Evening was holding off on doing a report on here as was hopeful for b but can't see it happening any time soon + i;m bored out of my brain, so heres A.
The explore.
Visited with poppunkjamie, clebby and speed, usual early start and got there in reasonable time, access wasn't what id call a walk in, definitely not an explore you want to take your nan along on. Was a bit of a crap start on this one, i say start, it kinda affected the whole explore-got in there, go to take my first pic-no frickin tripod shoe, fan bloody tastic, sure we've all been there, better than forgetting a memory card or battery though, so yeah all of these were hand held as a result so not the best work unfortunately but hey, pigeon shit happens-and it seems to have happened to a rather extensive degree in the control room of this place! those of you who have been will know first hand what im on about, got to be a two inch thick carpet of pigeon crap in there and it bloody stinks! not too much to report on from the explore side of things, nothing to eventful, no secca, no alarms, no drama, some guy pulled up and put something in a skip but that was it! had fun climbing the racking, found some of the original blueprints, floor plans and turbine designs which was super cool, didn't fancy playing with too many knobs and buttons what with the amount of pigeon crap everywhere! Found an old photography magazine as well and saw one of my old 80s film cameras in there advertised as the latest brand new all singing all dancing slr of the time! right my brains turning into mashed potato trying to remember what else went down that day and i cant think of alot so im bailing!
coffee n baste history courtesty of rwe.com
Tilbury Power Station is located in Essex on the River Thames, to the east of the Port of Tilbury. The station closed in October 2013 under the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD).
Tilbury Power Station began full operation in 1969 and, until 2011, operated as a coal-fired power station with the capacity to generate 1,131MW of electricity for the National Grid.
In early 2011, we were granted the necessary consents from the Environment Agency and Local Planning Authority to convert all three of the power station’s operational units to generate power from 100% sustainable biomass. The converted plant re-opened in 2012 and ran on biomass for the remainder of its lifetime. Operation of the plant on biomass rather than coal resulted in greenhouse gas savings in excess of 70%.1
The station was scheduled to close under the EU’s Large Combustion Plant (LCPD) Directive, giving it 20,000 hours of operation from 1 January 2008. After over 40 years as a coal-fired plant, in 2011 Tilbury commenced generation on 100% sustainable biomass for the remainder of its LCPD hours.
On 13 August the station generated its final unit of electricity and after 46 years of successful operation, and a combined total of 57 years of electricity generation The station closed.
bit pic heavy -
first one, NOT my pic - im not that tall even with my heels on
Theses however are my doing
thanks for looking kids, take it sleazy.
The explore.
Visited with poppunkjamie, clebby and speed, usual early start and got there in reasonable time, access wasn't what id call a walk in, definitely not an explore you want to take your nan along on. Was a bit of a crap start on this one, i say start, it kinda affected the whole explore-got in there, go to take my first pic-no frickin tripod shoe, fan bloody tastic, sure we've all been there, better than forgetting a memory card or battery though, so yeah all of these were hand held as a result so not the best work unfortunately but hey, pigeon shit happens-and it seems to have happened to a rather extensive degree in the control room of this place! those of you who have been will know first hand what im on about, got to be a two inch thick carpet of pigeon crap in there and it bloody stinks! not too much to report on from the explore side of things, nothing to eventful, no secca, no alarms, no drama, some guy pulled up and put something in a skip but that was it! had fun climbing the racking, found some of the original blueprints, floor plans and turbine designs which was super cool, didn't fancy playing with too many knobs and buttons what with the amount of pigeon crap everywhere! Found an old photography magazine as well and saw one of my old 80s film cameras in there advertised as the latest brand new all singing all dancing slr of the time! right my brains turning into mashed potato trying to remember what else went down that day and i cant think of alot so im bailing!
coffee n baste history courtesty of rwe.com
Tilbury Power Station is located in Essex on the River Thames, to the east of the Port of Tilbury. The station closed in October 2013 under the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD).
Tilbury Power Station began full operation in 1969 and, until 2011, operated as a coal-fired power station with the capacity to generate 1,131MW of electricity for the National Grid.
In early 2011, we were granted the necessary consents from the Environment Agency and Local Planning Authority to convert all three of the power station’s operational units to generate power from 100% sustainable biomass. The converted plant re-opened in 2012 and ran on biomass for the remainder of its lifetime. Operation of the plant on biomass rather than coal resulted in greenhouse gas savings in excess of 70%.1
The station was scheduled to close under the EU’s Large Combustion Plant (LCPD) Directive, giving it 20,000 hours of operation from 1 January 2008. After over 40 years as a coal-fired plant, in 2011 Tilbury commenced generation on 100% sustainable biomass for the remainder of its LCPD hours.
On 13 August the station generated its final unit of electricity and after 46 years of successful operation, and a combined total of 57 years of electricity generation The station closed.
bit pic heavy -
first one, NOT my pic - im not that tall even with my heels on
Theses however are my doing
thanks for looking kids, take it sleazy.
