Country England Nameplate capacity 200 MW | Primary fuel Coal Decommission date 1976 | |
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Location West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber Operator Central Electricity Generating Board | ||
Kirkstall power station was a coal-fired unit opened in 1931, serving the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
It was situated by the River Aire north west of Leeds and had its own wharf for delivery of coal via the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
The station was equipped with two British Thomson-Houston 25 MW turbo-alternators. An additional 30 MW turbo-alternator was ordered from BTH in 1935. By 1948, further extensions to the site had increased its combined generating capacity to around 200 MW. The station was later converted to oil firing.
Kirkstall Power Station was closed in 1976 and was subsequently demolished. None of the structure remains. The majority of the power station site is covered by a secure caravan storage depot, golf course and artificial football pitches with the rest of the site now forming part of the Kirkstall Valley Nature Reserve. The wharf used to unload coal is now a marina for canal and pleasureboats.
The major substations adjacent to the former power station still remain, supplying electrical power to much of Burley, Kirkstall, Armley and Bramley.