The Scottish power utility Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has selected Siemens for the construction of the 840 MW highly efficient gas-fired power station Keadby-2 in Lincolnshire (United Kingdom). Siemens will be in charge of providing a full turnkey solution for the project and will deploy a 50Hertz version of its SGT-9000HL gas turbine. In the meantime, SSE will dedicate £350m (€398m) to build the power plant, which is expected to have an efficiency rate of 63%.
This project is central for SSE, which currently has a capacity of 11.2 GW (March 2018), including 5.2 GW of gas- and oil-fired plants, 2 GW of coal and 3.8 GW of renewables (of which 1.4 GW of hydro and 2.3 GW of wind power). The group plans to invest £6bn (€6.9bn) over the next five years and generated 33.1 TWh (+26%), of which 23.7 TWh from thermal plants (+29%) and 9.4 TWh from renewables (+18%). SSE aims to reach over 4.2 GW of renewable capacity and to raise its renewable generation to 12 TWh/year by 2020. Besides, the company also committed to reducing its carbon intensity by 50% by 2020.
Searching for proven generation costs?
Then CAPEX & LCOE is the database you need. The module provides exclusive insights on both Capital Expenditure and Levelised Cost of Electricity.
Make informed decisions in terms of which technologies to invest in and where. In just a few clicks, access unique, premium data on both thermal and renewable power generation costs by technology and by country. Put our detailed, reliable information to use and benchmark your project.