E.ON
, the company that runs Powergen, has returned its Killingholme Power Station to full service in what is believed a world first.
The 900MW station, based in
The move is part of E.ON
Dr Paul Golby, Chief Executive of E.ON UK, said: “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the UK and we believe anywhere in the world, that a gas-fired power station has been returned to service after it was withdrawn from service completely.”
The station’s control system has also been updated so that E.ON UK’s gas-fired Cottam Development Centre (CDC) in Nottinghamshire can be controlled remotely by staff 40 miles away at Killingholme.
Killingholme was the second gas-fired power station to be built in the
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