Uskmouth power stations | |
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Country | Wales, United Kingdom |
Location | Newport |
Coordinates | 51°32′57″N 2°58′14″W / 51.549071°N 2.970539°W |
Status | A station: Demolished B station: Decommissioned |
Construction began | A station: 1948 B station: 1957 |
Commission date | A station: 1952 B station: 1959 |
Decommission date | A station: 1981 B station: by 2024 |
Operators |
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Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Coal |
Tertiary fuel | Biomass |
Chimneys | A station: 2 B station: 1 |
Cooling towers | None |
Cooling source | Sea water |
Power generation | |
Units operational | A station: 4 × 60 MW B station: 3 × 110 MW |
Nameplate capacity | A station: 228 MW B station: 363 MW |
External links | |
Website | www |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Uskmouth power stations (also known as the Fifoots Point power stations) refers to a series of two coal-fired power stations at the mouth of the River Usk in the south-east of Newport, Wales.
The first of the two stations, Uskmouth A power station, was built in the 1940s and demolished in 2002. The second station, Uskmouth B power station, was built in the 1950s and as of 2023 has been decommissioned and mothballed.[1][2]