HEYSHAM B-2

Operational


Reactor Details

Reactor Type Model Owner Operator
GCR
AGR
EDF Energy
EDF Energy
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity) Design Net Capacity Gross Capacity Thermal Capacity
620 MWe
615 MWe
680 MWe
1550 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
01 Aug, 1980
01 Nov, 1988
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
11 Nov, 1988
01 Apr, 1989

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
142.31 TW.h
77.5 %
82.0 %
22.5 %
76.8 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year 2023

Operating History

Year Electricity Supplied
[GW.h]
Reference Unit Power
[MW]
Annual Time On Line
[h]
Operation Factor
[%]
Energy Availability Factor
[%]
Load Factor
[%]
Annual Cumulative Annual Cumulative
1988 407.730 615 956
1989 3825.570 615 6989 73.9 74.4 74.4 63.8 63.8
1990 783.970 615 1901 21.8 14.9 40.5 14.6 35.8
1991 2423.970 615 4453 51.0 53.4 45.2 45.1 39.2
1992 3486.520 615 6198 69.6 64.7 50.5 63.7 45.8
1993 4384.850 625 7125 81.6 79.6 56.6 80.6 53.2
1994 4435.320 625 7723 88.4 80.8 60.9 81.2 58.1
1995 4498.830 625 7249 82.5 82.3 64.1 82.0 61.6
1996 4265.350 625 7103 80.9 78.4 65.9 77.7 63.7
1997 4780.700 625 8021 91.3 85.5 68.2 87.1 66.4
1998 4209.730 625 7574 86.2 76.2 69.0 76.7 67.5
1999 2987.210 625 4987 56.8 54.6 67.7 54.4 66.3
2000 5001.880 625 8660 98.6 90.5 69.6 91.1 68.4
2001 4234.220 625 7103 80.9 90.8 71.3 77.1 69.1
2002 5010.340 625 8521 97.3 91.5 72.8 91.5 70.7
2003 4582.830 625 7712 88.0 83.8 73.5 83.7 71.6
2004 4244.160 625 7383 84.0 77.5 73.8 77.3 72.0
2005 5056.800 625 8564 97.8 92.3 74.9 92.4 73.2
2006 4816.700 615 8293 94.7 89.1 75.7 89.0 74.1
2007 4046.740 615 7104 81.1 74.9 75.6 75.1 74.1
2008 4709.310 620 8252 93.9 86.7 76.2 86.6 74.8
2009 4012.100 620 7268 83.0 74.2 76.1 73.9 74.7
2010 1437.400 620 2719 31.0 27.2 73.8 26.5 72.5
2011 4545.680 605 7968 91.0 85.0 74.3 85.8 73.1
2012 5214.030 610 8784 100.0 95.8 75.2 97.3 74.1
2013 4057.170 610 6945 79.3 75.2 75.2 75.9 74.2
2014 5211.770 610 8713 99.5 95.3 76.0 97.5 75.0
2015 5249.040 615 8760 100.0 96.2 76.7 97.4 75.9
2016 4319.050 615 7214 82.1 79.1 76.8 80.0 76.0
2017 5182.120 615 8760 100.0 95.5 77.5 96.2 76.7
2018 5116.170 620 8624 98.4 94.2 78.0 94.2 77.3
2019 5042.290 620 8635 98.6 92.8 78.5 92.8 77.8
2020 3948.620 620 6782 77.2 72.8 78.3 72.5 77.6
2021 3733.110 620 7143 81.5 69.2 78.0 68.7 77.4
2022 4213.260 620 7249 82.8 77.9 78.0 77.6 77.4
2023 3168.390 620 5437 62.1 59.0 77.5 58.3 76.8
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.


Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-18


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