With its eight giant cooling towers, it's been keeping the lights on across the region since 1967.
Phil Brewster reports on the closure of the UK's last coal-fired power station with access inside the site
He added: "A bit of sadness, to me it's an adults Meccano Set. It's great, just fantastic. The grass is not greener anywhere else."It can power two million homes, and has the capacity to generate 2000 megawatts of electricity. Enough over its lifetime to make 21 trillion cups of tea.Credit: PICTURES FROM XXPlant manager Peter O'Grady told ITV News Central: "I reflect back on when I started.
"Met my husband here, had two children, one of which is also spending time here now. So it's definitely part of the family. Among them is Akhil Moonukandathil, he will help to decontaminate the site in preparation for whatever takes its place.
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