Country England Commission date 1903 and 1979 Primary fuel Natural gas-fired | Location Greater London Operator(s) E.On Nameplate capacity 132MW | |
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Taylor's Lane Power Station is an open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) station, situated in Willesden, north-west London.
HistoryEdit
The first, coal-fired, station was built in 1903 by Willesden Urban District Council and sold to the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Co. (Northmet) in 1904. Capacity rose from 300 KW in 1903 to 28.6 MW in 1937. This station closed in 1972.
The current station was opened in 1979 by the Central Electricity Generating Board. It is now operated by Uniper. It can be operated remotely from Enfield Power Station and has two generator units fired on gas-oil with a capacity of 132 MW. Each unit uses 4 gas generators derived from the Rolls-Royce Olympus jet engine.
In 2011, in the Lost episode of series 14 of the BBC thriller Silent Witness, a body is found in a lane beside the power station.