Taylors Lane Power Station

Taylor's Lane Power Station

Taylor's Lane Power Station
Location of Taylor's Lane Power Station in Greater London
Country England
Location Greater London
Coordinates 51°32′46″N 0°15′27″W / 51.54600°N 0.25750°WCoordinates: 51°32′46″N 0°15′27″W / 51.54600°N 0.25750°W
Commission date 1903 and 1979
Operator(s) E.On
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Natural gas-fired
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 132MW[1]
grid reference TQ209844

Taylor's Lane Power Station is an open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) station, situated in Willesden, north-west London.

History

The first, coal-fired, station was built in 1903 by Willesden Urban District Council and sold to the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Co. (Northmet) in 1904.[2] Capacity rose from 300 KW in 1903 to 28.6 MW in 1937.[3] This station closed in 1972.[2]

The current station was opened in 1979 by the Central Electricity Generating Board. It is now operated by E.On.[4] It is operated remotely from Enfield Power Station and has two generator units fired on gas-oil with a capacity of 132 MW. Each unit uses 4 gas generators derived from the Rolls-Royce Olympus jet engine.[1]

In 2008, transformer oil at the associated electrical substation caught fire.[5]

In 2011, in the Lost episode of series 14 of the BBC thriller Silent Witness, a body is found in a lane beside the power station.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Taylor's Lane - E.ON". E.ON. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "'Willesden: Public services'". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden (1982), pp. 232-236. Victoria County History. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  3. ↑ "LONDON ELECTRICITY BOARD (LEB) PRE-VESTING UNDERTAKINGS (1882 - 1948) LMA/4278/01 1883 - 2003". National Archives. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  4. ↑ "Power stations in the United Kingdom, May 2008 (DUKES 5.11)". Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "Fire at West London power station". Sky News. 26 December 2008.

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