Elland Power Station

Elland Power Station
Elland Power Station
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CountryEngland
LocationWest Yorkshire
Coordinates53°41′40″N 1°49′22″W / 53.694312°N 1.822772°W / 53.694312; -1.822772
Construction began1951
Commission date1959
Decommission date1991
OperatorCentral Electricity Generating Board
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Power generation
Nameplate capacity180 MW
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Elland Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated adjacent to the Manchester to Wakefield railway line and on a loop of the River Calder, north east of the town of Elland in West Yorkshire. The station occupied a site of some 65 acres.