Hunterston B power station
Hunterston B power station
Over its generating life Hunterston B produced 297.4TWh of zero-carbon electricity
Enough to power all of Scotland’s homes for more than 30 years
Avoiding 101.5m tonnes of CO2 emissions*
Like taking every car off Scotland's roads for more than 20 years
*when compared to direct emissions of combined cycle gas turbines | all figures rounded to the nearest hundred thousand
The site is now managed by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s (NDA) subsidiary Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS). This arrangement was agreed in June 2021, when EDF signed a contract with the UK Government to defuel all seven AGR stations across the UK before their transfer to the NDA.
During its generating lifetime Hunterston B produced enough electricity to power every home in Scotland for more than 30 years. It avoided more than 100m tonnes of carbon compared to gas generation, which is like taking every car off Scotland’s roads for more than 20 years. The site contributed more than £13.3bn to the UK economy and employed more than 500 staff and 250 contractors during generation.
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