Drax, the UK’s largest power station is situated in North Yorkshire, dwarfing the neighbouring village it is named after. It is situated on the River Ouse between Selby and Goole and has a generating capacity of 3,960 MW.
Power Stations
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The 2 Gigawatt Eggborough power station in Yorkshire was comprised of four 500 megawatt units supplied by AEI. The first unit started generating electricity in 1967.
Generating electricity since 1972, Fawley was an oil fired power station on the western shore of Southampton Water in Hampshire. The station comprised 4 sets of 500MW Parsons generating units totalling 2GW capacity.
The 2 Gigawatt Ferrybridge C power station in West Yorkshire contained the first 500 MW generating sets to be installed in the UK. The station generated it's first electricity in 1966.
The 2 Gigawatt Fiddler's Ferry power station in Cheshire was comprised of four 500 megawatt units supplied by English Electric. The first unit started generating electricity in 1971.
The 1,000 MW Ironbridge Power Station opened in 1969 and consists of two 500MW AEI generating units. The station's cooling towers are uniquely coloured with a punk hue.
Electricity has been generated at Littlebrook since 1939 when the first Littlebrook Power Station was commissioned by the Kent Electric Power Company. Littlebrook 'D' commenced generating electricity in 1981.
Longannet was a 2,400 MW power station on the north bank of the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The stations four units were commissioned around 1972 and the power station closed in 2016.
Completed in 1972, Rugeley B in Staffordshire was a 1000 MW power station with two Parsons generating units. The station closed in 2016.
Tilbury 'B' Station was constructed from 1961 and opened in 1968. The station consisted of four GEC generating units with a total capacity of 1428 MW.
Opening in 1959 Uskmouth B is one of the UK's oldest remaining coal-fired power station. The station closed in 2015 pending a conversion to fire biomass.
Situated within Wilton Works near Middlesbrough, Wilton Power Station has 9 x 33MW Metropolitan Vickers/AEI turbine-generator sets, fed from 9 x Babcock and Wilcox boilers.