Consett Power Station

Consett Power Station
Location of Consett Power Station in County Durham
Country	England
Location	Derwentside, County Durham, North East England
Coordinates	54°51′00″N 1°50′56″W / 54.850109°N 1.848898°W / 54.850109; -1.848898Coordinates: 54°51′00″N 1°50′56″W / 54.850109°N 1.848898°W / 54.850109; -1.848898
Commission date	1903
Decommission date	1980
Operator(s)	Consett Iron Company
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal-fired
grid reference NZ098506

Consett Power Station refers to numerous, now demolished coal-fired power stations situated on various sites around Consett in County Durham, North East England.

History

Knitsley Lane Power Station

In 1943, a small power station was constructed on Knitsley Lane in Consett. It was built and operated by the Cleveland and Durham Supply Company, and generated electricity using two generating sets driven by oil-fueled engines. It supplied electricity over a small area of south west Consett, using an underground cable stretching from the station to Derwent Street. This closed only a couple of years later, in 1906, when the generating sets were removed and the building converted into a substation, providing a step down from 20 kV to 3 kV for local distribution.^[1]

Templetown Power Station

The Knitsley Lane station was taken out of operation because of the opening of the Consett Iron Company's own power stations. This was situated in the Templetown area of Consett, and was used to supply electricity to the iron and steel works in the town, as well as to local houses. The station was closed in 1961, when electricity supply was provided by the Central Electricity Generating Board.^[1]

Central Power Station

Between 1943 and 1999, the Consett Iron Company built the Central Power Station to provide the works with an electricity supply.^[1] The large building had two chimneys and two cooling towers. The station was closed along with the steel works in 1999.

References

Electricity generation in North East England
Generating sites	Biomass Active Biomass Energy Centre Lynemouth (co-fires) Wilton 10 Proposed BEI-Teesside Billingham North Blyth Teesport Tyne REP Coal Active Lynemouth Closed Berwick upon Tweed Blyth Carville Chopwell Colliery Close Consett Darlington Derwenthaugh Coke Works Dunston Forth Banks Hebburn Horden Colliery Lemington Mainsforth Colliery Manors Morrison Busty Colliery Neptune Bank Newburn Steelworks North Tees Ouston Colliery Pandon Dene Philadelphia South Shore Road South Shields Stella Sunderland Vane Tempest Colliery Whinfield Proposed Eston Grange (Gasification) Cancelled Blyth Clean Coal Kepier Gas Active Seal Sands Teesside Wilton Proposed ConocoPhillips Teesside Thor Cogeneration Cancelled Newburn Hydro Active Derwent Kielder Closed Cragside Nuclear Active Hartlepool Cancelled Druridge Bay Oil Active Wilton Waste Active Teesside Path Head landfill Closed Blaydon Burn Derwenthaugh Coke Works Newburn Steelworks Portrack Whinfield Proposed North Eastern Energy Recovery Centre Wilton 11 Cancelled Blyth Wind Active Blyth Harbour Blyth Offshore Broom Hill Great Eppleton Hare Hill High Sharpley High Volts Holmside Hall Kirkheaton Langley Park Teesside Tow Law Trimdon Grange Walkway West Durham Proposed Butterwick Moor Haswell Moor Kiln Pit Hill Lynemouth Royal Oak Barmoor South Green Rigg Kielder Moorsyde Ray Hill South Sharpley Steadings Teeswind North The Isles Todd Hill West Ancroft Wingates
Organisations and personnel	A. Reyrolle & Company C. A. Parsons and Company Northern Powergrid Charles Algernon Parsons Charles Hesterman Merz Clarke Chapman John Theodore Merz L J Couves & Partners Merz & McLellan NaREC Newcastle and District Electric Lighting Company North Eastern Electric Supply Company Northern Electric Northern Engineering Industries Pre-nationalisation North East electric power companies
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