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Birchills Power Station | |
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Country | England |
Location | West Midlands |
Coordinates | 52°35′46″N 1°59′52″W / 52.596089°N 1.997785°W |
Status | Decommissioned and demolished |
Commission date | 1916 |
Decommission date | 1967 |
Owner(s) | Walsall Corporation (1916–1927) West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority (1927–1948) British Electricity Authority (1948–1955) Central Electricity Authority (1955–1957) Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) (1958–1982) |
Operator(s) | As owner |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Coal |
Turbine technology | Steam turbines |
Cooling source | Canal water |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 2 x 6.25 MW and 1 x 5 MW |
Make and model | Brush |
Nameplate capacity | 17.5 MW |
Annual net output | 34.42 GWh (1936), 13.4 GWh (1955) |
grid reference SP001998 |
Birchills power station and Walsall power station are a series of three coal-fired power stations in, or near, Walsall in the West Midlands, England.