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- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
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Power Plant
Belfast West power station
207th-largest power plant in United Kingdom of 305 · top 50% worldwide (#14,799 of 29,849)
- Owner
- AES Corp
- Status
- idle
- Capacity
- 240 MW
- Fuel
- coal
- Commissioned
- 1954
- Retired
- 2002
Comparable power plants · United Kingdom · 305 ranked
- #1Hornsea wind farm5.6 GW · wind
- #205Calder Hall nuclear power plant240 MW · nuclear
- #206Chapelcross nuclear power plant240 MW · nuclear
- #207Belfast West power station240 MW · coal
- #208Kilgallioch wind farm239 MW · wind
- #209Fenwick Battery Storage & solar farm238 MW · solar
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Port of Belfast Coal Terminal382 m · Export Terminal
- Microsoft Ireland1.7 km · Data Centre
- South-North Pipeline13 km · Pipeline
- Kilroot power station15 km · Power Plant · 824 MW · gas
- Kilroot power station15 km · Power Plant · 566 MW · coal
- Belfast Gas Transmission Pipeline19 km · Pipeline
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)