page_title: Ferrybridge power stations
hierarchical_section_title: Ferrybridge power stations
caption_attribution_description: Ferrybridge &#39;C&#39; Power Station
context_page_description: The Ferrybridge power stations are a series of three coal-fired power stations situated on the River Aire near Ferrybridge in West Yorkshire, England, next to the junction of the M62 and A1 motorways.
  The first station on the site, Ferrybridge A power station, was constructed in the mid-1920s, and was closed in 1976; the main building has been retained as workshops. Ferrybridge B was brought into operation in the 1950s and closed in the early 1990s.
  In 1966, Ferrybridge C power station was opened with a generating capacity of 2 GW from four 500 MW sets; constructed by Central Electricity Generating Board; on privatisation in 1989 ownership was passed to Powergen, then to Edison Mission Energy, then to AEP Energy Services and to SSE plc. Ferrybridge C closed in March 2016.
  Two of the four units were fitted with flue-gas desulphurisation plant in 2009. In 2013 SSE indicated that the power station would not comply with the Industrial Emissions Directive requiring the plant's closure by 2023 or earlier. It was later announced that the plant would be fully closed by March 2016.
  Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 is a 68 MW multi-fuel plant at the site which became operational in 2015.
context_section_description: The Ferrybridge power stations are a series of three coal-fired power stations situated on the River Aire near Ferrybridge in West Yorkshire, England, next to the junction of the M62 and A1(M) motorways.
  The first station on the site, Ferrybridge A power station, was constructed in the mid-1920s, and was closed in 1976; the main building has been retained as workshops. Ferrybridge B was brought into operation in the 1950s and closed in the early 1990s.
  In 1966, Ferrybridge C power station was opened with a generating capacity of 2 GW from four 500 MW sets; constructed by Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB); on privatisation in 1989 ownership was passed to Powergen, then to Edison Mission Energy (1999), then to AEP Energy Services (American Electric Power) (2001) and to SSE plc (2004). Ferrybridge C closed in March 2016.
  Two of the four units were fitted with flue-gas desulphurisation (FGD) plant in 2009. In 2013 SSE indicated that the power station would not comply with the Industrial Emissions Directive (2010/75/EU) requiring the plant's closure by 2023 or earlier. It was later announced that the plant would be fully closed by March 2016.
  Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 is a 68 MW multi-fuel plant at the site which became operational in 2015.
  On 28 July 2019, one of Ferrybridge's cooling towers was demolished, followed by a further four more on 13 October, leaving only three of the original eight towers standing, 3 years after the plants' closure.
caption: Ferrybridge C Power Station
  Viewed from the west in August 2005
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