Richborough power sation was build in the late 50's and early 60's and from 1962 - 1971 Richborough burned over 3 million tonnes of coal, most of which came from the nearby kent coalfields.

In 1971 the station was converted to run on oil, but useage of the site became costly as the price of oil prices rose.

In 1989 the plant underwent a major refurbishment and in 1990 trials were started on an experimental new fuel called Orimulsion.

Orimulsion is a cheap heavy oil and water based emulsion produced form natural bitumen in Venezuela, Intal results suggested it would make a cheap clean fuel alternative to oil... read more

 

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