Peterborough Power Station

A previous coal-fired power station in Peterborough was located on the north side of the river, on the site of what is now the Rivergate shopping centre.

Demolished in the mid 1980s, all that remains is its substation on the other side of the river, directly south from the power station's former site.

Peterborough is a CCGT type power station that runs on natural gas.

The plant has a black start 2.9MW diesel generator and connects to the National Grid at 132kV.

The coal-fired power station at Peterborough was located near Town Bridge on the north side of the River Nene.

There were three Babcock water tube pulverised fuel boilers each rated at 160,000 lb/hr (20.16 kg/s), giving a total capacity of 480,000 lb/hr (60.48 kg/s), the HP steam conditions were 400 psi (27.6 bar) and 427 °C.

The total electricity output, in GWh, over the period 1954-77 was as follows:[6][7][9][10]Peterborough power station was decommissioned in 1977[6] and demolished in the mid-1980s.