Ironbridge Power Station

 Ironbridge Power Station is located in Telford, Shropshire and is owned by E.ON UK.

Background
It comprises two units and has an installed capacity of 1,000 megawatts.

As a result of the implementation of the European Union Large Combustion Plant Directive E.ON decided to opt the Ironbride power station out of improving its pollution control equipment. While E.ON state on its website that the power station will be closed by 2015, they also state that they plan to convert one unit of the power station to run on 80% wood and 20% coal.

As of January 2012 the plant had 11,417 hours of its 20,000 operating hours remaining.

In April 2012 EON stated that the unit converted to co-fire with wood and coal would "become operational in early 2013 and will run its remaining operational hours on the new fuel mix until its planned closure by December 2015 as required under the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD)."

UK coal related articles

 * Advanced Power Technology Forum
 * British Coal Utilisation Research Association
 * Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
 * UK Coal
 * Coal Authority (UK)
 * Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
 * Scottish Coal
 * British Geological Survey
 * European Union Large Combustion Plant Directive
 * United Kingdom and coal
 * Very low sulphur coal

External Articles

 * E.ON UK, "Ironbridge", E.ON UK website, accessed June 2008.