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.

All labels observed (2)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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