Marchwood Power, the £400m gas-fired power station being built on the Marchwood Industrial Park in Hampshire, is seeking to recruit qualified engineers and technicians. Job advertisements have been placed in the local and national press and two open days are being held for interested applicants at the Novotel Hotel in Southampton on October 11th and 13th.
The open days will run from 2.00pm to 8.00pm on October 11th and 10.00am to 4.00pm on October 13th. The Novotel Hotel is located at 1 West Quay Road, Southampton.
Richard Holman, General Manager of Marchwood Power Limited said: “With construction of the new power station plant now safely underway, we are wishing to recruit a team of people by the first quarter of next year so we can be ready for commercial operation in 2009. We plan to employ 45 people at the plant.”
The 840MW Marchwood power station will be one of the UK’s cleanest and most efficient gas-fired stations and will supply power sufficient to meet the combined needs of Southampton, Winchester and the New Forest.
Notes to editors:
1. Marchwood Power Ltd is a joint venture company owned by Scottish and Southern Energy and Ireland’s ESB International (ESBI). Scottish and Southern Energy is one of the largest energy companies in the UK and supplies energy to 7.5 million customers in the UK. ESB is the Irish national electrical company, with ESBI acting as the international arm of the company.
2. The Marchwood plant will be fitted with combined-cycle gas turbines (CCGT) which generate electricity through the combustion of natural gas. Additional energy is extracted from the exhaust of the gas turbines through the production of high quality steam. This steam is then used to produce additional electricity through a steam turbine.
For further information:
Marchwood Power Ltd
Paul Taylor (Taylor Keogh Communications)
Tel: 020 8487 8288 / 07966 782611