Marchwood Power Limited will be hosting an exhibition about its new gas-fired power station on Thursday 7 December.  The exhibition, from 3.00pm until 8.00pm, is to be held in Marchwood Village Hall and it will give local people the opportunity to see the final designs of the plant before construction starts early next year. It also offers an opportunity to meet with and talk to the project team about the plant’s construction and operation.

The £400m Marchwood Power station is to be built on the site of the former power station in the Marchwood Industrial Park. Once commercially operational in 2009, the 840MW power plant will supply the electricity needs of up to one million homes.

Marchwood Power has worked closely with New Forest District Council, Marchwood Parish Council and Hampshire County Council to manage the impact of the power station upon the local area. 

During the 30 month construction period, HGV traffic will follow pre-designated routes in and out of the site, heavy pieces of machinery will enter the site via Southampton Water and the hours of working will be strictly controlled.  

Once the plant is operating, strict environmental controls set by the Environment Agency and other authorities will be in force. The new power plant will employ 40 people.

Notes to Editors
1. Marchwood Power (www.marchwoodpower.com) is jointly owned by ESB International and Scottish & Southern Energy.  The facility is to be built under an EPC contract by a consortium of Siemens PLC and Siemens AG. 

2. Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) is a publicly quoted company and is one of the largest energy companies in the UK, with 7.5 million customers and over 10,000MW of installed electricity generating capacity. SSE’s subsidiary company, Southern Electric Power Distribution, is the local electricity distribution company for Marchwood and the surrounding area.

3. ESBI International (ESBI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of ESB, the national electricity company of Ireland.  ESBI has had a presence in the UK market since 1992 as co-owner of Corby Power. It recently developed two similar gas-fired power plant operations at Amorebieta in northern Spain and Coolkeeragh in Northern Ireland both of which successfully entered commercial operation in 2005.

For further information:
Marchwood Power Ltd
Paul Taylor (Taylor Keogh Communications)
Tel: 020 8487 8288 / 07966 782611
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