Taylors Lane Power Station | |
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Country | England |
Location | Greater London |
Coordinates | 51°32′46″N 0°15′27″W / 51.54600°N 0.25750°W |
Status | Coal-fired station demolished; OCGT operational |
Commission date | 1904 and 1979 |
Decommission date | 1972 |
Operators | Northmet (1904-48), British Electricity Authority (1948-55), Central Electricity Authority (1955-57), Central Electricity Generating Board (1958-72); OCGT CEGB(1979-90), PowerGen (1990-),E.On, Uniper |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Coal, Natural gas |
Chimneys | OCGT 2 |
Power generation | |
Units operational | Coal-fired 2 × 32 MW |
Units decommissioned | Coal-fired all decommissioned |
Nameplate capacity | 132MW[1] |
External links | |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
grid reference TQ209844 |
Taylors Lane Power Station is situated in Willesden, north-west London. The first power station on the site, known as Willesden power station, was coal-fired and operated from 1904 to 1972 and was subsequently demolished. Taylors Lane is now an open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) power station built in 1979.