Situated within ICI’s Wilton Works in Middlesborough, the Wilton Power Station was constructed in 1952 to provide electricity and steam to the rest of the chemical works.
The station has 9 x 33MW Metropolitan Vickers/AEI turbine-generator sets, fed from 9 x Babcock and Wilcox boilers. The station has been modified a number of times over the years to ensure the energy demands of Wilton Works can be met.
The biomass-fired Wilton 10, the 10th unit to be commissioned on the site, was brought online in November 2007, and as a result the original 9 units were mothballed. The 52MW unit was joined by a further 35MW unit, Wilton 11 in May 2016. These two biomass units, although with less capacity than the original coal units, can meet the current demands of Wilton Works, along with Teeside power station within the same site.
Buildings and Plant Detail
Turbine HallThe turbine hall at Wilton housed 9 sets of 33MW Metropolitan Vickers turbo-generators.
Boiler House
Control Room & AdminThe control room has been modernised and older panels still remain around the station.
Wilton Image Gallery
Visit the plant detail pages above to view more images from each area of the power plant
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I was the Power Station Messenger Boy as a 16 year old from 1973 until 1974. I returned to the Power Station as a Boiler Operator in 1975 after training as a Process Youth at ICI Terylene works from 19745 to 1975. I left the Power Station in 1977 to work in the newly starting North Sea Oil and Gas Industry. I retired in Australia in 2013 after 40 years in the Oil, Gas and Power Industry – ICI gave me my start in working life and I remain eternally grateful for the terrific help and training I received whilst on the Power Station from all the old hands very many of who sadly will no longer be with us.