Pocket Power Stations were an early commercial use of Gas Turbine engines (
Bristol Proteus
The Bristol Proteus was the Bristol Engine Company's first mass-produced gas turbine engine design, a turboprop that delivered just over 4,000 hp (3,000 kW). The Proteus was a reverse-flow gas turbine. Because the second turbine drov ...
), by the
South Western Electricity Board, to generate electricity for the grid. They were the world's first unmanned electricity generation stations.
References
External links
Proteus Turbo Generator For World's First Unmanned Power StationBBC Pocket Power Station
Power stations
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