The project
Staythorpe Power Station near Newark, Nottinghamshire was set to become the second largest combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station in the UK — a £600m development built by an Italian consortium, with hundreds of sub-contractors working on site.
What we delivered
- Installed a total of 20 air conditioning systems across the site
- Four systems fitted in the water treatment building, two in each of four electrical buildings, and two in each of four chemical dosing buildings
- Ascon air conditioning systems, manufactured in Italy, with Cool Stream installing the refrigeration pipework connecting indoor units to their outdoor condensing units
- Pipework runs ranging from 10 to 20 metres, some installed high in roof spaces
- Condensing units positioned externally on building walls, except in the water treatment building, where units were sited in the main internal space
The challenge: coordination
Installation was intermittent by necessity — coordinating with numerous contractors of different nationalities, each with their own projects, timescales and policies, on a compact brownfield site that had previously housed two coal-fired stations. The project ran from November 2009 through to completion by the end of 2010.
Once complete, Staythorpe was set to power around two million homes and reduce average annual CO2 emissions by up to 7.5 million tonnes compared to an equivalent coal-fired power station — a project Cool Stream Ventilation was proud to play a part in.