Contract wins to help deliver ‘one of the most modern power plants in Europe’
EP UK Investments Ltd has secured a pair of provisional 15-year new build contracts.
These are for a 1,700MW H-class Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power project and a 299MW 2-hour battery storage project at the site of the former Eggborough coal station, in North Yorkshire.
The site was acquired by EPH in 2015 as part of its acquisition of Eggborough Power Ltd, a former 2000MW coal plant which was decommissioned in 2018.
Subject to Final Investment Decision, these projects are intended to help support energy security through the 2020s and into the 2030s.
These contracts were awarded as part of the Capacity Market auction for the 2026/2027 Delivery Year held on 21 February.
Tom Bains, CEO of EPUKI, said: “The Capacity Market result represents another step in our investment strategy, focused on delivering reliable and climate-friendly power generation sources.
“We are proud that once completed, these projects will constitute in excess of a £1bn investment in the UK economy, deliver one of the most modern power plants in Europe being Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) and Hydrogen ready, and help to guarantee security of supply when inflexible renewable generation cannot satisfy demand.”
The high-efficiency H-class CCGT project will be the single largest flexible generation asset to be commissioned in the UK since 2012, while the battery project will also be one of the largest to be built in the UK to date.
