centrale

One of the Italian evergreens we visited this summer - an old hydroelectric power station and the adjacent chemical factory. The history of the site dates back to the early 20th century when the chemical plant, along with a small power station, was put into operation. The location was chosen...

A power station we visited during our trip to Italy. It was commissioned in the 60s, closed in the 2010s, and sported two Brown Boveri turbines. Not much else to say, the history is just like all of the other power stations in Italy or anywhere in Europe - at some point the fuel and emission...

One things for sure; I certainly love me a Power Station (or large Industrial Derp); so I was more than happy to sink my teeth into this one during a French Exploring Weekend back in April. We only had two sites on the list; two big ones at that, and we were successful at both. This was the...

Coal fired power station owned by EDF comprising of 4 units with a total output of 1000Mw with 4 chimneys at 125m. Construction began 1963 and the plant was fully commissioned in 1969 The plant ceased operating in 2014 after 51 years of operation, 1,147 employees and 2,000 service providers...

This power plant was built in the 50s with two 250MW blocks. It was shut down in 2015 and is undergoing decommissioning until 2028. I took the photos at night but plan to go the day. Sorry for the overall quality of the pictures i took them with my phone, but when i will re visit this location I...

The Explore Visited this power station with a friend (non-member). Although the powerstation is being demolished as we speak, we did not see any security or workmen - so, lucky for us, the explore was uneventful. History Unfortunately, I do not know much about the history of this site...

We had this place as a B-tier-ish location if we had enough time on our summer trip. One of the friends I went on the trip with visited it back in 2019/2020 when the control room was still accessible and the entry and the time involved too much crawling through coal dust for him to attempt it...

History: Centrale Des Awirs got established all the way back in the late 40s, just after the war. In this period the majority of industry was in ruins including many generating stations. This situation kick started a large project to built a series of brand new modern power stations all over...

History: Centrale Des Awirs got established all the way back in the late 40s, just after the war. In this period the majority of industry was in ruins including many generating stations. This situation kick started a large project to built a series of brand new modern power stations all over...

First I want to say that if I give the real name of this place, it's because it is now beeing demolished. The turbines are already stripped for the most part, asbestos is beeing removed, and they will start tearing down the structure anytime soon. The two first units of this power plant were...

"Neue DieselZentrale" Reading through several previous reports, blogs and spamming the internet with vague search terms wielded nothing but sheer disappointment to find any attached history for this absolutely amazing building. Unfortunately, all efforts for history research lead to items...

Terre Rouge and Centrale Thermique were long-standing mainstays of European exploring, I had wanted to see Centrale Thermique for years and years and finally did so on my last trip to the continent. Terre Rouge was an enormous former ironworks established in 1870, taken over by ARBED in 1937...

Hi everyone! This is my first report on 28dayslater, so let me introduce myself. My name is Jessey, 18 years old and i've been a passionate explorer such early 2015. Since then i've already explored a lot of just stunning places in countries like; Italy, Belgium, Holland, Germany and France. I...

Just sorting out the stuff that may never see the light of day.. So I think this was my first bum clenching power station visit. Luckily I was accompanied by @AndyK. We arrive and find the cooling tower steaming this is from the newer plant on the site. Minutes after accessing the site there is...

In April we went on a ferry trip to the European mainland as part of George's stag do. The aim was to drive fast cars to / at the Nurburgring and see a couple of nice buildings on the way. This is one of them. A pretty, ancient compressor / power house associated with one of Europe's largest...