Didcot Power Station
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Didcot Power Station is a large former coal- and oil-fired power station in Oxfordshire, England, notable for its distinctive cooling towers and prominent role in the UK’s electricity generation before its decommissioning.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Didcot A Power Station | 3 |
| Didcot B Power Station | 2 |
| Didcot Power Station canonical | 1 |
| Didcot Power Station landscaping | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1814173 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Didcot Power Station Context triple: [Didcot, knownFor, Didcot Power Station]
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A.
Liddell Power Station
Liddell Power Station is a large coal-fired power plant in New South Wales, Australia, long serving as a major source of electricity generation before its planned closure as part of the country’s energy transition.
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B.
Agecroft power station
Agecroft power station was a coal-fired power station in Pendlebury, Greater Manchester, that operated for much of the 20th century and played a significant role in the region’s industrial energy supply.
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C.
Glenwood Power Station
Glenwood Power Station is an early 20th-century, now-abandoned industrial power plant on the Hudson River in Yonkers, New York, noted for its grand Beaux-Arts architecture and historic significance.
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D.
Olidan power station
Olidan power station is one of Sweden’s oldest large-scale hydroelectric power plants, located in Trollhättan and historically important for the country’s industrial electrification.
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E.
Bayswater Power Station
Bayswater Power Station is a large coal-fired power station in New South Wales, Australia, and one of the major electricity generators in the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Didcot Power Station Target entity description: Didcot Power Station is a large former coal- and oil-fired power station in Oxfordshire, England, notable for its distinctive cooling towers and prominent role in the UK’s electricity generation before its decommissioning.
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A.
Liddell Power Station
Liddell Power Station is a large coal-fired power plant in New South Wales, Australia, long serving as a major source of electricity generation before its planned closure as part of the country’s energy transition.
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B.
Agecroft power station
Agecroft power station was a coal-fired power station in Pendlebury, Greater Manchester, that operated for much of the 20th century and played a significant role in the region’s industrial energy supply.
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C.
Glenwood Power Station
Glenwood Power Station is an early 20th-century, now-abandoned industrial power plant on the Hudson River in Yonkers, New York, noted for its grand Beaux-Arts architecture and historic significance.
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D.
Olidan power station
Olidan power station is one of Sweden’s oldest large-scale hydroelectric power plants, located in Trollhättan and historically important for the country’s industrial electrification.
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E.
Bayswater Power Station
Bayswater Power Station is a large coal-fired power station in New South Wales, Australia, and one of the major electricity generators in the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former coal-fired power station
ⓘ
former oil-fired power station ⓘ power station ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | industrial architecture ⓘ |
| chimneyHeight | 200 metres ⓘ |
| closureDate | 2013 ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1970 ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
National Grid
ⓘ
surface form:
National Grid (Great Britain)
|
| constructionStartDate | 1964 ⓘ |
| coolingSource |
Thames
ⓘ
surface form:
River Thames
|
| coolingSystem | wet cooling towers ⓘ |
| coolingTowerHeight | 114 metres ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 2013 ⓘ |
| demolitionStartDate | 2014 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Frederick Gibberd ⓘ |
| electricalCapacity |
2000 MW
ⓘ
about 2 GW ⓘ |
| employerOf | power station workers ⓘ |
| formerStatus | one of the largest power stations in the UK ⓘ |
| fuelType |
coal
ⓘ
oil ⓘ |
| gridConnectionVoltage |
275 kV
ⓘ
400 kV ⓘ |
| gridReference | SU599918 ⓘ |
| hasChimney | single large chimney ⓘ |
| hasName |
Didcot Power Station
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Didcot A Power Station
|
| hasPart | cooling tower ⓘ |
| hasPhotographicSubjectOf | industrial landscape photography ⓘ |
| impact | significant visual impact on local landscape ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Didcot
ⓘ
England ⓘ Oxfordshire ⓘ Vale of White Horse District ⓘ
surface form:
Vale of White Horse district
|
| near |
Didcot Railway Centre
ⓘ
Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell ⓘ
surface form:
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
|
| notableFor |
distinctive cooling towers
ⓘ
landmark on the Oxfordshire skyline ⓘ |
| numberOfCoolingTowers | 6 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
RWE
ⓘ
surface form:
RWE npower
|
| ownedBy |
RWE
ⓘ
surface form:
RWE npower
|
| partOf | UK electricity generation system ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | electricity generation ⓘ |
| region | South East England ⓘ |
| regulatoryContext | Large Combustion Plant Directive ⓘ |
| status | decommissioned ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Didcot Power Station Description of subject: Didcot Power Station is a large former coal- and oil-fired power station in Oxfordshire, England, notable for its distinctive cooling towers and prominent role in the UK’s electricity generation before its decommissioning.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Didcot A Power Station
this entity surface form:
Didcot B Power Station
this entity surface form:
Didcot A Power Station
this entity surface form:
Didcot Power Station landscaping