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Background imageElectricity Collection: Portishead Power Station JEH_22046_45

Portishead Power Station JEH_22046_45
Portishead B Power Station, Somerset. Opened in 1955 it originally had four oil fired and eight coal-fired boilers. It closed in 1982 and its chimneys were demolished in 1992

Background imageElectricity Collection: Tilbury Power Station 29649_050

Tilbury Power Station 29649_050
Tilbury B Power Station, Essex. Coal-fired power station built in 1961. In 2011 an attempt was made to convert to biomass but the power station has since been decommissioned. Photographed in May 2015

Background imageElectricity Collection: Hinkley Point 27466_007

Hinkley Point 27466_007
Hinkley Point A Nuclear Power Station, Somerset. The two main buildings each housed Magnox reactors. The power station was shut down in 1999 and is currently being decommissioned

Background imageElectricity Collection: Ironbridge Gorge 21131_07

Ironbridge Gorge 21131_07
Ironbridge Gorge and Buildwas Power Station, Shropshire. The cradle of the Industrial Revolution. Abraham Darby established his iron works at Coalbrookdale in 1708

Background imageElectricity Collection: Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station
Distinctive London landmark designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. IoE 207028

Background imageElectricity Collection: Wind farm N090477

Wind farm N090477
WIND TURBINES, Kent. Detailed view of two wind turbines that form a small part of the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm

Background imageElectricity Collection: Cooling Towers, Cottam DP249247

Cooling Towers, Cottam DP249247
Coal and Oil Fired Power Stations: Cottam Power Station, Outgang Lane, Retford, Nottinghamshire. General view of cooling towers from top of the stack, view from west

Background imageElectricity Collection: Berkeley Power Station JEH_22049_14

Berkeley Power Station JEH_22049_14
Berkeley Power Station, Gloucestershire. Nuclear power station powered by two Magnox reactors. It openend in 1962 and was decommissioned in 1989. Photographed by Jim Hancock in 1971

Background imageElectricity Collection: Hydro power DP143653

Hydro power DP143653
Linton Falls Hydro Electric Power Station, Yorkshire Dales National Park. First established in 1909 it was abandoned in 1948. Restored in 2011 it is producing hydroelectric power once again

Background imageElectricity Collection: Pylons at sunrise DP178057

Pylons at sunrise DP178057
Silchester Roman Town, Silchester, Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire. General view looking east from the Roman town towards an electricity pylons with the sun rising beyond

Background imageElectricity Collection: Hinkley Point 33900_001

Hinkley Point 33900_001
Hinkley Point B Nuclear Power Station, with two nuclear reactors under construction at Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power station, near Stogursey, Somerset, 2020

Background imageElectricity Collection: Sea Challenger, Westermost Rough Wind Farm DP168932

Sea Challenger, Westermost Rough Wind Farm DP168932
Westermost Rough Wind Farm six weeks after completion. Turbine installation was carried out using this purpose built specialist jack-up vessel, Sea Challenger

Background imageElectricity Collection: Gas Holder DP182680

Gas Holder DP182680
Gasholder No. 5, Factory Lane, Croydon, London. View from north with an electricity pylon beyond

Background imageElectricity Collection: Teesside Wind Farm 28538_069

Teesside Wind Farm 28538_069
Teesside Wind Farm, Redcar and Cleveland, 2014

Background imageElectricity Collection: Cooling towers DP221176

Cooling towers DP221176
Ferrybridge C Power Station, Stranglands Lane, Ferrybridge, Wakefield. General view looking north-west along a suburban street

Background imageElectricity Collection: Control desk DP249336

Control desk DP249336
Coal and Oil Fired Power Stations: Cottam Power Station, Outgang Lane, Retford, Nottinghamshire. Control room showing unit control desk and lighting above

Background imageElectricity Collection: Control desk DP249494

Control desk DP249494
Coal and Oil Fired Power Stations: Littlebrook D Power Station, Rennie Drive, Dartford, Kent. Interior view of the power stations control room, showing the unit operators control panels

Background imageElectricity Collection: Hinkley Point 33900_013

Hinkley Point 33900_013
Two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power station under construction, near Stogursey, Somerset, 2020

Background imageElectricity Collection: Hinkley Point 33900_003

Hinkley Point 33900_003
Hinkley Point B Nuclear Power Station, with two nuclear reactors under construction at Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power station, near Stogursey, Somerset, 2020

Background imageElectricity Collection: Hinkley Point 33900_002

Hinkley Point 33900_002
Two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power station under construction, near Stogursey, Somerset, 2020

Background imageElectricity Collection: Maintaining a wind turbine 33972_029

Maintaining a wind turbine 33972_029
Wind turbine undergoing maintenance, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, 2020

Background imageElectricity Collection: Humber Gateway Wind Farm DP168905

Humber Gateway Wind Farm DP168905
Humber Gateway Wind Farm. A view of Humber Gateway Wind Farm in bright sunlight, seen during a visit to Westermost Rough Wind Farm

Background imageElectricity Collection: Petsoe Manor Wind Farm 33623_042

Petsoe Manor Wind Farm 33623_042
Petsoe Manor Wind Farm and the site of St Martins Chapel, Ekeney, Milton Keynes, 2018

Background imageElectricity Collection: Scroby Sands 35089_023

Scroby Sands 35089_023
Wind turbine installation vessel, Scroby Sands Wind Farm, Norfolk, 2021

Background imageElectricity Collection: Scroby Sands 35089_020

Scroby Sands 35089_020
Scroby Sands Wind Farm, Norfolk, 2021

Background imageElectricity Collection: Scroby Sands 35089_012

Scroby Sands 35089_012
Scroby Sands Wind Farm, Norfolk, 2021

Background imageElectricity Collection: Bentley Motors car factory 33126_038

Bentley Motors car factory 33126_038
The Bentley Motors car factory, Crewe, Cheshire East, 2017

Background imageElectricity Collection: Wroughton Airfield solar farm 33080_016

Wroughton Airfield solar farm 33080_016
Wroughton Airfield solar farm, Swindon, 2016

Background imageElectricity Collection: Ferry Bridge DP235320

Ferry Bridge DP235320
Ferrybridge C Power Station, Stranglands Lane, Knottingley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire. General view of the power stations cooling towers from the south-east

Background imageElectricity Collection: Ferrybridge Power Station DP221174

Ferrybridge Power Station DP221174
Ferrybridge C Power Station, Stranglands Lane, Ferrybridge, Wakefield. View looking north-west across houses towards the power station

Background imageElectricity Collection: Control room DP221228

Control room DP221228
Ferrybridge C Power Station, Stranglands Lane, Ferrybridge, Wakefield. Interior view of a control room in the power station, showing some of its control panels

Background imageElectricity Collection: Purge valves DP221215

Purge valves DP221215
Ferrybridge C Power Station, Stranglands Lane, Ferrybridge, Wakefield. Detail of hydrogen and CO2 purge valves in the power stations turbine hall, at 39 foot level

Background imageElectricity Collection: Ferrybridge Power Station DP221186

Ferrybridge Power Station DP221186
Ferrybridge C Power Station, Stranglands Lane, Ferrybridge, Wakefield. General view of the power station from the north-east, with a horse in a field in the foreground

Background imageElectricity Collection: Cooling towers DP221177

Cooling towers DP221177
Ferrybridge C Power Station, Stranglands Lane, Ferrybridge, Wakefield. General view looking north-west along a suburban street, with the power stations cooling towers dominating the skyline behind

Background imageElectricity Collection: Cooling towers 28747_012

Cooling towers 28747_012
Ironbridge B Power Station, Shropshire. Cooling towers, 2015. SJ6503

Background imageElectricity Collection: Control desk DP249335

Control desk DP249335
Coal and Oil Fired Power Stations: Cottam Power Station, Outgang Lane, Retford, Nottinghamshire. Control room showing unit control desk and lighting above

Background imageElectricity Collection: Wroughton Airfield Solar Park 29714_046

Wroughton Airfield Solar Park 29714_046
Wroughton Airfield Solar Park, Wiltshire. Solar farm shown under construction in February 2016. It was energised just over a month later. Some of the hangars are used by the Science Museum

Background imageElectricity Collection: Long Newnton Airfield 27446_039

Long Newnton Airfield 27446_039
Long Newnton, Gloucestershire. Solar farm on the site of the former RAF airfield

Background imageElectricity Collection: Wind farm construction 27509_004

Wind farm construction 27509_004
Harwich Harbour, Suffolk. Wind farm construction vessel en route to a wind turbine construction site

Background imageElectricity Collection: Carland Cross Wind Farm K070033

Carland Cross Wind Farm K070033
CARLAND CROSS WIND FARM, Cornwall. View of wind turbines against skyline

Background imageElectricity Collection: St Breock Wind Farm K050257

St Breock Wind Farm K050257
ST BREOCK WIND FARM, St Breock Downs, Cornwall. View looking towards the wind turbines with pond and rocks in the foreground

Background imageElectricity Collection: Wind turbine N040042

Wind turbine N040042
SCROBY SANDS WIND FARM, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Aerial view of one of the wind turbines

Background imageElectricity Collection: St. Breock Downs Monolith K021457

St. Breock Downs Monolith K021457
ST BREOCK DOWNS MONOLITH, Cornwall. General view of the standing stone with wind turbine in the background. wind farm


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