Ironbridge power stations

Ironbridge power stations
Ironbridge power stations
	B Power Station in 2007
Country	England, United Kingdom
Location	Shropshire, West Midlands
Coordinates	52°37′48″N 2°30′43″W / 52.63005°N 2.511999°W
Status	Ceased operations; partially demolished
Construction began	A station: 1929; B station: 1963
Commission date	A station: 1932; B station: 1969
Decommission date	A station: 1981; B station: 2015
Owner	Harworth Group
Operator	West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority; (1932–1948); British Electricity Authority; (1948–1954); Central Electricity Authority; (1954–1957); Central Electricity Generating Board; (1957–1990); Powergen; (1990–2001); E.ON UK; (2001–2018);
Employees	130 (2015);
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Wood Pellet (Biomass)
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	A station: 200 MW; B station: 1,000 MW
External links
Website	www.eon-uk.com/generation/ironbridge.aspx
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The Ironbridge power stations (also known as the Buildwas power stations) refers to two power stations that occupied a site on the banks of the River Severn at Buildwas in Shropshire, England. The Ironbridge B Power Station was operated by E.ON UK but the site is now owned by Haworth Group. The station stands near the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site. Originally powered by coal, they were converted to use 100% biomass fuel.^[1] Ironbridge B Power Station stopped generating electricity on 20 November 2015, with the decommissioning process continuing into 2017.^[2] The main phase of the 27-month demolition process began at 11:00 GMT on 6 December 2019, commencing with the four cooling towers.^[3]

^ "Ironbridge". E.ON. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015. Ironbridge was a coal fired power station that has been converted to run on biomass fuel. Located in the Severn Gorge, it is only 0.5 miles upstream from Ironbridge, a world heritage site. While the station is due to close in 2015 as part of the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD), we have converted the plant so that it can use 100% wood pellets as a renewable fuel source until its closure.
^ "Ironbridge Power Station in Shropshire stops generating electricity". BBC News. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015. An historic power station has stopped generating electricity after more than 45 years of energy production. Ironbridge Power Station, in Shropshire, opened in 1969 and became one of the UK's largest plants. The power station was switched off on Friday afternoon, when it reached its 20,000 hours limit of generation under an EU directive.
^ Growcott, Matthew (6 December 2019). "Ironbridge Power Station cooling towers demolished - with VIDEO and PICTURES". Express & Star. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

[biomass-1] "Ironbridge". E.ON. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015. Ironbridge was a coal fired power station that has been converted to run on biomass fuel. Located in the Severn Gorge, it is only 0.5 miles upstream from Ironbridge, a world heritage site. While the station is due to close in 2015 as part of the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD), we have converted the plant so that it can use 100% wood pellets as a renewable fuel source until its closure.

[switchoff-2] "Ironbridge Power Station in Shropshire stops generating electricity". BBC News. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015. An historic power station has stopped generating electricity after more than 45 years of energy production. Ironbridge Power Station, in Shropshire, opened in 1969 and became one of the UK's largest plants. The power station was switched off on Friday afternoon, when it reached its 20,000 hours limit of generation under an EU directive.

[3] Growcott, Matthew (6 December 2019). "Ironbridge Power Station cooling towers demolished - with VIDEO and PICTURES". Express & Star. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

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