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Coal & Lignite Power

Coal-fired and lignite power plants, mining, decommissioning, flue gas desulfurization, phase-out programs.

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Trafford power station

Former coal-fired power station in Greater Manchester, UK, featuring the British Electricity Authority's first gas turbine.
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Yerevan Thermal Power Plant: History, Modernization, and Regional Energy Role

Overview of the Yerevan Thermal Power Plant in Armenia, covering its transition from an old gas/oil plant to a modern combined-cycle facilit...
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Greenhill power station

History and technical profile of the former coal-fired Greenhill power station in Oldham, England (1921–1960).
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Stourport power stations

History and technical profile of the Stourport coal-fired power stations in Worcestershire, UK.
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Huaneng Yingkou Power Station

Coal-fired power station in Yingkou, China, with 1840 MW capacity.
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Boxberg Power Station: Lignite infrastructure in Saxony

Boxberg Power Station is a lignite-fired plant in Saxony, Germany. This article covers its history, capacity changes, and chimney demolition...
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Tuoketuo Power Station: World's Largest Coal-Fired Plant

Profile of Tuoketuo Power Station, the world's largest coal-fired plant in Inner Mongolia, China, with 6720 MW capacity.
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Norwich power stations: History and infrastructure

History of Norwich's electricity generation from 1893 to 1986, covering Duke Street, Thorpe, and gas turbine stations.
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Longannet power station

Longannet was Scotland's largest coal-fired power station, operating in Fife from 1970 to 2016 with a capacity of 2400 MW.
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Percival Lane power station: History and technical profile

Percival Lane power station in Runcorn, UK, was a coal-fired plant operated by the Mersey Power Company, featuring A and B stations.
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Bradford Power Station: Municipal Electricity Pioneer

Bradford Power Station was the UK's first municipal electricity supplier, operating from 1887 to 1976 in West Yorkshire.
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Westwood Power Station: History and Site Redevelopment

Westwood Power Station was a 128 MW coal-fired plant in Greater Manchester, operating from 1951 to 1989. The site is now a business park.
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South Street Station: History and Redevelopment

Historic coal power plant in Providence, RI, now an academic and administrative hub.
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Thornhill power station

History of Thornhill power station in Dewsbury: coal-fired steam plant (1902-1982) and subsequent gas turbine station (1998).
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Stuart Street Power Station: History and Decommissioning

Stuart Street Power Station was a coal-fired plant in Manchester, England, operating from 1902 to 1975. It featured significant modernizatio...
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Herrenwyk power station: History and site redevelopment in Lübeck

History of the Herrenwyk coal power station in Lübeck, Germany, from 1911 to 1992, and its subsequent redevelopment.
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Ensted Power Station: History and Decommissioning

Overview of the Ensted Power Station in Aabenraa, Denmark, its fuel sources, and decommissioning.
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Hinckley power station

History and technical evolution of the Hinckley power station in Leicestershire, UK (1913–1954).
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Lingan Generating Station: Coal-fired power infrastructure in Nova Scotia

Lingan Generating Station is a 620 MW coal-fired power plant in Nova Scotia, Canada, operated by Nova Scotia Power Inc.
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Bolton power stations: Municipal electricity generation in Lancashire (1894–1979)

History of Bolton's municipal power stations, from the 1894 Spa Road works to the 1979 closure of Back o' th' Bank.