Killingholme is a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) comprising two 450MW modules giving a total generation capacity of 900MW.

Killingholme has recently returned to full service. This is the first time in the UK that a plant has been successfully returned to service following mothballing. The project to return the site to service has taken two years, involved 2 million man hours of labour and cost circa £25 million.

"This has been a fantastic achievement by the TriGas team at Killingholme, who have been working to bring the station back to service for a year. They deserve special praise because we believe this is the first time, certainly in the UK and, we believe, anywhere in the world, that a gas-fired power station has been returned to service after it was withdrawn completely." - Dr. Paul Golby, Chief Executive, E.ON UK

Environment

To reduce the visible impact of Killingholme E.ON UK have planted 40,000 plants, shrubs and trees. The site is landscaped in a natural manner to encourage the development of habitat for local wildlife. A waste management system means that paper, cardboard, scrap metal, waste oils and fluorescent tubes are all recycled.

Community

For the past 12 years, in May and October, approximately 1,200 year 11 schoolchildren visit the station to attend 'Crucial Crew' a Safety Awareness Programme in co-ordination with other organisations - Humberside Police, Humberside Fire & Rescue, HM Coastguards, Chartdale Homes, North & North East Lincolnshire Councils. Killingholme has also hosted workshops for North East Lincolnshire Council on the European Day of the Disabled where approximately 300 year 11 schoolchildren attended.

Chasehill Woods, located close to the site, have been opened by the station for school visits and the Duke of Edinburgh scheme.

Killingholme's Education Centre

The education centre at Killingholme offers unique learning opportunities for all ages into power technology and the environment linked with the National Curriculum. The centre offers all the facilities necessary for a full day of study for a maximum of 40 children. A number of different agencies and organisations have built sets in individual rooms, which school children will visit in small groups. They will discuss what they see with the staff present to learn and understand the safety messages given.

The facilities include a large classroom, hands on activities, work booklets, resources room, toilets and picnic area; it is open all year round, but visits must be booked in advance. We do not charge for the use of this highly valuable facility but schools must arrange their own transport.

Disabled access is available with alternative routes for inaccessible parts of the site tour and visits by special needs pupils are very welcome, please disucuss your requirements with us when booking.

We are pround to say that over 10,000 school children have used this facility over the last 10 years.

Interesting facts

Killingholme is equiped with hybrid cooling towers which are designed to reduce the visible plume being emitted from the towers. The cooling water returning from the condensers is diverted in to the bottom of fixed radiator banks and passes up through the radiators before being discharged in to the existing troughs feeding the tower. A series of fans are situated so that they draw warm air through the radiators and discharge it in to the neck of the plume.