Skelton Grange Power Station
Skelton Grange A
360 MW coal-fired power station near Leeds
1946 Preparatory work for Skelton Grange was begun by Leeds Corporation.
1948 Upon nationalisation the partly-built plant was vested in the British Electricity Authority. The power station was designed and built by Marples Ridgway. The site was selected for accessibility to the Aire and Calder Navigation, this provided access for colliers delivering coal and removing ash, and water for cooling.
Skelton Grange A had a generating capacity of 360 MW. There were six C.A. Parsons 60 MW 3-cylinder reaction type turbines with 75,000 kVA alternators generating at 11 kV.
1951 The first generating set was commissioned in April followed by the second set in November 1951; the final set was commissioned in December 1955. The boiler plant comprised nine International Combustion boilers.
1955 Owned by the Central Electricity Authority
1975 the CEGB gave the station 12 months notice of partial closure.
1983 Full closure of the A station was on 31 October 1983.
Skelton Grange B
Skelton Grange B was built to the south east of the A station by the CEGB.
1960 Unit No. 1 of the B station was first commissioned in October 1960, the final unit in 1962.
The B station had four pulverised fuel boilers each producing 108 kg/s of steam. There were four 120 MW turbo-alternators giving a total gross installed capacity of 480 MW.
Skelton Grange B was one of the CEGB's 20 steam power stations with the highest thermal efficiency.
1990 following privatisation of the electricity industry ownership of the B station was transferred to National Power.
1994 Skelton Grange B station closed.
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia