Glanford Brigg Power Station

Glanford Brigg Power Station is a gas-fired power station in North Lincolnshire, England. It is capable of firing diesel as a substitute of natural gas. It is situated on the River Ancholme, beside the Sheffield to Cleethorpes via Brigg Line, outside the town of Brigg, with its name coming from the former name for the town. It has a generating capacity of 240 megawatts .Opened in 1993, the station was originally operated by Finnish company Fortum, but is now operated by Centrica. There are currently plans to build a straw fuelled renewable energy plant alongside the station.HistoryConstruction of the power station started in late 1991 and it was opened in December 1993. It was built just south of a former British Sugar sugar beet factory, which is the planned location of Brigg Renewable Energy Plant, by European Gas Turbines (EGT), which was a division of GEC Alsthom. GEC Alsthom won the £90m contract in March 1991. Initially, it was owned by Yorkshire Electricity, but operated by a Finnish company, Fortum, under the name Regional Power Generators Ltd. RPG was joint venture between Yorkshire Electricity and Newcastle upon Tyne-based Berisford Bristar, of which YE took 75% control in January 1991, with Total Gas Marketing owning the rest. The gas was supplied by British Gas. In 2000 it was bought by Fortum. In July 2002 the plant was bought by Centrica for £37 million, with the operating company known as Centrica Brigg Ltd.