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The Power Station were a British-American 1980s/1990s rock and pop music supergroup originally formed in New York City and London in 1984. It was made up of singer Robert Palmer, former Chic drummer Tony Thompson, and Duran Duran members John Taylor (bass) and Andy Taylor (guitar). [1] Bernard Edwards, also of Chic, was involved on the studio ...
The Power Station was a supergroup formed by Robert Palmer, Tony Thompson (of Chic) and Andy and John Taylor from Duran Duran. They came together in 1984 to record a one-off album, as a respite from the relentless global touring and promotion of Duran Duran. The original plan for this one-album project was for the three musicians (Taylor ...
Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Uniper at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, England. Commissioned in 1968 by the Central Electricity Generating Board, the station has a capacity of 2,000 MW. It is the last remaining operational coal-fired power station in the UK, and is scheduled to close ...
Power Station ( traditional Chinese: 動力火車; simplified Chinese: 动力火车; pinyin: Dònglì Huǒchē) is a Taiwanese rock duo, composed of Yu Chiu-hsin (尤秋興) and Yen Chih-lin (顏志琳), both of the Paiwan tribe of Taiwan's Pingtung County. Their music is characterized by their energetic rock ballads, as well as their ...
Eraring Power Station is a coal-fired power station consisting of four 720 MW Toshiba steam-driven turbo-alternators for a combined capacity of 2,880 MW. The station is located near the township of Dora Creek , on the western shore of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales , Australia and is owned and operated by Origin Energy .
The Athlone Power Station in Cape Town, South Africa Hydroelectric power station at Gabčíkovo Dam, Slovakia Hydroelectric power station at Glen Canyon Dam, Page, Arizona. A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.
In 1924, Cape St James was chosen by A. H. Preece, the chief consulting engineer in-charge, as the location for the new power station as it had, firstly, a proximity to the sea for free and unlimited access to seawater for the power plant's water circulation and cooling systems; secondly, a proximity to sea-borne coal delivered by ships and/or ...
At the end of 1962 approval was granted for a new power station near Biloela. [6] Work commenced at the site in February 1963. The design of the plant based around separate generating units and a control room was a first for Queensland. [6] It was also the first power station in Queensland to use dry cooling towers. [6] Callide Oxyfuel Project ...