Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power station, Nottingham, England,UK viewed from the A 50 road. June 2014
Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power station, Nottingham, England,UK viewed from the A 50 road. June 2014 Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station is a coal-fired power station operated by UK at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, England. Commissioned in 1968 by the then Central Electricity Generating Board, the station has a capacity of 2,000 MW. A number of environmental protests have been associated with the plant. The coal power station occupies a prominent position close to junction 24 of the M1, the River Trent and the Midland Main Line (adjacent to East Midlands Parkway station) and dominates the skyline for many miles around with its eight cooling towers and 199 m (653 ft) tall chimney. It has four coal-fired boilers made by Babcock and Wilcox, each of which drive a 500 megawatt (MW) Parsons generator set. This gives the station a total generating capacity of 2,000 MW, which is enough electricity to meet the needs of approximately 2 million homes.
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Location: Ratcliff-on-Soar; Power Station, Nottinghamshire, England UK
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