Project
Saltholme North Power
Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Saltholme North Power located near Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, is comprised of 4 gas fired reciprocating engines and has a combined capacity 50MW.
The site can turn on, reaching its full output capacity in under 8 minutes and provide a sustained delivery of electricity to the grid to cover shortfalls in renewable generation, cover for other generators that are lost from the system at short notice and increases in demand.
Our generators are chosen for maximum efficiency and designed for minimum cost per unit of energy produced, reducing the cost of electricity to all consumers, whilst meeting all current emissions legislation and can be readily adapted to take a blend of hydrogen.
Services
Capacity Market
Two auctions are held yearly to disburse capacity contracts 1 and 4 years ahead of delivery for keeping generation capacity ready for response.
Providers are paid an availability payment for being connected. New build generators can apply for a 15-year contract in the T-4 auction while existing generators or those able to reduce demand can apply for a one-year contract in the T-1 auction. To ensure delivery, there are stringent rules to prequalify and meet the various milestones required to participate in the Capacity Market.
All of Statera’s assets are designed to deliver this reserve service to National Grid.
Wholesale power markets
The Wholesale Market is the primary market for wholesale electricity trading between generators and suppliers. Electricity can be traded from years ahead up to one hour ahead of the delivery. Flexible technologies such as batteries and gas reciprocating engines are mainly targeting short-term trading by providing real-time flexibility to help balance the system. Therefore, they trade mainly in day-ahead to intraday markets.
Day-ahead hourly, half-hourly and intraday auctions
Within-day power markets on the intraday exchange
Balancing Mechanism
This is to respond to events including power station trips, demand surges and intermittent renewable generation. Flexible technologies such as batteries and gas reciprocating engines are well placed to provide real-time flexibility in the BM to help.
