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Britain’s Last Big Gas Plants Are Probably Already Being Built

The fossil fuel’s role in the U.K.’s future power mix is coming under scrutiny

A Siemens gas turbine arrives in the U.K. destined for the Keadby-2 power station

A Siemens gas turbine arrives in the U.K. destined for the Keadby-2 power station

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In the north of England about 450 engineers are toiling away to build a new large gas plant. It could be one of Britain’s last. 

SSE Plc’s 840-megawatt Keadby plant is the latest gas plant under construction in the U.K.  At the start of June a gas turbine weighing as much as an Airbus A-380 arrived on-site from Germany, keeping it on track to finish construction by 2022.