Wilford Power Station
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Wilford power station was a coal-fired electricity generating station situated on the north bank of the River Trent, at Nottingham in the East Midlands.
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Wilford Power Station | |
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Country | England |
Location | Nottinghamshire, East Midlands |
Coordinates | 52.931980°N 1.166837°W / 52.931980; -1.166837 |
Status | Decommissioned and demolished |
Construction began | 1921 |
Commission date | September 1925[1] |
Decommission date | 1981 |
Construction cost | £700,000 (1925), £1,050,000 (1928) |
Owner(s) | Nottingham Corporation (1920–1948) British Electricity Authority (1948–1955) Central Electricity Authority (1955–1957) Central Electricity Generating Board (1958–1981) |
Operator(s) | As owner |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Coal |
Turbine technology | Steam turbines |
Chimneys | 4 + 2 (1947) + 2 (1957) |
Cooling towers | none |
Cooling source | River water |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 3 × 10,000 kW + 1 × 1,000 kW (1925), 3 × 30 MW + 1 × 52.5 MW + 1 × 53 MW + 1 × 62 MW (1971) |
Units decommissioned | All |
Nameplate capacity | 31 MW (1928), 308.5 MW (1971) |
Annual net output | 625.46 GWh (1971) |
grid reference SK561375 |
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It was also known as North Wilford power station and Nottingham power station