Video: Tall Chimneys Demolished

On 6th July the skyline of Belfast was permanently altered when three 240ft chimneys from a coal fired power plant which was closed in 2002 were demolished. At the height of production the 240MW power plant used 600 000 tonnes of coal annually, unloaded by four cranes from a continuous stream of trucks, 150 tonnes an hour. This power station alone produced over 1 million tones of CO2 annually. This image of the fall of the chimney of a coal fired power plant should be the image for the future of electricity generation. No longer should we be so reliant on fossil fuels especially coal to produce electricity.

"The demolition of the chimneys not only changes the Belfast skyline, it marks a new opportunity for power generation in Northern Ireland. Once the demolition project is completed, the site will be kept in a landbank reserved for future electricity generation."
Robin Greer, Northern Ireland Electricity