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The station was on Crown property and so could not be extended, and was running at a significant annual loss. It closed in
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The plant began running on 12 January 1882 , three years after the invention of the carbon-filament
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Edison opened a second coal-fired power station in
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generating electricity for public use. It was built at number 57
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was lit with electric lamps at around the same time, using the
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The world's first public steam-driven coal power station.
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which drove a 27-tonne (27-long-ton; 30-short-ton), 125
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Former buildings and structures in the City of London
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433:The Early Days of the Power Station Industry
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217:– UK's first major public power station
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388:"Early Electricity Supplies in London"
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16:World's first coal-fired power station
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1265:1882 establishments in England
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386:Ian Visits (15 January 2008).
86:incandescent lamps to provide
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1144:Renewable Energy Certificates
1104:Cost of electricity by source
1026:Arc-fault circuit interrupter
902:High-voltage shore connection
368:The Turbulent History of Coal
239:Stacey, Kiran (16 May 2016),
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54:Edison Electric Light Company
34:Edison Electric Light Station
30:Holborn Viaduct power station
1159:Spark/Dark/Quark/Bark spread
957:Transmission system operator
917:Mains electricity by country
494:Automatic generation control
336:"The electricity of Holborn"
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63:. It burnt coal to drive a
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1184:List of electricity sectors
1179:Electric energy consumption
897:High-voltage direct current
872:Electric power transmission
862:Electric power distribution
539:Energy return on investment
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75:) generator which produced
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1099:Carbon offsets and credits
817:Three-phase electric power
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265:World Wide Fund for Nature
260:Time to dethrone King Coal
210:Electric Lighting Act 1882
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125:had installed 16 electric
123:City of London Corporation
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1154:Renewable Energy Payments
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643:Fossil fuel power station
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181:Porter-Allen steam engine
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937:Single-wire earth return
877:Electrical busbar system
534:Energy demand management
407:London Area Power Supply
82:It initially lit 968 16-
1068:Residual-current device
1058:Power system protection
1048:Generator interlock kit
431:Parsons, R. H. (2015),
61:incandescent light bulb
1236:51.5171972; -0.1050694
852:Distributed generation
524:Electric power quality
296:, 1987, archived from
215:Deptford Power Station
166:Edward Hibberd Johnson
143:Exposition Universelle
26:
1124:Fossil fuel phase-out
892:Electricity retailing
887:Electrical substation
867:Electric power system
96:St. Martin's Le Grand
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480:Electricity delivery
185:Babcock & Wilcox
141:demonstrated at the
107:Pearl Street Station
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1089:Availability factor
1041:Sulfur hexafluoride
922:Overhead power line
822:Virtual power plant
797:Induction generator
750:Sustainable biofuel
559:Home energy storage
549:Grid energy storage
514:Droop speed control
417:on 8 September 2015
404:Mike Horne (2012),
294:Electricity Council
245:The Financial Times
135:Victoria Embankment
79:(DC) at 110 volts.
963:Transmission tower
574:Nameplate capacity
373:Drax Power Station
348:on 4 February 2023
179:) was driven by a
145:in Paris in 1878.
139:Yablochkov candles
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994:Cascading failure
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1134:Net metering
1081:and policies
999:Power outage
968:Utility pole
932:Pumped hydro
838:distribution
833:Transmission
782:Cogeneration
584:Power factor
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984:Black start
952:Transformer
653:Natural gas
604:Variability
579:Peak demand
569:Merit order
499:Backfeeding
173:P.T. Barnum
150:water wheel
44:in central
1249:Categories
1171:production
1016:Protective
947:Super grid
942:Smart grid
769:Generation
703:Geothermal
594:Repowering
222:References
117:Background
69:horsepower
1079:Economics
802:Micro CHP
680:Renewable
663:Petroleum
658:Oil shale
544:Grid code
504:Base load
227:Citations
198:the Blitz
183:built by
154:Godalming
127:arc lamps
100:Ely Place
71:(93
1202:Category
989:Brownout
777:AC power
487:Concepts
204:See also
1018:devices
728:Thermal
723:Osmotic
718:Current
698:Biomass
688:Biofuel
670:Nuclear
627:Sources
425:Sources
352:1 April
307:1 April
191:Closure
713:Marine
693:Biogas
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733:Tidal
708:Hydro
411:(PDF)
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755:Wind
738:Wave
648:Coal
437:ISBN
354:2017
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