Haverfordwest power station supplied electricity to the town of
Haverfordwest, Wales and the surrounding area from 1931 to the late 1960s. It was initially owned and operated by the West Cambrian Power Company Limited, then by the
British Electricity Authority
The British Electricity Authority (BEA) was established as the central British electricity authority in 1948 under the nationalisation of Great Britain's electricity supply industry enacted by the Electricity Act 1947. The BEA was responsible for ...
following
nationalisation
Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to pri ...
in 1948. It comprised
diesel engine
The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is a so-call ...
s driving electricity
alternators.
History
Haverfordwest power station was commissioned in 1931 and further generating plant was added up to 1954.
The power station was owned and operated by the West Cambrian Power Company Limited which also owned the power stations at
Lampeter
Lampeter (; cy, Llanbedr Pont Steffan (formal); ''Llambed'' (colloquial)) is a town, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales, at the confluence of the Afon Dulas with the River Teifi. It is the third largest urban area in Ceredigion, ...
,
Llandysul and
St. Clears
St Clears ( ; cy, Sanclêr) on the River Tâf in Carmarthenshire, Wales, is both a small town and a community. At the 2011 census, the population was 2,995. The community includes the small settlements of Bancyfelin and Pwlltrap. It is border ...
. The British electricity supply industry was nationalised in 1948, and the power company was abolished and ownership of Haverfordwest power station was vested in the British Electricity Authority. The power station was decommissioned in the late 1960s.
Plant
The station finally comprised eight diesel engines driving alternators. The engines were by the following manufacturers:
* 3 × Fraser & Chalmers
* 2 × Atlas
* 1 × BPE
* 2 × Crosley
Six of the alternators were by GEC and two were Brush, the range of generating capacities were:
* 2 × 1.2 MW
* 2 × 1 MW
* 1 × 1.05 MW
* 1 × 0.575 MW
* 2 × 1.2 MW
All the alternators generated current at 11 kV.
Operations
Operating data for the period 1946–67 was:
[CEGB ''Annual report and Accounts'', 1961, 1962 & 1963]
See also
*
Timeline of the UK electricity supply industry
This timeline outlines the key developments in the United Kingdom electricity industry from the start of electricity supplies in the 1870s to the present day. It identifies significant developments in technology for the generation, transmission and ...
*
List of power stations in Wales
References
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Demolished power stations in the United Kingdom
Haverfordwest