Aberthaw Power Station

Aberthaw Power Station is a series of two coal-fired power stations on the coast of South Wales, near Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan. It is located at Limpert Bay, near the villages of Gileston and West Aberthaw. The current power station on the site, Aberthaw B Power Station, co-fires biomass and as of 2008 has a generating capacity of 1560 megawatts (MW). The station is the location of a carbon capture trial system to determine whether the technology can be scaled up from lab conditions. The system consumes 1 MW. HistoryThe site of the stations was a golf course prior to the construction of the first station. Aberthaw A Power Station opened in February 1966, and at the time it was the most advanced in the world. Aberthaw B opened in the early 1970s. Aberthaw A operated until 1995. It was subsequently demolished. Its two chimneys were the last section to be demolished, and this was done on Saturday, 25 July 1998. The site currently has three generating units, each driven by their own Foster-Wheeler boiler. From 2006-2007 new steam turbines were fitted, allowing each unit to generate an extra 28-30 MW of power each. Each unit is now rated at 520 MW. OperationsAberthaw burns approximately 5, 000–6, 000 tonnes of coal a day, generating 6-7 GWHrs per year. The site usually burns two-thirds Welsh coal with the remainder being either foreign low-sulphur coal or biomass.

Aberthaw Power Station is a series of two coal-fired power stations on the coast of South Wales, near Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan. It is located at Limpert Bay, near the villages of Gileston and West Aberthaw. The current power station on the site, Aberthaw B Power Station, co-fires biomass and as of 2008 has a generating capacity of 1560 megawatts (MW). The station is the location of a carbon capture trial system to determine whether the technology can be scaled up from lab conditions. The system consumes 1 MW. HistoryThe site of the stations was a golf course prior to the construction of the first station. Aberthaw A Power Station opened in February 1966, and at the time it was the most advanced in the world. Aberthaw B opened in the early 1970s. Aberthaw A operated until 1995. It was subsequently demolished. Its two chimneys were the last section to be demolished, and this was done on Saturday, 25 July 1998. The site currently has three generating units, each driven by their own Foster-Wheeler boiler. From 2006-2007 new steam turbines were fitted, allowing each unit to generate an extra 28-30 MW of power each. Each unit is now rated at 520 MW. OperationsAberthaw burns approximately 5, 000–6, 000 tonnes of coal a day, generating 6-7 GWHrs per year. The site usually burns two-thirds Welsh coal with the remainder being either foreign low-sulphur coal or biomass.