Towyn power station
Towyn power station was a combined oil engine and hydro-electric generating station in Wales. It provided electricity to the towns of Towyn and Aberdovey and the surrounding district from the 1930s to the 1960s.
History
Towyn, Aberdovey and District Electricity Company Limited built a combined oil engine and water-turbine electricity generating plant at Happy Valley Towyn. Upon the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948 the Towyn power station was vested in the British Electricity Authority. The power station was decommissioned in the 1960s.Power station owners
The owners of the power station over its operational life were: Towyn, Aberdovey and District Electricity Company Limited, British Electricity Authority, Central Electricity Authority, Central Electricity Generating Board.Plant and equipment
The plant at Towyn power station comprised:- 5 × 183 kW oil engine sets, total capacity of 916 kW
- 1 × 34 kW water turbine set
- In December 1951 a 400 kW English Electric diesel engine set was transferred from Aberystwyth power station.
Operations
The operating conditions and electricity output of Towyn power station were:| Year | Running hours | Plant capacity kW | Electricity sent out MWh | Load factor per cent | Thermal efficiency per cent |
| 1946 | – | – | 1,291 | 36.4 | – |
| 1954 | 6948 | 950 | 1,631 | 24.7 | – |
| 1955 | 5212 | 950 | 1,726 | 34.9 | – |
| 1956 | 4345 | 950 | 1,262 | 30.6 | – |
| 1957 | 1661 | 950 | 321 | 20.3 | – |
| 1958 | 3997 | 900 | 909 | 23.9 | – |
| 1961 | – | 574 | 119 | 1.5 | 27.72 |
| 1962 | – | 642 | 139 | 2.8 | 28.54 |
| 1963 | – | 642 | 521 | 11.9 | 29.19 |