Rocksavage Power Station
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| Rocksavage Power Station | |
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 Rocksavage Power Station in 2006 | |
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| Country | England |
| Location | Cheshire, North West England |
| Coordinates | 53°18′56″N 2°43′31″W / 53.31544°N 2.72541°W |
| Commission date | 1998 |
| Operator | Intergen |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Natural gas |
| External links | |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
grid reference SJ517800 | |
Rocksavage Power Station is an 800 MWe gas-fired power station in Runcorn, off the A557, at the junction of the River Weaver and River Mersey, and near junction 12 of the M56.
It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh on 31 July 1998, meeting Carlos Riva.[1][2][3]It was owned by InterGen, a company that is now owned by Sev.en Global Investments. It cost £375m. The EPC contractor was Bechtel.
The site trades as Rocksavage Power Company Ltd. It sponsors the Runcorn Jets baseball club, the Highfield Male Voice Choir, and the Weston Angling Club. The site has a visitor centre for schoolchildren. The name comes from the nearby ruined Elizabethan mansion, Rocksavage.
