 brt n/a brt n/a brt brt 153 n/a n/a 153
Zinc kg 100 brt n/a brt n/a brt brt 6 n/a n/a 6
Chlorides te 2000 n/a n/a n/a n/a brt brt 4,301 n/a n/a 4,301
Fluorides te 2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0
By-products and Waste
Furnace bottom ash
Produced kte n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 29.3 100.0 n/a n/a 129.3
Disposed kte n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a See Note 1 0 n/a n/a 0
Sold kte n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 14.0 100.0 n/a n/a 114.0
Pulverised fuel ash
Produced kte n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 263.7 456.4 n/a n/a 720.1
Disposed kte n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 11.6 227.4 n/a n/a 239.0
Sold kte n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 218.8 392.4 n/a n/a 611.2
Wastes
Non-special waste disposed te 437 66 107 100 15 923 277,505 15 4 279,172.0
Non-special waste recovered te 0 0 106 99.9 0 11,630 # 0 0 11,835.9
Non-special waste recycled te 0 0.12 2 0 0 3,716 808,538 5 2 812,263.1
Special waste disposed te 129 157 13 15 4 130 244 0 7 698.7
Special waste recovered te 14 11 97 0 457 0 0 0 0 579.0
Special waste recycled te 0 0 0 0.4 0 15 238 0 15 268.4
Notes: These data are gathered using methods agreed with the Environment Agency
Data for Connah's Quay power station includes data from the gas treatment plant
brt - below reporting threshold
'Complaints' received includes all complaints from the public of an environmental nature dealt with by the site during 2002.
'Incidents' includes all unforeseen environmental incidents and events no matter how insignificant reported through each site's EMS.
Data from small open cycle gas turbines present at some sites and secondary fuel burn from oil for flame stabilisation and start-up are included within relevant sites using coal equivalents.
Sulphur dioxide data are SO2 and SO3 expressed as SO2
Nitrogen oxide data are NO and NO2 expressed as NO2
Ash figures may include ash generated in previous years, removed from landfill, and sold for reuse during this year
Taylor's Lane Power Station is managed as part of the Kingsnorth and Grain Business Unit. It is certified to ISO 14001 through Grain's certificate.
Powergen plc own a 50% share in Corby Power Station. It is owned and operated jointly by Powergen and ESBI
Powergen plc own a 50% share in Cottam Development Centre. It is owned and operated jointly by Powergen and Siemens
NR - not recorded
1. An element of the quantity given for pulverised fuel ash is furnace bottom ash