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5 unusual facts about Staythorpe Power Station


Staythorpe Power Station

The £680 million plant near Averham was formally opened on 9 May 2011 and is owned by the German energy company, RWE npower.

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It is situated around one mile from Newark, between the villages of Averham, to the north, and Farndon, to the south with the address Staythorpe Road, Staythorpe, NG23 5PS.

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The GMB and Unite trade unions demonstrated at the station when Alstom recruited non-UK contract labour to build the power station.

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Staythorpe C Power Station is a 1,735 MWe gas-fired power station between Southwell and Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, between the River Trent and Nottingham to Lincoln Line.

Thomas Cecil Howitt

Staythorpe 'A' Power Station, near Newark, Notts (from 1946) - awarded RIBA Bronze Medal 1953, now demolished



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