Rugeley power station A

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Rugeley power station A was a coal-fired power station in Staffordshire, England, that operated from the 1960s and formed part of the region’s major electricity generation infrastructure.

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Label Occurrences
Rugeley power station A canonical 1
Rugeley power station B 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coal-fired power station
thermal power station
adjacentTo Rugeley power station B
ashDisposal ash lagoons
commissioned 1961
connectedBy railway coal sidings
connectedTo 400 kV transmission network
local distribution networks in Staffordshire
constructionStart late 1950s
coolingTowersCount 6
coolingType cooling towers
country United Kingdom
decommissioned 1990
demolished 1990s
designedBy CEGB engineers
electricalCapacity 600 MW
employerInArea Rugeley
fuelHandling coal conveyor systems
fuelSource nearby coal mines in Cannock Chase coalfield
generatingUnitsType steam turbine units
generationType base-load power generation
gridConnection National Grid (Great Britain)
linked to: National Grid
locatedIn England
Rugeley
Staffordshire
near Cannock Chase
River Trent
notableFor large cooling towers visible in the Trent Valley
numberOfUnits 4
operatedBy Central Electricity Generating Board
ownedBy Central Electricity Generating Board
partOf Rugeley power station complex
UK nationalised electricity industry infrastructure
West Midlands region
linked to: West Midlands

post-war UK electricity generation expansion
peakOperatingPeriod 1960s
1970s
1980s
primaryFuel coal
purpose electricity generation
regulator Central Electricity Authority (historical)
replacedBy Rugeley power station B
safetyStandard mid-20th-century UK power station standards
servedRegion Midlands
North West England
smokestacks yes
status decommissioned
technology pulverised coal combustion

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rugeley hasNearbyPowerStation Rugeley power station A
Rugeley hasNearbyPowerStation Rugeley power station B
linked to: Rugeley power station A