Killingholme Power Station (Proposed)

Killingholme Power Station (Proposed) was a a 450 megawatt coal gasification project proposed by E.ON UK to be built at the site of the existing Killingholme Power Station. In 2008 the project was reported as being on hold.

In a March 2007 media release E.ON referred to the company having a 3 billion pound investment plan including a "new £1bn cleaner coal-fired units" at Killingholme as well as a "feasibility study into a world-leading clean coal power station at Killingholme." The month before the company had stated that it was "carrying out a feasibility study into an integrated gasification combined cycle power station (where coal is gasified and hydrogen becomes the fuel used to generate electricity) at Killingholme."

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