More great news for the local economy. Hot on the heels of the new Salford Reds Stadium and the proposed £250m paper mill in Trafford Park and 200 new jobs


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New power station at Carrington
Don Frame
6/ 8/2008

A NEW `green' £500 million gas-fired power station is to be built at Carrington, near Sale, providing up to 600 jobs during the two-year construction period.

The plant, which will generate enough electricity to supply half a million homes, will be on the site of the coal-fired Carrington Power Station.

Output from the 860 mega watt station will be more than three times the amount of electricity generated by the former coal plant but will occupy only half as much space.

The go ahead for the scheme by Yorkshire-based Bridestones Developments Ltd, has been given by the government's Department of Business Employment and Regulatory Reform, which had previously agreed a smaller plant on the site.

Mike Benson, for Bridestones, said: "We are delighted that the government has approved our plans. We will now focus on the design details and a construction programme."

Mr Benson said it is expected that building work will begin next year. The plant should be fully operational in four years. Final design details will be subject to discussions and approval by Trafford council, which has been involved in consultations over plans for the site.

It is acknowledged that new generating capacity must be built to replace ageing coal plants due to close over the next few years, as well as nuclear plants which are already being decommissioned.

Conventional sources of power will be needed to supply 80 per cent of the nation's electricity according to the government's Energy Bill which is currently before Parliament, with the remainder made up from renewable sources including wind, solar, wave, tidal and hydro power.

Gas fired power stations have the advantage of emitting half as much carbon dioxide as coal plants and burn fuel much more efficiently. They currently account for around 40 per cent of the country's electrical output.

Bridestones says the plant design will ensure that enough land is available to incorporate a facility for capturing and storing carbon dioxide, although the technology is still in its infancy.

The new plant will also have the potential to provide steam to neighbouring businesses that require a supply.

The £500m project will provide up to 600 jobs during the construction period, provide building and operations contracts for local businesses, and provide around 50 permanent jobs once it is in operation.

Construction of the old coal-fired plant at the Carrington site began shortly after the Second World War. It began generating power in 1956 and operations continued until 1991 when it was demolished.

Green and gas-fired don't go together. It clearly says at the bottom of the page that is not green.

Excellent render.
I hope it really does look like that.
One of b4mmys best i think.

Excellent render.
I hope it really does look like that.
One of b4mmys best i think.

SimCity.

dp

Green and gas-fired don't go together. It clearly says at the bottom of the page that is not green.

True, but it's better than the coal it's replacing.

Excellent render.
I hope it really does look like that.
One of b4mmys best i think.

lol... I did wet myself a little when the headline said £500m and 600 jobs...

...and twelve pence for the visual.

:nuts:

lol... I did wet myself a little when the headline said £500m and 600 jobs...

...and twelve pence for the visual.

:nuts:

Screen capture from Google Earth - check
Massing model in MS Paint - check
Invoice for 12p in the post - check

A gas fied f****** power station! I was only reading last week that gas used at home is about 100% efficient, used at a power station to develop electricity you lose 50% in the process, it is a very ineffective way of producing power. The government have an energy policy that beggars belief especially at a time of trying to conserve.

I agree, hopefully they will convert it to nuclear power before it gets started. It's the future!

Now we have all seen that James Bond film, but

A nuclear power station next to the Trafford Centre.

Just to tempt Longy.

Certainly an exhausted (coughs) nuke power station would erm solve the congestion problem.

I agree, hopefully they will convert it to nuclear power before it gets started. It's the future!

Nuclear Fusion is the future.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/JointEuropeanTorus_internal.jpg

Latest news, website and render of what the new power station will look like.

Click on link for other renders.

Carrington power station will create 600 new jobs
11:54am Tuesday 27th January 2009

MULTI-MILLION pound plans to turn derelict land in Carrington into a state-of-the-art power station have been welcomed by Trafford leaders.

Work on the ambitious project, which will create more than 600 jobs, will start early next year and open in 2013.

And at the official launch at Flixton House on Friday, council leader Susan Williams said: “It’s the first day of the recession but it does not feel like it.

“This is a fantastic scheme, it’s a £500m investment, for a clean and efficient way of generating power to one million homes.

“Trafford Council will continue to work closely with the developer. Carrington is an area in need of regeneration and this project will bring many direct benefits to the council and communities.”

Carrington Power received planning permission last July for the construction of a power station on the former Carrington power station site.

The station, which already has a connection to the National Grid, will sit alongside the Manchester Ship Canal and River Mersey.

Preliminary site activities have already started and during construction more than 600 jobs will be created.

A further 50 people will be employed as full-time as engineers, chemists and physicists when the plant is operational.

Carrington Power will provide steam to neighbouring businesses. In addition, enough land is available to incorporate a facility for carbon storage.

When in operation, natural gas will be delivered via an underground pipe and electricity will be transported via existing overhead lines.

Key deliveries such as gas turbines, will be co-ordinated with police and the Highways Authority, and will take place during off-peak traffic times.

A detailed ‘Workers’ Travel Plan’ will also be agreed with Trafford Council to minimise the impact of construction traffic.

John McSweeney of ESB International, project owner and developer, said: “We’ve been in the UK for 20 years and this is our most significant investment to date. It’s a very good news story for Trafford.”

ESBI intends to invest more than £3bn in the international energy sector with plans underway to build more than 3,000 megawatts of gas-fired and renewable generation plants in the UK in the next 10 years.

ESBI acknowledged that new facilities must be built to replace the coal plants due to close in the next few years, as well as most of the nuclear plants, which are in the process of being decommissioned.

Welcome to Carrington Power

Carrington Power is building a new £500m natural gas power plant at Carrington, located alongside the Manchester Shipping Canal and River Mersey. The power plant is scheduled to open in 2013 and will generate enough electricity to supply the needs of approximately one million homes.

The 860MW facility will be built using the latest natural gas combined cycle technology (CCGT) to ensure maximum energy efficiency and minimal impact on the environment. It will be amongst the most efficient generators of electricity in the United Kingdom.

Carrington Power received planning permission in July 2008 for the construction of the plant at the former Carrington power station site. Preliminary site activities have already commenced, with site enabling works programmed to start during 2009, and construction scheduled to commence in early 2010. The station already has National Grid connections.

Carrington Power will generate over three times the amount of electricity than that of the former coal plant but will occupy only half the land. The new plant will also have the potential to provide steam to neighbouring businesses that require a supply, further increasing its efficiency. In addition, enough land is available to incorporate a future capability for removal of carbon.

Construction of the new plant is scheduled to start in early 2010, and after commissioning in late 2012, the plant is expected to enter commercial operation in 2013. The facility will be built under an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract which will be awarded later this year.

At every stage during construction of the plant, Carrington Power will work closely with local authorities and the Environment Agency to ensure that the construction impact is carefully managed and in accordance to planning conditions. All contractors working on site are required to follow best construction, safety management practices to comply with all planning conditions and local statutory requirements, including health and safety.

During operation of the plant natural gas will be delivered via an underground pipe and electricity will be transported via existing overhead lines. Disruption to traffic will, therefore, be kept to a minimum during operation.

There will be a number of key deliveries during the construction period, such as gas turbines and generators. These deliveries will be coordinated with local police and the Highways Authority, and will take place during off-peak traffic times. A detailed 'Workers Travel Plan' will also be agreed with TMBC to minimise the impact of construction traffic on the local road network.

Location: Trafford, M31 4AY

Construction Period: 2010-2013

Estimated Completion: 2013

Electricity Output: 860MW (equivalent to the electricity requirements for c. one million homes)

Fuel: Natural Gas

Technology: Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT)

Project Cost: £500m

Employees: 600 during Construction, 50 during Operations

http://www.carringtonpower.co.uk/media/images/location.jpg

The project is located at the former power station site at Carrington, alongside the Manchester Shipping Canal and River Mersey. Since the late-1980s, the site has remained largely unused, apart from some vehicle storage. The site was selected primarily because of its previous use as a power station and is ideal as it offers:

Efficient re-use of brownfield land rather than development of a Greenfield site;
A location, whose use for a power station, complements the local development plan;
Access to existing infrastructure from the previous power station;
A source of local, skilled labour during construction and opeations.
Combined cycle power plants are smaller in overall size than conventional thermal power plants and, therefore, require less space.

Carrington Power has been designed to minimise the visual impact on its surroundings. Physically, the plant comprises two elements: the main power station buildings and two chimney stacks. There will be no visible plumes from the plant’s chimney stacks under normal operations.

Particular attention will be paid to the visual appearance of all buildings and discreet colour schemes will be chosen to blend in with the surroundings. Tasteful landscaping will further reduce any visual impact.

Photomontages and computer graphics of predicted views of the completed station are provided here;

http://www.carringtonpower.co.uk/

Channel M video. Click on link. Click on power station bottom right.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/business/

sounds like a dead cert then! contstruction to start in a bout a year, "cleanup and enabling works" to start "almost immediately".

:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::righton:

Planning report for committee meeting this week:
PDC Agenda Item 5 - H/CIR/71257 - Power Station, Manchester Road, Carrington (http://www.trafford.gov.uk/cme/live/dynamic/Download.asp?c=docman2&f=pdf&id=FD2BE825-77E7-46AD-8B30-EB06CC0DC9BD)
Meeting Docs (http://www.trafford.gov.uk/cme/live/dynamic/DemServMeeting.asp?meeting_id=E94F17F4-9C91-49D5-887D-52F4AA239446)

From the Messenger:
Gas-fired power station at Carrington would create 600 new jobs
http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/4593627.__600m_power_station_plan_backed_by_Trafford_Council/
Friday 11th September 2009

PLANNING chiefs have backed a £600m scheme to build a gas-fired power station in Carrington.

The plant - which could supply electricity to more than 1.5m homes in the region - is earmarked for the site of the old coal-fired Carrington Power Station, which closed in 1991.

The development would include a 75m central chimney stack with the main buildings measuring up to 45m in height.

Construction of the plant will provide around 600 jobs, while the plant will have a workforce of 40-50 staff.

It would be located alongside a smaller gas-fired power station, which gained planning approval last year and will begin supplying electricity in 2013.

A final decision on whether to grant planning permission to Trafford Power Station will now be taken by the Government's Department for Energy and Climate Change, and is expected by the end of the year.

But Trafford's planning committee members unanimously backed the proposals.

Committee vice chairman, Cllr Dan Bunting, said: "This is good for Carrington, good for Trafford and I look forward to it being constructed."

Mike Benson, project director at Carlton Power, the company behind the Trafford Power Station proposal, said after the meeting: "The UK needs a new phase of energy development to replace national power generation capacity that will be lost shortly with the impending closure of so many older coal and nuclear power stations.

"The decision by Trafford's planning committee sends out a clear signal that the need for new power generation is understood very well in the north west."

Output from the new plant will be more than five times the amount of electricity generated by the former coal plant located at the site, but will occupy only a quarter of the land.

Carlton Power says gas-fired power plants emit less than half the carbon dioxide and only 10 per cent of the nitrogen dioxide produced by similar size coal-fired power plants, burn fuel more efficiently and emit no ash or dust.

http://www.cnplus.co.uk/home/contract-leads/manchester-500m-energy/5209169.article

Tenders are out.

Saw this thread and I think we missed this, only from about 18 months ago....

Carrington Power Awards Major Contract to Barhale
9th July 2010

Carrington Power has awarded the Enabling Works contract to the Warrington branch of Barhale Construction.

The contract was won following competitive tender and covers civil engineering services, earthworks and specialised site activities which will be undertaken in advance of main construction.

Speaking at the contract announcement, John McSweeney, Chairman of Carrington Power Limited said: “We are delighted that the Enabling Works contract has been won by local company, Barhale. This commencement of works represents a significant step in the development of Carrington Power, and we look forward to working closely with Barhale in taking the project to the next phase”.

Dennis Curran, Chairman of Barhale said: “Barhale is delighted to be associated with Carrington Power on such a major project in the energy sector. We are also pleased to be able to generate local jobs in these difficult times”.

The contract will commence in the coming weeks and will be registered with the Considerate Constructor’s Scheme. This scheme’s Code of Considerate Practice requires all work to be carried out with positive consideration for the needs of residents, traders, businesses, site personnel, visitors and the general public. Special attention is to be given to the needs of those with sight, hearing and mobility difficulties.

Carrington Power received planning permission in July 2008 for the construction of the new combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station on the former coal-fired Carrington power plant site off the Manchester Road. The project also received its Environmental Permit in December last and most of its key permits are now in place.

A significant volume of work and contracts are already underway including substation works with National Grid, gas pipeline route design, site clearance and other utility-related activities.

Construction of the new station will be undertaken on a full-turnkey basis by an EPC (Engineer, Procure, Construct) Contractor. The tendering process for this contract is expected to conclude towards year-end, with construction then scheduled to start during the summer of 2011. It is expected that over 600 jobs will be created during the 36-month construction period, with a further 50 people employed full-time when the plant is operational.

Was this the power plant cancelled this year or was it another on the trafford/salford border?

Was this the power plant cancelled this year or was it another on the trafford/salford border?

No, there were two. This and another one planned by Peel. Barhale have started enabling works.

A few recent stories on the Carrington Power Plant....

Carrington Power secures financial support for development of CCGT power plant

Comtex News Network

Oct 03, 2012 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Carrington Power Limited, which is owned by Electricity Supply Board, or ESB, has reached financial close with a syndicate of international banks for a combined cycle gas turbine, or CCGT, power plant just outside Manchester, England.

The project is funded by project-specific finance, incorporating export credit support from the Swiss Export Credit Agency, SERV. The funding was co-ordinated overall by RBS, with HSBC acting as SERV co-ordinator, and a number of major international financial institutions participating including Lloyds, KfW IPEX-Bank, Santander, BBVA and Societe Generale.

At 880MW, the new plant will generate enough electricity to meet the needs of one million homes.

Pat O'Doherty, ESB's CEO, said: "The availability of project finance from a consortium of international banks was critical to the development of Carrington Power Limited and is a testament to their confidence in ESB and in this project."

The overall construction contract has been awarded to the engineering consortium Alstom Duro Felguera and Carrington Power is scheduled to be commissioned by 2016.

http://www.equities.com/news/headline-story?dt=2012-10-03&val=547683&cat=finance

Alstom to Supply Power Plant Equipment Worth EUR410 Million in UK

Alstom SA (ALO.FR), a French maker of power turbines and trains, Monday said it signed an agreement to supply electromechanical equipment for the new Carrington Power gas-fired power station located near Manchester, United Kingdom, and will also be responsible for maintenance of this equipment.

MAIN FACTS:

- The total contract value is approximately 640 million euros ($819 million), with Alstom's share being around EUR410 million. The contract is effective immediately and will be booked in the second quarter of the 2012/13 financial year.

- The 880 Mega Watt power plant will be built under an Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract.

- Alstom has been awarded a long-term service agreement valid for 16 years to maintain this equipment once it enters commercial operation.

- Scheduled for completion in 2016, the power station will have the capacity to provide enough power for around a million homes. The station will be located on the site of the old Carrington power station in Trafford, next to the Manchester Shipping Canal and the River Mersey. Up to 600 people will be employed at the peak of construction.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/10/01/alstom-to-supply-power-plant-equipment-worth-eur410-million-in-uk/

Carrington Power Gas Pipeline Contract awarded to Spiecapag UK
4th October 2012

Spiecapag UK Limited has been awarded the contract for design and construction of a gas pipeline from the Carrington Power site to the National Grid Facility at Partington, Manchester. Project management will be undertaken by ESB International.

The contract includes:

Design of the pipeline and associated works.
A pig trap facility including emergency shutdown and remotely operated valves at Partington.
A 2.4km long, 600mm nominal diameter, 19.1mm wall thickness welded steel pipeline, designated to operate at a design pressure of 75bar(g) and in accordance with IGEM/TD/1 Edition 5. The pipeline includes a 1.5km directional drill and two micro tunnel road crossings.
A pig trap facility including remotely operated valve at the Carrington Power site.

http://www.carringtonpower.co.uk/news/12/

Wow!
Fantastic news.

A summary:

1. A half billion pound investment in Manchester
2. It will definitely happen - a project finance deal - these don't get announced until all contracts are awarded, permits granted and every dot and cross has been inked.
3. Imminent

This is a big project coming soon