A Trip Round Fibropower, Eye - July 1992

The world's first-ever "chicken-shit" power station opens in Eye - just up the road from Nosher's gaff. Upon commissioning, the operating company throw open the doors for local residents to come and poke around for a few hours and scope out the operation. A gang from the pub decide to go and have a look-see - after all, it's something to do, and there was the worry that the smoke might be a nuisance (the chimney was subsequently extended so that the smoke would blow further away :-)

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Looking around in the loading area, where heaps of chicken shit wait to be burned

Looking around in the loading area, where heaps of chicken shit wait to be burned

Clairesie looks up at the cooling radiators

Clairesie looks up at the cooling radiators


Pipes and hardware and stuff

Pipes and hardware and stuff



The end result: a 12.7 megawatt generator. It seems odd that such a relatively large complex is required for such a small generator

The end result: a 12.7 megawatt generator. It seems odd that such a relatively large complex is required for such a small generator


The power-station control room

The power-station control room

John Lummas, John Willy, Helen and Claire

John Lummas, John Willy, Helen and Claire



The loading area, revisited

The loading area, revisited

  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

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