Coal-Fired Power Plants in England- South

Barking Location: London Operator: County of London Electricity Supply Board, later British Electricity Authority, CEGB Configuration: ?? Fuel: coal Operation: A plant 1925-1929, B Plant 1933-1940, C Plant ??-1954, plant closed by 2000 Boiler supplier: ?? T/G supplier: ?? Quick facts: Photo ca 1950. Reputed to be the largest power station in the world at various times in its development. (Further details welcome.) Photograph courtesy of Borough of Barking & Dagenham Posted 16 Apr 2005	Didcot-A Location: Oxfordshire Operator: RWE Innogy Configuration: 4 X 500 MW Fuel: bituminous coal, natural gas Operation: 1972-1973 Boiler supplier: BPL T/G supplier: Parsons Photograph by Christopher Bell Posted 22 Jan 2003	Exeter Location: Devon Operator: Exeter City Corp Configuration: 15.35 MW Fuel: coal Operation: 1903-? (ret 1960) Boiler supplier: Babcock & Wilcox T/G supplier: Bellis & Morcom, British Westinghouse Photograph courtesy of South Western Electricity Historical Soc Posted 25 Nov 2003
Kingsnorth Location: Kent Operator: E.ON UK plc Configuration: 4 X 500 MW Fuel: bituminous coal Operation: 1970-1973 Boiler supplier: ICL T/G supplier: GEC Photograph by Keith Chappell Posted 2 Mar 2002	Lots Road New Location: London Operator: London Underground Ltd Configuration: 6 X 30 MW Fuel: coal, oil Operation: 1965-1968 (ret 2002) Boiler supplier: ?? T/G supplier: Parsons Photograph courtesy of London's Transport Museum Posted 12 Jan 2003	Slough Location: Berkshire Operator: Slough Heat & Power Ltd Configuration: 1 X 9 MW, 2 X 15 MW, 1 X 8 MW, 1 X 30 MW, 1 X 29 MW GT Fuel: coal, natural gas, refuse, biomass Operation: 1954-2002 Boiler supplier: Foster Wheeler T/G supplier: JBE, Siemens, Brush, Peter Brotherhood Quick facts: SHP is the utilities subsidiary of Slough Estates plc, a major property investment and development company. SHP supplies electricity and heat from this multfuel CHP plant to about 800 industrial properties and 2,000 nearby domestic and commercial properties. The power station has been in existence since the Slough Trading Estate was created in the 1920s. Photograph by Slough Heat & Power Ltd Posted 16 Apr  2005

Abbreviations: BPL = Babcock Power Ltd, CEGB = Central Electricity Generating Board, CHP = combined heat and power, CCL = Clarke Chapman Ltd, EE = English Electric, FGD = flue-gas desulphurization, FLS = FLS Miljø a/s, FW = Foster Wheeler, GEC = General Electric (UK), ICL = International Combustion Ltd, JBE = John Brown Engineering, MHI = Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, MV = Metropolitan Vickers, T/G = turbine generator

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 12/28/06

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