Elland Power Station
{{Short description|Former power station in West Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox power station
| name = Elland Power Station
| image = Elland power station.jpg
| image_caption = Elland Power Station
| coordinates = {{coord|53.694312|-1.822772|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| country = England
| location = West Yorkshire
| operator = Central Electricity Generating Board
| th_fuel_primary = Coal
| ps_electrical_capacity = 180 MW
| construction_began = 1951
| commissioned = 1959
| decommissioned = 1991
| extra = {{gbmapping|SE118220}}
}}
Elland Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated adjacent to the Manchester to Wakefield railway line and on a loop of the River Calder, north east of the town of Elland in West Yorkshire. The station occupied a site of some 65 acres.
History
The construction of Elland Power Station was planned in 1945. It was designed and built by the then Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB), Northern Project Group. Building work began in 1951 and the project cost £10 million. The first generating unit began generating electricity on 7 August 1959, but the station did not officially open and begin generating at full capacity until 28 April 1961.{{cite web
| url = http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~calderdalecompanion/e.html
| title = Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion
| access-date = 11 December 2008
| last = Bull
| first = Malcolm
| year = 2008
}} The station used three Metropolitan Vickers 180 MW generating sets.{{cite web
|url = http://www.cbmh.co.uk/_upload/CBM_Reference_List___CBM_Master___Web0.pdf
|title = REFERENCE INSTALLATION LIST
|access-date = 11 December 2008
|date = March 2008
|page = 29
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110911230939/http://www.cbmh.co.uk/_upload/CBM_Reference_List___CBM_Master___Web0.pdf
|archive-date = 11 September 2011
|url-status = dead
|df = dmy-all
}} Later in the 1960s, the station won an award for its clean and efficient operation. There were three boilers (two John Brown, one Yarrow) each rated for 69 kg/s of steam; steam conditions were 62.06 bar and 482 °C.{{Cite book|title=Handbook of Electricity Supply Statistics 1989|publisher=The Electricity Council|year=1990|isbn=085188122X|location=London|pages=6}} The cooling towers were built by Davenport Engineering.{{Cite book|editor-last=Garrett|editor-first=Frederick C. |title=Garcke's Manual of Electricity Supply vol.56|publisher=Electrical Press|year=1959|location=London|pages=A-54}}
The generating capacity, electricity output and thermal efficiency were as shown in the table.CEGB Statistical Yearbook, various datesCEGB Annual report and Accounts, 1961, 1962 & 1963
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Net capability, MW !Electricity supplied, GWh !Load as per cent of capability, % !Thermal efficiency, % |
| 1960/1
|180 |1354.533 |92.1 |29.56 |
| 1961/2
|180 |1361.476 |92.5 |29.42 |
| 1962/3
|180 |1233.410 |83.81 |29.06 |
| 1966/7
|180 |1234.99 |83.9 |29.19 |
| 1971/2
|180 |732.597 |49.6 |27.11 |
| 1978/9
|180 |695.019 |47.2 |27.01 |
| 1981/2
|180 |496.220 |33.7 |27.34 |
Coal from the Yorkshire coalfields was delivered by train on the adjacent Calder Valley Line and moved around the site using 0-4-0 shunters. Elland No. 1, a CEGB 0-4-0 diesel shunter is preserved at Mangapps Railway Museum, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex.{{cite web
|url=http://www.mangapps.co.uk/stock_list.html
|title=Mangapps Railway Museum - Stock List
|access-date=20 August 2009
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070801233732/http://www.mangapps.co.uk/stock_list.html
|archive-date=1 August 2007
|df=dmy
}}
On 22 November 1971, the station's conveyor belt was destroyed in a fire. After the UK's electric supply industry was privatised in 1989, the station was operated by PowerGen.{{Cite web
|url=http://www.nationalgrid.com/UK/library/documents/sys_03/dddownloaddisplay.asp?sp=sys_Table3_7
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205023032/http://www.nationalgrid.com/UK/library/documents/sys_03/dddownloaddisplay.asp?sp=sys_Table3_7
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=5 December 2012
|title=Table 3.7 - Generation Disconnections since 1991
|access-date=5 January 2009
|year=2003
|publisher=National Grid
}} The station closed in 1991 before being demolished in 1996. The station's site is now the site of Lowfields Industrial Estate although the associated switching substation was retained and remains in use.
References
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External links
{{Portal|England|Energy}}
{{Commons category|Elland Power Station}}
- [https://historicengland.org.uk/services-skills/education/educational-images/elland-power-station-3230 Image on Historic England]
{{Yorkshire Powerstations}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Calderdale
Category:Coal-fired power stations in England
Category:Power stations in Yorkshire and the Humber
Category:1959 establishments in England
Category:1991 disestablishments in England
Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1959
Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1996
Category:Demolished power stations in the United Kingdom
Category:Former coal-fired power stations in the United Kingdom