Search full image library
Enter words, names or reference numbers. This opens Alamy results in a new tab.
Other languages and quick categories
Search HotpixUK images in Spanish, French, German, Italian, or English. Use the dropdown for shortcuts.
Search Ecological in other languages
Search All in French
FR Ecological,
Search All German
DE Ecological,
Search All Italian
IT Ecological,
Search All Spanish
ES Ecological,
Back to all images preview

Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,centre,England,UK,GL5,GL5 1AA,the,store,shop,local,craft,crafts,made,in,gift,Covent garden of the Cotswolds,independent,artisan,maker,artist,artists,community,planet,ecological,eco,save,independence,books,stained,glass,ceramics,gifts,handmade,incense,candles,MadeInStroud
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMD5PH -

Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,centre,England,UK,GL5,GL5 1AA,the,store,shop,local,craft,crafts,made,in,gift,Covent garden of the Cotswolds,independent,artisan,maker,artist,artists,community,planet,ecological,eco,save,independence,books,stained,glass,ceramics,gifts,handmade,incense,candles,MadeInStroud
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMD5PK -

Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,power,station,CEGB,moth,balled,back,in,use,Coal Fired powerstation,Cheshire,cooling tower,cooling towers,dirty,fossil,summer,fields,rape,eco,ecological,nett,zero,netzero,old fashioned,fossil fuels,coal,Powergen,Central Electricity Generating Board,SSE,SSE Thermal,River Mersey,on,coal-fired,power station,icon
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ3XP - Fiddlers Ferry Power Station is a decommissioned coal fired power station located in Warrington, Cheshire, North-West England. Opened in 1971, the station had a generating capacity of 1,989 megawatts and took water from the River Mersey. After privatisation in 1990 the station was operated by various companies, and from 2004 by SSE Thermal. The power station closed on 31 March 2020.
With its eight 114-metre (374 ft) high cooling towers and 200-metre (660 ft) high chimney the station is a prominent local landmark and can be seen from as far away as the Peak District and the Pennines
An application to build Fiddler's Ferry Power Station was proposed in 1962.It was built by the Cleveland Bridge Company between 1964 and 1971, and came into full operation in 1973.There are eight cooling towers arranged in two groups of four located to the north and south of the main building. There is a single chimney located to the east of the main building. One of the station's cooling towers collapsed in high winds on 13 January 1984 and was rebuilt. When it was built, the station mainly burned coal mined in the South Yorkshire Coalfield and transported across the Pennines on the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway. Later the coal was imported.
Between 2006 and 2008 Fiddlers Ferry was fitted with Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) plant to reduce the emissions of sulphur by 94%, meeting the European Large Combustion Plant Directive. In 2010, the station was being considered for the installation of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) equipment. This would reduce the station's emissions of nitrogen oxides, to meet the requirements of the Industrial Emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) Directive. The SCR technology would replace the Separated Over Fire Air (SOFA) technology which was used in the station. The SCR equipment was not fitted due to uncertainty over the future of the plant.
The station was built by the Central Electricity Generating Board CEGB

Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,power,station,CEGB,moth,balled,back,in,use,Coal Fired powerstation,Cheshire,cooling tower,cooling towers,fossil,fuel,summer,eco,ecological,nett,zero,netzero,old fashioned,fossil fuels,coal,Powergen,Central Electricity Generating Board,SSE,SSE Thermal,River Mersey,on,coal-fired,power station,landmark,decommissioning,Reopen Fiddlers Ferry
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ3Y3 - Fiddlers Ferry Power Station is a decommissioned coal fired power station located in Warrington, Cheshire, North-West England. Opened in 1971, the station had a generating capacity of 1,989 megawatts and took water from the River Mersey. After privatisation in 1990 the station was operated by various companies, and from 2004 by SSE Thermal. The power station closed on 31 March 2020.
With its eight 114-metre (374 ft) high cooling towers and 200-metre (660 ft) high chimney the station is a prominent local landmark and can be seen from as far away as the Peak District and the Pennines
An application to build Fiddler's Ferry Power Station was proposed in 1962.It was built by the Cleveland Bridge Company between 1964 and 1971, and came into full operation in 1973.There are eight cooling towers arranged in two groups of four located to the north and south of the main building. There is a single chimney located to the east of the main building. One of the station's cooling towers collapsed in high winds on 13 January 1984 and was rebuilt. When it was built, the station mainly burned coal mined in the South Yorkshire Coalfield and transported across the Pennines on the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway. Later the coal was imported.
Between 2006 and 2008 Fiddlers Ferry was fitted with Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) plant to reduce the emissions of sulphur by 94%, meeting the European Large Combustion Plant Directive. In 2010, the station was being considered for the installation of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) equipment. This would reduce the station's emissions of nitrogen oxides, to meet the requirements of the Industrial Emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) Directive. The SCR technology would replace the Separated Over Fire Air (SOFA) technology which was used in the station. The SCR equipment was not fitted due to uncertainty over the future of the plant.
The station was built by the Central Electricity Generating Board CEGB

Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,power,station,CEGB,back,in,use,Coal Fired powerstation,Cheshire,cooling towers,fossil,fuel,summer,eco,ecological,nett,zero,netzero,fossil fuels,coal,Powergen,Central Electricity Generating Board,SSE,SSE Thermal,River Mersey,on,coal-fired,power station,energy crisis,russian war,energy insecurity,net zero emissions,to be redeveloped,demolition,reopen coal stations,greenwashing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ3Y7 - Fiddlers Ferry Power Station is a decommissioned coal fired power station located in Warrington, Cheshire, North-West England. Opened in 1971, the station had a generating capacity of 1,989 megawatts and took water from the River Mersey. After privatisation in 1990 the station was operated by various companies, and from 2004 by SSE Thermal. The power station closed on 31 March 2020.
With its eight 114-metre (374 ft) high cooling towers and 200-metre (660 ft) high chimney the station is a prominent local landmark and can be seen from as far away as the Peak District and the Pennines
An application to build Fiddler's Ferry Power Station was proposed in 1962.It was built by the Cleveland Bridge Company between 1964 and 1971, and came into full operation in 1973.There are eight cooling towers arranged in two groups of four located to the north and south of the main building. There is a single chimney located to the east of the main building. One of the station's cooling towers collapsed in high winds on 13 January 1984 and was rebuilt. When it was built, the station mainly burned coal mined in the South Yorkshire Coalfield and transported across the Pennines on the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway. Later the coal was imported.
Between 2006 and 2008 Fiddlers Ferry was fitted with Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) plant to reduce the emissions of sulphur by 94%, meeting the European Large Combustion Plant Directive. In 2010, the station was being considered for the installation of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) equipment. This would reduce the station's emissions of nitrogen oxides, to meet the requirements of the Industrial Emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) Directive. The SCR technology would replace the Separated Over Fire Air (SOFA) technology which was used in the station. The SCR equipment was not fitted due to uncertainty over the future of the plant.
The station was built by the Central Electricity Generating Board CEGB

Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,power,station,back,in,use,Coal Fired powerstation,Cheshire,cooling tower,summer,fields,rape,eco,ecological,nett,zero,netzero,old fashioned,fossil fuels,coal,Powergen,Central Electricity Generating Board,SSE,SSE Thermal,River Mersey,on,coal-fired,power station,iconic,moth balled,can we say no to coal,fossil fuel,climate change,Energy crisis,gas prices,return to fossil fuels
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ3YD - Fiddlers Ferry Power Station is a decommissioned coal fired power station located in Warrington, Cheshire, North-West England. Opened in 1971, the station had a generating capacity of 1,989 megawatts and took water from the River Mersey. After privatisation in 1990 the station was operated by various companies, and from 2004 by SSE Thermal. The power station closed on 31 March 2020.
With its eight 114-metre (374 ft) high cooling towers and 200-metre (660 ft) high chimney the station is a prominent local landmark and can be seen from as far away as the Peak District and the Pennines
An application to build Fiddler's Ferry Power Station was proposed in 1962.It was built by the Cleveland Bridge Company between 1964 and 1971, and came into full operation in 1973.There are eight cooling towers arranged in two groups of four located to the north and south of the main building. There is a single chimney located to the east of the main building. One of the station's cooling towers collapsed in high winds on 13 January 1984 and was rebuilt. When it was built, the station mainly burned coal mined in the South Yorkshire Coalfield and transported across the Pennines on the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway. Later the coal was imported.
Between 2006 and 2008 Fiddlers Ferry was fitted with Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) plant to reduce the emissions of sulphur by 94%, meeting the European Large Combustion Plant Directive. In 2010, the station was being considered for the installation of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) equipment. This would reduce the station's emissions of nitrogen oxides, to meet the requirements of the Industrial Emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) Directive. The SCR technology would replace the Separated Over Fire Air (SOFA) technology which was used in the station. The SCR equipment was not fitted due to uncertainty over the future of the plant.
The station was built by the Central Electricity Generating Board CEGB

Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,power,station,CEGB,back,in,use,Coal Fired powerstation,Cheshire,cooling tower,cooling towers,dirty,fossil,fuel,summer,fields,rape,eco,ecological,nett,zero,netzero,old fashioned,fossil fuels,coal,Powergen,Central Electricity Generating Board,SSE,SSE Thermal,River Mersey,on,coal-fired,power station,demolition,Cuerdley
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ3YN - Fiddlers Ferry Power Station is a decommissioned coal fired power station located in Warrington, Cheshire, North-West England. Opened in 1971, the station had a generating capacity of 1,989 megawatts and took water from the River Mersey. After privatisation in 1990 the station was operated by various companies, and from 2004 by SSE Thermal. The power station closed on 31 March 2020.
With its eight 114-metre (374 ft) high cooling towers and 200-metre (660 ft) high chimney the station is a prominent local landmark and can be seen from as far away as the Peak District and the Pennines
An application to build Fiddler's Ferry Power Station was proposed in 1962.It was built by the Cleveland Bridge Company between 1964 and 1971, and came into full operation in 1973.There are eight cooling towers arranged in two groups of four located to the north and south of the main building. There is a single chimney located to the east of the main building. One of the station's cooling towers collapsed in high winds on 13 January 1984 and was rebuilt. When it was built, the station mainly burned coal mined in the South Yorkshire Coalfield and transported across the Pennines on the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway. Later the coal was imported.
Between 2006 and 2008 Fiddlers Ferry was fitted with Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) plant to reduce the emissions of sulphur by 94%, meeting the European Large Combustion Plant Directive. In 2010, the station was being considered for the installation of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) equipment. This would reduce the station's emissions of nitrogen oxides, to meet the requirements of the Industrial Emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) Directive. The SCR technology would replace the Separated Over Fire Air (SOFA) technology which was used in the station. The SCR equipment was not fitted due to uncertainty over the future of the plant.
The station was built by the Central Electricity Generating Board CEGB

Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,power,station,CEGB,back,in,use,Coal Fired powerstation,Cheshire,cooling tower,cooling towers,dirty,fossil,fuel,summer,fields,ecological,nett,zero,netzero,old fashioned,fossil fuels,coal,Powergen,Central Electricity Generating Board,SSE,SSE Thermal,River Mersey,on,coal-fired,power station,energy crisis,russian war,energy insecurity,fidlers ferry
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ3YY - Fiddlers Ferry Power Station is a decommissioned coal fired power station located in Warrington, Cheshire, North-West England. Opened in 1971, the station had a generating capacity of 1,989 megawatts and took water from the River Mersey. After privatisation in 1990 the station was operated by various companies, and from 2004 by SSE Thermal. The power station closed on 31 March 2020.
With its eight 114-metre (374 ft) high cooling towers and 200-metre (660 ft) high chimney the station is a prominent local landmark and can be seen from as far away as the Peak District and the Pennines
An application to build Fiddler's Ferry Power Station was proposed in 1962.It was built by the Cleveland Bridge Company between 1964 and 1971, and came into full operation in 1973.There are eight cooling towers arranged in two groups of four located to the north and south of the main building. There is a single chimney located to the east of the main building. One of the station's cooling towers collapsed in high winds on 13 January 1984 and was rebuilt. When it was built, the station mainly burned coal mined in the South Yorkshire Coalfield and transported across the Pennines on the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway. Later the coal was imported.
Between 2006 and 2008 Fiddlers Ferry was fitted with Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) plant to reduce the emissions of sulphur by 94%, meeting the European Large Combustion Plant Directive. In 2010, the station was being considered for the installation of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) equipment. This would reduce the station's emissions of nitrogen oxides, to meet the requirements of the Industrial Emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) Directive. The SCR technology would replace the Separated Over Fire Air (SOFA) technology which was used in the station. The SCR equipment was not fitted due to uncertainty over the future of the plant.
The station was built by the Central Electricity Generating Board CEGB

Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,power,station,CEGB,moth,balled,back,in,use,Coal Fired powerstation,Cheshire,cooling towers,dirty,fossil,fuel,summer,fields,rape,eco,ecological,nett,zero,netzero,old fashioned,fossil fuels,coal,Powergen,Central Electricity Generating Board,SSE,SSE Thermal,River Mersey,on,coal-fired,power station,net zero emissions,energy markets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ40D - Fiddlers Ferry Power Station is a decommissioned coal fired power station located in Warrington, Cheshire, North-West England. Opened in 1971, the station had a generating capacity of 1,989 megawatts and took water from the River Mersey. After privatisation in 1990 the station was operated by various companies, and from 2004 by SSE Thermal. The power station closed on 31 March 2020.
With its eight 114-metre (374 ft) high cooling towers and 200-metre (660 ft) high chimney the station is a prominent local landmark and can be seen from as far away as the Peak District and the Pennines
An application to build Fiddler's Ferry Power Station was proposed in 1962.It was built by the Cleveland Bridge Company between 1964 and 1971, and came into full operation in 1973.There are eight cooling towers arranged in two groups of four located to the north and south of the main building. There is a single chimney located to the east of the main building. One of the station's cooling towers collapsed in high winds on 13 January 1984 and was rebuilt. When it was built, the station mainly burned coal mined in the South Yorkshire Coalfield and transported across the Pennines on the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway. Later the coal was imported.
Between 2006 and 2008 Fiddlers Ferry was fitted with Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) plant to reduce the emissions of sulphur by 94%, meeting the European Large Combustion Plant Directive. In 2010, the station was being considered for the installation of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) equipment. This would reduce the station's emissions of nitrogen oxides, to meet the requirements of the Industrial Emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) Directive. The SCR technology would replace the Separated Over Fire Air (SOFA) technology which was used in the station. The SCR equipment was not fitted due to uncertainty over the future of the plant.
The station was built by the Central Electricity Generating Board CEGB

Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,safe for bathing,safe,Green,emerald,Bathing watched,Bathing,watched,ok to proceed,Green Flag Rescue,Green Flag Breakdown Cover,award,green flag award,benchmark,standard,green flag standard,award criteria,eco flag,eco,ecological,thinking green,reduce carbon footprint,lower carbon footprint,national standard,green flag canals,green for go,go,green field,flags,fly,flying,the,sunny,weather,clear,blue,sky,skies
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AJRT99 -

Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,safe for bathing,safe,Green,emerald,Bathing watched,Bathing,watched,ok to proceed,Green Flag Rescue,Green Flag Breakdown Cover,award,green flag award,benchmark,standard,green flag standard,award criteria,eco flag,eco,ecological,thinking green,reduce carbon footprint,lower carbon footprint,national standard,green flag canals,green for go,go,green field,flags,fly,flying,the,sunny,weather,clear,blue,sky,skies,greenwashing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AJRT9G -

Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,service,services,council,green,ecological,lamps,tube,tubes,WEEE,regulation,regulations,used,disposal,disposing,of,recycle,recycled,Hazardous,Waste,Consignment,Note,sleeved,Teflon coated,linear,SON,landfill,light bulb,lightbulbs,Eco,eco-friendly,greenwashing,electrical,recycling,waste,collection,responsible
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNMF -

Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Solar,Panel,Solar Panels,Dalkeith,Lothian,Scotland,UK,Eco,ecological,renewable,energy,Solar Farm,electricity,power,carbon-free,carbon neutral,carbon free,solar pv,farm,meadow,field,power generation,Scottish,EH22,Scottish PV,Scotland Solar Power,generating electricity,from solar,photo-voltaic panels,SSE,Scottish Southern Energy,Steve Tinsley,Green Deal,Energy,Solutions,going green,green energy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GT5N - More than 35,000 homes and 600 businesses in Scotland have installed solar PV panels, but only because of lavish government subsidies. Now that these subsidies are being discontinued the question becomes whether solar PV in Scotland can stand on its own two feet. The data from operating PV arrays presented in this post show that the answer is a resounding no. With capacity factors of only 8-9% and seasonal generation ranges exceeding a factor of twelve, Scotland is in fact one of the worst places in Europe for solar, despite what its supporters claim.
Articles telling us what a great country Scotland is for solar PV continue to appear. The latest was this one from PV Magazine, linked to in Blowout Week 242. It had this to say:
Solar power is the fastest growing energy technology in the world, and works exceptionally well even in the U.K.'s northern location and climate
According to the BBC solar energy works so exceptionally well at high latitudes that it could power all Scottish electricity supplies. The BBC even provided supporting evidence:
Data from WeatherEnergy showed that sunshine in Edinburgh in April (2015) generated more electricity than is used in an average home a total of 113%. In Aberdeen the figure was 111%, 106% in Glasgow and 104% in Inverness.
But while Scotland's solar potential, which according to Herald Scotland is staggering .
Rooftop solar provides an exceptionally cost-effective, popular, community-based solution with the potential for a staggering 40GW of rooftop capacity across Scotland.
. it's not being realized because Scottish solar is being unfairly punished:
Solar deployment on Scottish rooftops lags far behind both national and European deployment. One of the reasons for this is the particularly harsh tax treatment of rooftop solar on Scottish businesses and public sector buildings, including schools and hospitals.




