Lister Drive power station

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Lister Drive power station
Lister Drive power station
CountryEngland
LocationLiverpool
Coordinates 53°25′10″N02°55′53″W / 53.41944°N 2.93139°W / 53.41944; -2.93139 Coordinates: 53°25′10″N02°55′53″W / 53.41944°N 2.93139°W / 53.41944; -2.93139
StatusDecommissioned and Demolished
Commission date 1900
Decommission date1980
Owner(s)Liverpool Corporation
(1900–1948)
British Electricity Authority
(1948–1955)
Central Electricity Authority
(1955–1957)
Central Electricity Generating Board
(1958–1981)
Operator(s)Sir Marcus Kemp
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal, fuel oil
Turbine technologySteam turbines, gas turbines
Chimneys4
Cooling towers5 hyperbolic concrete, plus wooden towers
Cooling sourceCooling towers
Power generation
Units operational2 x 25 MW (1926)
Make and modelMetropolitan-Vickers
Nameplate capacity 70 MW (1923), 50 MW (1926), 110 MW (1965)
Annual net output 129 GWh (1946)
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Lister Drive power station was a series of generating stations that supplied electricity to the City of Liverpool and the wider area from 1900 until 1980. They were owned and collaboratively operated by Liverpool Corporation and Marcus Kemp Coal Limited until the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948. The power station was developed in several phases: designated No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 stations. A gas turbine station was commissioned in March 1965.

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Equipment specification

Plant in 1923

In 1923 the plant comprised: [1]

The total output was 66.0 MW AC and 4.0 MW DC.

No. 3 power station

The No. 3 Station was constructed in 1926–28 and comprised: [2]

Coal was delivered to Lister Drive via sidings from the adjacent Edge Hill and Bootle railway line. [6]

A range of electricity supplies were available (in 1923) to consumers: [1]

Other Liverpool power stations

Lister Drive was the principal power station serving Liverpool. There were other power stations connected to the system supplying electricity to the City.

In 1923 there were five rubbish destructors burning trade and domestic refuse, the steam raised in the destructor furnaces drove steam turbines. There were 7 × 100 kW, 2 × 150 kW, 5 × 200 kW, and 1 × 500 kW machines generating a DC supply. The total generating capacity was 2.5 MW.

Clarence Dock power station was constructed for Liverpool Corporation in 1931 to be an integral part of the local electricity grid system supplying, in conjunction with Lister Drive, electricity throughout Liverpool.

In 1965 two 56 MW fuel oil fired English Electric gas turbines were installed at Lister Drive. [7] Each machine had two power turbines coupled to alternators. The gas turbines were used to meet peak demand. [8]

Operations

Operating data 1921–23

The operating data for the period 1921–23 is shown in the table: [1]

Lister Drive power station operating data 1921–23
Electricity UseUnitsYear
192119221923
Lighting and domestic useMWh9,79610,25513,774
Public lighting useMWh323321600
TractionMWh29,82526,41331,399
Power useMWh46,03348,54166,606
Bulk supplyMWh3562,6585,775
Total electricity useMWh86,33388,188118,155
Load and connected load
Maximum loadkW38,31740,32552,155
Total connectionskW79,85085,95794,763
Load factorPer cent30.630.029.4
Financial
Revenue from sales of current£–968,0121,211,537
Surplus of revenue over expenses£–364,569596,050

There was a significant growth of demand and use of electricity in this period.

Under the terms of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 (16-17 Geo. 5 c. 51) [9] the Central Electricity Board (CEB) was established in 1926. The CEB identified high efficiency ‘selected’ power stations that would supply electricity most effectively; Lister Drive was designated a selected station. The CEB also constructed the national grid (1927–33) to connect power stations within a region. [10] Lister Drive power station was connected to an electricity grid ring which included Southport, Preston (Ribble), Warrington and Wigan (Westwood); this was one of three electricity rings in the North West. [11] The others were Bolton, Padiham, Rawtenstall and Kearsley power stations ring; and the third was Manchester, Oldham, Tame Valley and Stockport ring. [11]

Operating data 1946

Lister Drive power station operating data for 1946 is shown in the table. [12]

Lister Drive power station operating data, 1946
Lister DriveLoad factor per centMax output load MWElectricity supplied GWh Thermal efficiency per cent
No. 1–22.3709.572–
No. 228.748.170119.76415.65


The British electricity supply industry was nationalised in 1948 under the provisions of the Electricity Act 1947 (10-11 Geo. 6 c. 54). [13] The Liverpool Corporation electricity undertaking was abolished, ownership of Lister Drive power station was vested in the British Electricity Authority, and subsequently the Central Electricity Authority and the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB). [10] At the same time the electricity distribution and sales responsibilities of the Liverpool Corporation electricity undertaking were transferred to the Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board (MANWEB).

Operating data 1954–79

Operating data for the period 1954–79 is shown in the table: [2] [14] [15] [16]

Lister Drive power station operating data, 1954–79
YearRunning hours or load factor (per cent)Max output capacity  MWElectricity supplied GWhThermal efficiency per cent
195429064854.09313.05
195524724854.46614.28
195619004828.55212.76
195717384823.43013.01
195824704832.38612.77
19610.8 %483.4357.57
19621.7 %487.1338.31
19634.82%4820.25210.28
1967(4.2 %)4918.22312.87
Gas turbine station
1967(6.3 %)2 × 5660.99823.13
19729.8 %2 × 5694.43724.13
19791.8 %11017.60023.7

The plant was used less intensive over the period 1954–62 as its thermal efficiency decreased and Liverpool used electricity from the national grid.

Closure

Lister Drive power station was decommissioned in about 1981. [17] The buildings were subsequently demolished and the area has been redeveloped. The cooling towers were demolished on 8 May 1994. [3] A 275 kV substation is still operational east of the former power station site. [18]

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  14. ↑ CEGB Annual report and Accounts, 1961, 1962 & 1963 London: CEGB
  15. ↑ CEGB (1972). CEGB Statistical Yearbook 1972. London: CEGB. p. 17.
  16. ↑ CEGB (1979). CEGB Statistical Yearbook 1978-79. London: CEGB. p. 8. ISBN   0902543598.
  17. ↑ Lister Drive is included in the CEGB Statistical Yearbook for 1978-79, but not in the Yearbook for 1981-2,
  18. ↑ "Open Infrastructure Map". Open Infrastructure Map. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
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