Location: Newbiggin-by- the-sea, Northumberland
Built: 1972, converted to biomass 2018
Fuel: Biomass Wood Pellets
Capacity: 420 MW
The tech: 12 pulverised fuel mills, providing fuel to three boilers each providing steam to seperate140MW steam turbo-generators.
Did you know:
This station started life as a coal fired power station to supply electricity to an aluminium smelter. TTEP UK&I invested almost £0.5bn in decarbonising the station which was fully converted to sustainable low carbon biomass wood pellets in 2018.
The conversion programme included the construction of six 59m high biomass storage silos on site and new fuel handling facilities at the site and at the Port of Tyne. Wood pellets are transported to Lynemouth in dedicated and custom built rail wagons.
Lynemouth has operated under a Contract for Difference (CfD) since 2018, which ends in March 2027. It will then operate under a new Low Carbon Dispatchable CfD from April 2027 to March 2031; under this arrangement Lynemouth will provide flexible, low carbon electricity during periods of system need, supporting security of supply as the role of more intermittent and weather-dependent renewables grows.
Future opportunities for the site after 2031 include Biomass with Carbon Capture and Storage which would produce negative carbon emissions, significantly helping the UK on its journey to Net Zero.