History
“The Uskmouth power stations (also known as the Fifoots Point power stations) refers to a series of two coal-fired power station at the mouth of the River Usk in the south-east of Newport, Wales. The first of the two station, Uskmouth A power station, was built in the 1940s and demolished in 2002.
The second station, Uskmouth B power station, was built in the 1950s and is currently undergoing a conversion to run on biomass and waste plastic.
Uskmouth B power station (or Uskmouth Power as it is now known) was authorised in May 1957 and built in 1959. It has a generating capacity of 363 MW, which is enough to power 360,000 homes, or the surrounding area of Newport. The electricity is provided by three 110 MW generating sets. Uskmouth B was one of the CEGB’s twenty steam power stations with the highest thermal efficiency; in 1963–4 the thermal efficiency was 32.15 per cent, 32.72 per cent in 1964–5, and 32.89 per cent in 1965–6. The pulverised fuel boilers were capable of delivering 324.0 kg/s of steam at 103.4 bar and 538 °C. It is situated in an essential position for the National Grid, as there are very few power stations situated in the south of Wales.
Initially operated by the Central Electricity Generating Board, the station’s operations were handed over to National Power with privatisation in 1990. The station was then closed in 1995. But in 1998, it was purchased by AES. The station was given a £120 million refurbishment to bring it up to date with legislative requirements. New environmental equipment was installed and it was given a refurbishment which is thought to have extended the station’s life by 25 years.”
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uskmouth_power_stations
