Immingham Combined Heat and Power Plant (also known as VPI Immingham) is a

combined heat and power Cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) is the use of a heat engine or power station to electricity generation, generate electricity and useful heat at the same time. Cogeneration is a more efficient use of fuel or heat, because otherwise ...

gas-fired power plant A gas-fired power plant, sometimes referred to as gas-fired power station, natural gas power plant, or methane gas power plant, is a thermal power station that burns natural gas to generate electricity. Gas-fired power plants generate almost a ...

adjacent to the

Humber Oil Refinery The Humber Refinery is a British oil refinery in South Killingholme, North Lincolnshire. It is situated south of the railway line next to the A160; Prax Group's Lindsey Oil Refinery is north of the railway line. It is situated approximately ...

near to

South Killingholme South Killingholme is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,108. The parish was predominately agricultural and sparsely populated and the village small until the ...

North Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Lincolnshire, England. At the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Census, it had a population of 167,446. T ...

, England. The plant opened in 2004 with a 730 MW generating capacity, and was expanded to 1,180 MW in 2009; the station was developed by

ConocoPhillips ConocoPhillips Company is an American multinational corporation engaged in hydrocarbon exploration and production. It is based in the Energy Corridor district of Houston, Texas. The company has operations in 15 countries and has production in t ...

until its sale to

Vitol Vitol (Pronounced: Vee-Tol) is a Swiss-based Dutch multinational energy and commodity trading company that was founded in Rotterdam in 1966 by Henk Viëtor and Jacques Detiger. Though trading, logistics, and distribution are at the core of its b ...

in 2013.

History

Prince Andrew, Duke of York Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Andrew Albert Christian Edward; born 19 February 1960) is a member of the British royal family. He is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a younger bro ...

visited on the morning of Tuesday 5 July 2005, later visiting Grimsby, and the local police helicopter at Kirmington Airport.

Description

:''See main article Industry of the South Humber Bank § Industrialization in "ConocoPhillips" '' A 734 MW power station was developed at a cost of £350 million by

and opened in 2004 adjacent to the

. The plant supplied 'waste' steam to both Humber and

Lindsey Lindsey may refer to : Places Canada * Lindsey Lake, Nova Scotia England * Parts of Lindsey, one of the historic Parts of Lincolnshire and an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 ** East Lindsey, an administrative district in Lincolnshire, ...

Oil Refineries, and incorporated auxiliary boilers for steam supply to the refineries. In 2009 the plant's capacity was raised to 1,180 MW, by the addition of a 285 MW gas turbine, and 200 MW heat recovery steam generator. In 2013 the plant was acquired by

. In August 2020, consent was given for the development of an additional gas-fired plant to be built next to the current facility. The expansion will increase Immingham's output to 1,240MW. The proposal was initially made in July 2018.

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CCGTs in northern England
{{Phillips 66 Cogeneration power stations in England ConocoPhillips Energy infrastructure completed in 2004 Natural gas-fired power stations in England Power stations in Lincolnshire Power stations in Yorkshire and the Humber Immingham