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Northfleet Power Station was a coal, later oil-fired power station on the south bank of the Thames at Northfleet, Kent.

History

The station opened in 1963[1] as a coal-burning station. It was converted to burn oil in the early 1970s.[2] The station closed in 1991.[3]

Northfleet Power Station seen from the east, 1973.

In 2000 the Government gave permission to Scottish and Southern Energy plc to build a 110 MW gas-fired combined heat and power station to supply the heat and electricity needs of the Kimberly-Clark paper mill at Northfleet.

References

  1. ^ "Gravesend Chronology 1954-1960". Discover Gravesham.
  2. ^ "Written Answers (Commons) → TECHNOLOGY Power Stations (Fuel)". HANSARD 23 July 1970.
  3. ^ "Major Development Sites Chapter Three" (PDF). Gravesham Local Plan 2nd Review. Gravesham Borough Council.