West Burton A power station
West Burton A is a coal-fired power station near Retford in Nottinghamshire.
- Plant Manager: Martin Cheetham
- Units: 4 Units and 4 turbines
- Total supply to the national grid: 2000MW
- Start of construction: 1961
- Start of generation: 1969
- People: Approximately 250 EDF Energy employees plus over 175 contract partners
West Burton B CCGT power station
West Burton B CCGT is EDF Energy's only gas-fired power station. It has three combined cycle units capable of generating enough electricity for approximately 1.5 million UK homes.
- Head of Gas Operations: Tilly Spencer
- Number of Combine Cycle Gas Turbines: Three units with a combined output of 1332MW
- Gas connection: 19KM gas pipeline to supply gas to the site
- Start of construction: 2008
- Start of generation: 2013
- People: Approximately 50 full time EDF Energy employees, plus additional supplier partner support employed during station outage
Contact West Burton
EDF Energy West Burton Power Station, Retford, Nottinghamshire DN22 9BL
- West Burton A
- Reception: 01427 882100
- Community requests: Richard Renshaw - 01427 882067
- West Burton B
- Reception: 01777 274659
- Community requests: Business Support Team - 07875 115288
- Media requests: Martyn Butlin - 01524 863565
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