The 840MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant near Southampton is a 50:50 joint venture between SSE and ESB Inernational. As reported, the power plant has been producing electricity during testing over the last few weeks.
Ian Marchant, chief executive of SSE, said to Reuters: “Marchwood is currently in its final commissioning stages. It’s starting its final reliability runs in the next few days and assuming they all go to plan we should take it over fully sometime in December.”
Once commercially operational, the power plant is expected to cater to the electricity needs of up to one million homes. It is expected to raise SSE’s installed capacity to 11.5GW.
In addition, SSE has unveiled plans to build a carbon capture trial unit at its Ferrybridge coal-fired power plant.
