Seal Sands Power Station

Seal Sands Power Station (also known as Viking Power Station) is a gas-fired gas turbine power station situated on the River Tees at Seal Sands near Billingham, in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, which is part of County Durham, North East England.

Seal Sands Power Station
Official name	Seal Sands Power Station
Country	England
Location	Tees Valley (formally Cleveland), North East England
Coordinates	54.606739°N 1.202678°W / 54.606739; -1.202678
Commission date	1997
Rockland Capital
Operators	Viking Power (1997-2004) PX Ltd (2004-present)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Natural gas
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	50 MW
grid reference NZ516238

Operations

Construction of the plant began in 1997, it was built as a collaboration between National Power and Kværner Construction, costing £25 million to construct. When it opened in the spring of 1999, it used the first Rolls-Royce Trent engine to be put into industrial service. The station uses a single 50 megawatt gas turbine, which is fueled by natural gas. Northern Electric originally supplied the gas for the station, as well as distributing the electricity generated. The plant has a 40% efficiency at 15 °C. As of September 2004, PX Limited have maintained the station, while Viking Power own the station.