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Emissions

Shoreham Power Station uses natural gas, which contains very low concentrations sulphur and therefore the station emits minimal SO₂. Emissions of oxides of nitrogen are reduced through the burner design. Negligible dust or ash is produced as a by-product of combustion and CO₂ emissions are lower compared with conventionally-fired thermal power stations.

Biodiversity

Shoreham Power Station was constructed on brownfield land - the site of a former coal-fired plant.

As part of Shoreham Power Station’s planning conditions, purpose-built shingle banks were created within the site boundary to provide a habitat for specialist plant communities.

The measure recognised the importance of the West Sussex coastal fringe in the conservation of vegetated shingle - a rare and fragile habitat with a limited distribution in Great Britain.

Shoreham is among the most fish friendly seawater cooled power stations in Europe. During construction, the station’s cooling water system was designed to minimise fish entrapment using a combination of a state-of-the-art acoustic fish deterrent system and a fish return arrangement.

Performance - 2008

• Obtained MCERTS accreditation (the Environment Agency’s emissions monitoring certificate) for the stack emissions monitoring system and the water abstraction flow equipment
• Introduced a pulsed sodium hypochlorite dosing regime for the seawater cooling system, which is more environmentally friendly than the previous continuous dosing system
• Investigated the feasibility of installing a camera in the Peregrine Falcon nestbox, to enable the behaviour of the breeding birds and their young to be more closely observed