Shropshire Star

The Ironbridge Power Station - what do you want to see happen?

It was very much the end of an era last week when the Ironbridge Power Station was shut down for good - but now we want to know what you would like to see happen to it.

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The landmark towers at Ironbridge Power Station

The construction of Ironbridge Power Station began in 1962 and is located close to where the Industrial Revolution began.

The plant was originally designed to run on coal and at full capacity was capable of generating up to 1000MW from two 500MW units. It was later converted to biomass and electrical output was reduced to 740MW. However, only one of the two units has been operational following a fire in 2014 and capacity was further reduced to 370MW.

Originally powered by coal, the station was converted to use biomass fuel.

Only a small team of 14 will be kept on after the shutdown to oversee a 15-month period of the decommissioning of the plant.

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