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Little Barford Power Station

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The station was constructed as a turn-key project awarded to GEC Alsthom, with principal equipment supplied by various GEC Alstom divisions including the gas turbine, LP steam turbine, steam boilers, electrical generator and transformers. Civil engineering and building was sub-contracted to Henry
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generators. The Foster Wheeler boilers burned pulverised coal and produced steam at a rate of 1,100,000 lb/hr (138.6 kg/s) at a pressure of 900 psi (62 bar) and 482 °C (900 °F). Cooling was by cooling towers. In 1961, the oldest generating set was two years old
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years old (commissioned in 1941) and the thermal efficiency of the station was 22.63 per cent. Water for condensing was abstracted from the River Ouse and was supplemented with a cooling tower with a capacity of 2,500,000 imperial gallons (11,000 cubic metres) per hour.
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In 2012, the plant was upgraded to General Electric Frame 9FA+e gas turbine engines each producing 241 MWe. They are still connected to the original heat recovery steam generator which led to the steam turbine produced by Alstom which now produces 265 MWe.
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The two Parsons turbo-alternators of the B station were shipped to Malta. One was recommissioned as Unit 8 at Marsa Power Station and remained in service until 15 February 2015.
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and produced steam at a rate of 1,200,000 lb/hr (151.2 kg/s) at a pressure of 650 psi (45 bar) and 482 °C (900 °F). The station was adjacent to the
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In 2019, the failure of the plant was partially responsible for a large scale nationwide power cut on the evening of 9 August, after lightning hit a transmission line.
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MWe electrical storage facility was built by Regenesys Technologies (previously owned by Innogy but bought by VRB Power Systems in October 2004) which uses
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Construction of Little Barford B station started in 1959 by the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB). It had an installed capacity of 127
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from London Kings Cross). The siding was extant in 2008 but had been removed by 2016. In 1961, the oldest generating set was 20
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MW units. The automatic electronic boiler control system used online computers and process controllers, the first in the UK.
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runs alongside. It was formerly the site of two coal-fired power stations, now demolished. The station is operated by
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railway, coal was delivered and ash was removed via sidings and a connection with the railway (at 49 miles & 69
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Construction of the gas-fired station started in 1994, and it opened in 1996. The company that built it,
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Demolition of both stations took place in 1989, an event covered by the children's TV programme
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The net capacity of 727 MW is sufficient to supply over half a million households.
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generators. The boilers — two International Combustion and two Stirling — burned
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opened in 1939 and 1959 that had a generating capacity of 126 and 127 MW.
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A & B river water + cooling towers, river water + hybrid cooling towers
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Deutsche Gesellschaft zum Bau und Betrieb von Endlagern für Abfallstoffe
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Generation of Electricity in Great Britain year ended 31st December 1946
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engines each producing 220 MWe. Each of these had a Stein Industry
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Little Barford CCGT power station was built on the site of two former
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Little Barford coal-fired power station before its demolition in 1989
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Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Electricity Company
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The output in GWh over the period 1946-82 was as follows.
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A & B decommissioned and demolished, C: operational
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Little Barford A station was built and operated by the
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Electricity Supply in the United Kingdom: a Chronology
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Bedfordshire
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Central Electricity Authority
Central Electricity Generating Board
RWE Generation UK
Natural gas
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TL185577
gas-fired
power station
Little Barford
Bedfordshire
A428
St Neots
Wyboston
River Great Ouse
RWE

coal-fired power stations
Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Electricity Company
English Electric
pulverised coal

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