Keadby Power Station
1947 The first power station on the site was authorised and work on the foundations began in July 1948. It was designed by the Central Electricity Board, the main consultants being Ewbank and Partners, the civil engineering consultants Sir William Halcrow and Partners and the architects Messrs. Farmer and Dark. It was engineered by the headquarters staff of the British Electricity Authority under the chief engineer, Mr. V. A. Pask[1]. It would have a total capacity of 360 MW. The plant comprised six Stirling radiant type, pulverised fuel, twin furnace boilers. There were six Parsons 60 MW hydrogen cooled turbo-alternators, generating at 11 kV. The first set was commissioned in April 1952, followed by the other sets in November 1952, June 1953, June 1954, December 1954 and December 1955.
The coal-fired station closed in 1984.
Since the coal-fired power station closed, 2 natural gas-fired power stations have been built on the site.
Keadby #1 is a flexible gas-fired power plant belonging to SSE. It has a rating of 732MW and entered full commercial operation in 1996.
Keadby #2 also owned by SSE; it has an efficiency of around 63 per cent, making it the most efficient plant of its type in the UK and Europe - and one of the most efficient in the world. It entered into commercial operations in March 2023.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1951/01/05
- [1] Wikipedia
- SSE website