Staythorpe C Power Station is a 1,735 MWe gas-fired power station at Staythorpe between Southwell and Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, England, between the River Trent and Nottingham to Lincoln railway line. The station was handed over to the owner RWE from Alstom Power with full commercial operation being achieved in December 2010. The official opening ceremony attended by Charles Hendry, Minister of State took place on 9 May 2011.
Staythorpe power station in 2024
Photograph of Farndon taken in 1973 from the north end of Marsh Lane looking west showing Staythorpe A and B power stations in the distance
Staythorpe C viewed from the Great North Road in 2024
Staythorpe Power Station unit A
RWE AG is a German multinational energy company headquartered in Essen. It generates and trades electricity in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and the United States.
Share of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Elektrizitätswerk AG, issued 16 February 1900
In the 1920s the RWE started the construction of a national power transmission grid in Germany. In the front a 220/110 kV pylon in the typical three-level design of the company.
RWE CEO Jürgen Großmann meeting with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in 2011
RWE-owned Roscoe wind farm in Texas, US