Power Station

An afternoon call out saw me doing a quick job in Newport and afterwards I headed to a spot I like in the Beechwood area as it has nice views over the city and Bristol Channel. It was a nice opportunity to try out a new zoom lens. I picked out Uskmouth Power Station about four miles away and the blip photo is my favourite as the birds flying past add a nice touch.

Uskmouth Power Station is a series of two coal fired power station at the mouth of the River Usk in the south-east of Newport, Wales. The first of the two station, was built in the 1950s and demolished in the 1990s. The second station was built in the 1960s.

It has a generating capacity of 363 MW, which is enough to power 360,000 homes, or the surrounding area of Newport.  The station is currently one of the cleanest coal-fired power stations in the UK. It instead uses secondary treated sewage water in its cooling system. The station employs 90 people and has been earmarked for closure.

I'm working a night shift tonight so I'm hoping the weather is not raining as I'd like a wide angle night photo for tomorrow's wide angle wednesday challenge.

The wide angle wednesday challenge for photo's taken on the day on any subject is widwed55