When we first visited Rugeley, @AndyK and I found it still busy and alive, given that it was a month after initial closure. At that time we didn't manage to see a whole lot - Turbines from above (whilst watching all the workers below) and just a few boiler bits. But if that trip showed us anything, it was the way in.
So we kept going back over the following weeks and months, seeing a little more each time until the place eventually became dead and silent, it was cool to see it gradually being dismantled each time.
Pictures from various visits with @AndyK , @Ojay and @PROJ3CTM4YH3M .
History:
Rugeley B power station was commissioned in 1970 and closed on 8 June 2016. It had an output of 1,000 megawatts (MW) and had a 400 kilovolt (kV) connection to the national grid. The B station provided enough electricity to power roughly half a million homes.
In February 2016 it was announced that the power station would close in the summer of 2016. An announcement by owners, Engie blamed a deterioration in market conditions which included a fall in market prices and increasing carbon costs.
Rugeley Power Station ceased all operations on Wednesday 8 June 2016 and demolition is expected to be finished by 2019.
Photos here are just quick edits, ignore the blurryness as these were taken with a broken lens
Boiler Housey bits:
Millage:
Turbine Hall:
Gas Turbs:
Control:
Cheers for looking
So we kept going back over the following weeks and months, seeing a little more each time until the place eventually became dead and silent, it was cool to see it gradually being dismantled each time.
Pictures from various visits with @AndyK , @Ojay and @PROJ3CTM4YH3M .
History:
Rugeley B power station was commissioned in 1970 and closed on 8 June 2016. It had an output of 1,000 megawatts (MW) and had a 400 kilovolt (kV) connection to the national grid. The B station provided enough electricity to power roughly half a million homes.
In February 2016 it was announced that the power station would close in the summer of 2016. An announcement by owners, Engie blamed a deterioration in market conditions which included a fall in market prices and increasing carbon costs.
Rugeley Power Station ceased all operations on Wednesday 8 June 2016 and demolition is expected to be finished by 2019.
Photos here are just quick edits, ignore the blurryness as these were taken with a broken lens
Boiler Housey bits:
Millage:
Turbine Hall:
Gas Turbs:
Control:
Cheers for looking
really liking the cross section of the turbine!
