interesting site

[GLENNSPARK]

here boys:

Power Stations Revisited

 

[Silly Sausage]

Pump storage like Dinorwig (LLanberis).
Which reminds me, must do the tour this half-term.

 

[Dcf]

Pump storage indeed archy.
it only comes on stream when the network needs a bit more grunt according to the tour guide
though I read an article last week that they want to up its capacity by a fair bit and use it more rather than as a back up

 

[Silly Sausage]

Indeed, they refill the reservoirs at night on the cheap/spare capacity, then bang it out again during the day.
You must have seen this...
U.K. National Grid status

 

[benji]

I worked on Rugeley b for F H Wheeler lived on the labour camp ,used to go to the blues night on thursdays at the Staffordshire Yeoman

 

[GLENNSPARK]

here:

Ferrybridge Power Station Educational Documentary - YouTube

Coal Fired Power Plant - England - YouTube

Electricity and Power Plants - YouTube

Virtual Tour of Deerhaven Generating Station - YouTube

Home Power Station - YouTube

 

[electron1]

Power stations are pretty interesting.
Got the chance to spend a day going round a local plant once. One of the generators was on a 9 day shutdown while they stripped and repaired it. Was very cool to be able to stick your head into a turbine and have a good nosey about.

Yes interesting, I work at Heysham NPS, and still find it interesting even after many years.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

another youtube vid...this time an hour long of inside & outside Elland power station whilst the plant was still generating electricity :

Elland Power Station - YouTube