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Teesside Power Station
Teesside Power Sation provides up to 4% of all the electricity used in England and Wales.
Teesside Power Station is the world's largest independant combined cycle, gas-fired power plant which also includes a natural gas processing facility. The power station was completed in 1993 and employs 200 people.
Teesside can provide up to 4% of the electricity and 10% of the natural gas requirements of England and Wales. It also provides process steam to the adjacent petrochemical complex at Wilton.
Managed by px Limited, the power station also has a visitor centre where you can find out more.
Submitted by: Sarah McLusky, 14 April 2003
