How much did Staythorpe Power Station cost to build?
Staythorpe C is a four-unit combined-cycle gas turbine power station near Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, England, owned by RWE (RWE npower, now RWE Generation UK) and built by Alstom as EPC contractor on the site of the old Staythorpe A and B coal stations, with a capacity of 1,650 MW per Power Technology (1,735 MWe in Wikipedia). Construction ran from 2007/2008 to 2010, with commercial operation by the end of 2010 and an official opening on 9 May 2011. Power Technology gives the project cost as about EUR 0.9 billion and notes a GBP 600 million Alstom contract; Wikipedia and Funky Business Daily give GBP 680 million.
Reported project cost
€900 million
Approximately $1.19 billion
Cost basis: 2010
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Reported project cost2010
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- PowerPower Technology
- 1,650 MW
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