Fiddlers Ferry Power Station

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Fiddlers Ferry Power Station was a large coal-fired power station in Cheshire, England, known for its prominent cooling towers and significant role in the UK’s electricity generation until its closure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coal-fired power station ⓘ
thermal power station ⓘ
closed 2020 ⓘ
commissioned 1971 ⓘ
1973 ⓘ
connectedTo 132 kV transmission network ⓘ
400 kV transmission network ⓘ
Fiddlers Ferry railway station (industrial) ⓘ
constructionBegan 1964 ⓘ
coolingSource River Mersey ⓘ
coolingTowerType natural draft ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
decommissioned 2020 ⓘ
electricalCapacity 2000 megawatt ⓘ
emissionsType carbon dioxide ⓘ
nitrogen oxides ⓘ
sulfur dioxide ⓘ
fuelSupplyMethod rail ⓘ
ship ⓘ
generationUnits 4 ⓘ
gridCode synchronous generation ⓘ
gridConnection National Grid (Great Britain) ⓘ
linked to: National Grid
hasAshLagoons yes ⓘ
hasChimneys yes ⓘ
hasCoolingTowers yes ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Fiddlers Ferry (local area name) ⓘ
hasStackHeight high chimney visible from long distance ⓘ
industry electric power generation ⓘ
locatedIn Borough of Warrington ⓘ
Cheshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
locatedOn River Mersey ⓘ
near Warrington ⓘ
notableFor prominent cooling towers ⓘ
role in UK electricity generation ⓘ
numberOfChimneys 1 ⓘ
numberOfCoolingTowers 8 ⓘ
operatedBy SSE plc ⓘ
ownedBy SSE plc ⓘ
partOf UK coal power station fleet ⓘ
postClosureUse site earmarked for redevelopment ⓘ
previousOwner Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
primaryFuel coal ⓘ
regionServed North West England ⓘ
regulator Environment Agency (England) ⓘ
status decommissioned ⓘ
unitCapacity 500 megawatt ⓘ

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River Sankey → nearbyInfrastructure → Fiddlers Ferry Power Station ⓘ
Fiddlers Ferry Power Station → hasNameOrigin → Fiddlers Ferry (local area name) ⓘ
linked to: Fiddlers Ferry Power Station
Fiddlers Ferry railway station (industrial) → served → Fiddlers Ferry Power Station ⓘ
Fiddlers Ferry railway station (industrial) → locatedNear → Fiddlers Ferry ⓘ
linked to: Fiddlers Ferry Power Station