North Wilford Power Station
of Nottingham, also known as Wilford Power Station,
1890 Nottingham Corporation obtained a Provisional Order to generate and supply electricity
1894 First supplied electricity in September
1897 the plant had a generating capacity of 957 kW
By 1920 Nottingham Corporation wished to develop its electricity supply and planned Wilford power station to use coal from the nearby Clifton mine.
By 1923 Nottingham Corporation operated three electricity generating stations:
- Talbot Street, with an electrical rating of 4,106 kW,
- Eastcroft (refuse) destructor, electrical rating 441 kW,
- St. Anne's, electrical rating 6,040 kW.
The partly built Wilford power station had two 2 MW turbo-alternators available.
1925 The first 30 MW section at Wilford was completed and formally opened
By 1928 further plant had been commissioned - a new 20 MW set.
1928 Selected for the Central England Electricity Scheme[1]
1947 a new low pressure station was commissioned to the south of the existing station. This consisted of four 40 kg/s steam boilers operating at 41.4 bar and 454 °C. These supplied two 30 MW, a single 53 MW and a single 52.5 MW turbo-alternators. Net electricity generating capability was 118 MW.
1948 Upon nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948 the ownership of Wilford power station was vested in the British Electricity Authority.
1957 a new high pressure station was commissioned with a single 62 MW turbo-alternator; net electricity generating capability of 58 MW.
1971 Installed capacity was 308.5 MW comprising three 30 MW, one 52.5 MW, one 53 MW and one 62 MW turbo-alternators.
1981 The station closed
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times Mar. 21, 1928
- [1] Wikipedia