Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station

Infobox UK power station
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static_image_caption= Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station
os_grid_reference=SK501300
latitude=52.865268
longitude=-1.254963
country=England
region=East Midlands
shire_county=Nottinghamshire
operator= E.ON
fuel= Coal-fired
fuel_capacity=2034 MW
secondary_fuel=
secondary_fuel_capacity=
opened=1968
closed=

Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station is a coal-fired power station operated by E.ON UK at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, England. Commissioned in 1968 by the then Central Electricity Generating Board, the station has a capacity of 2034 MW. It has four coal-fired boilers made by Babcock and Wilcox that are used to drive Parsons steam turbines and generator sets.

Cooling water is taken from the nearby River Trent - about 48 million cubic metres a year - and evaporative losses through the eight cooling towers account for some 11 million cubic metres of that water.

E.ON UK has its Power Technology centre at the site, where the latest research and development on power generation takes place.

The power station has been photographed for artistic purposes by a prominent British-American photographer Michael Kenna.

On April 10 2007, 11 environmental activists from a group called Eastside Climate Action were arrested after they entered the power station and climbed onto equipment in order to draw attention to the energy industry's greenhouse gas emissions [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/6541105.stm Protest is held at power station] , BBC News (Tuesday, 10 April 2007).]

Ratcliffe power station is compliant with the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD) [http://www.eon-uk.com/generation/lcpd.aspx] , an EU directive that aims to reduce acidification, ground level ozone and particulates by controlling the emissions of sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and dust from large combustion plant. Compliance at this site has been achieved through fitting Flue Gas Desulphurisation [http://www.eon-uk.com/generation/278.aspx] , and Boosted Over Fire Air [http://www.eon-uk.com/generation/275.aspx] .

References

External links

* [http://www.eon-uk.com/ E.ON UK]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/360/views/power_station.shtml BBC Nottingham gallery.]
* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/54359156@N00/ Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station photos on Flickr]
* [http://www.freefoto.com/browse.jsp?id=13-23-51 FreeFoto picture gallery]
* [http://www.archimage.co.uk/ind_03_power.htm Professional pictures]
* [http://www.michaelkenna.net/html/books/ratcliffe Photographic book by Michael Kenna]