West Burton power station under the sunset
A painter's sky over Lincoln at sunset this evening :)
One of a series of photos of a beautiful sunset - taken over a short period on the evening of Friday 13th August 2021. I zoomed in to the distant West Burton Power Station located on the Nottinghamshire coal fields.
"The West Burton power stations are a pair of power stations on the River Trent, near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. West Burton A was a coal-fired power station, one of the Hinton Heavies which was commissioned in 1966 and operated until 2023. West Burton B on the other hand, is a combined cycle gas turbine power station, commissioned in 2013. West Burton A is owned by EDF Energy, while West Burton B is owned and operated by Totalenergies.
The site is the farthest north of what was a series of power stations in the Trent valley, being 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) downstream of the now-closed Cottam power stations. As of September 2022, it was one of only three coal-fired power stations left in the UK and was required to close before 2024, with generation on two units initially planned to cease on 30 September 2022.
Due to the volatile energy market associated with the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United Kingdom Government agreed with plant owners EDF Energy that the remaining two generating units would be available for use for 6 months beyond the 30 September 2022 closure date, in order to provide supplies over the winter period. The plant ended generation on 31 March 2023."
More info here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Burton_power_stations>
I was looking over Lincoln Edge and contemplating the simple beauty of the sky. The location is on the west facing escarpment known locally as Lincoln Edge, in the Cathedral city of Lincoln. The viewpoint gives a clear view of west Lincolnshire and the Nottinghamshire plain. Their were a myriad of subtle colour changes over a very short period of time :)
You can see a random selection of my photos here at Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/9815422@N06/random/
West Burton power station under the sunset
A painter's sky over Lincoln at sunset this evening :)
One of a series of photos of a beautiful sunset - taken over a short period on the evening of Friday 13th August 2021. I zoomed in to the distant West Burton Power Station located on the Nottinghamshire coal fields.
"The West Burton power stations are a pair of power stations on the River Trent, near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. West Burton A was a coal-fired power station, one of the Hinton Heavies which was commissioned in 1966 and operated until 2023. West Burton B on the other hand, is a combined cycle gas turbine power station, commissioned in 2013. West Burton A is owned by EDF Energy, while West Burton B is owned and operated by Totalenergies.
The site is the farthest north of what was a series of power stations in the Trent valley, being 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) downstream of the now-closed Cottam power stations. As of September 2022, it was one of only three coal-fired power stations left in the UK and was required to close before 2024, with generation on two units initially planned to cease on 30 September 2022.
Due to the volatile energy market associated with the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United Kingdom Government agreed with plant owners EDF Energy that the remaining two generating units would be available for use for 6 months beyond the 30 September 2022 closure date, in order to provide supplies over the winter period. The plant ended generation on 31 March 2023."
More info here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Burton_power_stations>
I was looking over Lincoln Edge and contemplating the simple beauty of the sky. The location is on the west facing escarpment known locally as Lincoln Edge, in the Cathedral city of Lincoln. The viewpoint gives a clear view of west Lincolnshire and the Nottinghamshire plain. Their were a myriad of subtle colour changes over a very short period of time :)
You can see a random selection of my photos here at Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/9815422@N06/random/