West Burton A and B power stations

West Burton A coal-fired power station and West Burton B CCGT gas-fired power station, located near Retford in Nottinghamshire

West Burton A power station

West Burton A is a coal-fired power station near Retford in Nottinghamshire.

Plant Manager: Steve Pace
Units: 4 Units and 4 turbines
Total supply to the national grid: 2000MW
Start of construction: 1961
Start of generation: 1966
End of generation: scheduled for September 2022

West Burton B CCGT power station

EDF has signed a binding agreement for the sale of West Burton B to EIG.

West Burton B CCGT is EDF's only gas-fired power station. It has three combined cycle units capable of generating enough electricity for approximately 1.5 million UK homes.

Station Manager: Mike Nason
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 65 full time EDF employees, plus additional supplier partner support employed during station outage

West Burton C

EDF recently secured a Development Consent Order for a new gas-fired peaking plant power station of up to 299 megawatts (MW) at the existing West Burton Power Station site, known as West Burton C.

This development consent will transfer to EIG under the terms of the sale of the West Burton B CCGT.

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
- Media requests: Martyn Butlin - 01524 863565
West Burton B
- Reception: 01777 274689
- Community Requests: Laura Baxter 01777 274694
- Media Requests: Katy Jarvis-Morgan 07875119263 or Kate Cusick 07875113935

Power station - West Burton A

Cottam and West Burton A are coal-fired power stations near Retford in Nottinghamshire, capable of generating enough electricity for approximately 7.5 million UK homes.

Power station - West Burton B CCGT

West Burton B CCGT is a gas-fired power station in Nottinghamshire. It has three open-cycle gas turbines capable of generating enough electricity for approximately 1.5 million UK homes.

Latest news

West Burton A power station near Retford in Nottinghamshire

Monday, March 22, 2021

EDF confirms West Burton A will close in September 2022, two years ahead of Government deadline for coal-fired power

EDF has decided to end generation at West Burton A power station, its sole remaining coal-fired power station, in September 2022.

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Pictured: Christine Horrocks school Principal, Andy Powell from EDF Energy, Ashley Jones DT teacher and Claire Stephen Assistant Faculty Leader for DT.

Thursday, June 11, 2020

Laser cutter donated to local school

A Retford school's efforts to support the NHS have been boosted thanks to a donation of a new laser cutting machine donated by EDF’s local power stations West Burton A, West Burton B and Cottam.

Read more about Laser cutter donated to local school

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Notes

UK Fuel Mix disclosure information, published by Government Department BEIS, recognises electricity from wind, solar and nuclear fuel produces zero carbon dioxide emissions at the point of generation.

The zero-carbon electricity purchased is supplied into the National Grid. Customers receive electricity via the National Grid, not directly from zero-carbon generators.

The below table summarises zero-carbon generation by company demonstrating EDF generating 29.4%. The data supporting the table below and the % values is sourced from a mixture of industry settlement data and the UK government renewable obligation database.

ZERO-CARBON GENERATION SUMMARY BY COMPANY		2020	2020
Supplier name	zero-carbon	GWh of zero-carbon electricity generation	% of overall zero-carbon electricity generation
EDF	zero-carbon	37,968	32.4%
CENTRICA	zero-carbon	9,101	7.8%
RWE	zero-carbon	5,060	4.3%
E.on	zero-carbon	2,195	1.9%
SSE	zero-carbon	5,424	4.6%
ScottishPower	zero-carbon	4,364	3.7%
Drax	zero-carbon	-	-
Orsted	zero-carbon	9,523	8.1%
EPH	zero-carbon	-	-
Equinor	zero-carbon	1,182	1.0%
Vattenfall	zero-carbon	1,783	1.5%
Fred Olsen Renewables	zero-carbon	1,100	0.9%
Macquiearie	zero-carbon	3,504	0.9%
Ventient Energy	zero-carbon	562	0.5%
Statkraft	zero-carbon	370	0.3%
Eneco	zero-carbon	316	0.3%
Falck Renewables	zero-carbon	251	0.2%
RES	zero-carbon	320	0.3%
SGRE	zero-carbon	245	0.2%
Greencoat	zero-carbon	318	0.3%
Community Windpower	zero-carbon	329	0.3%
OTHER	zero-carbon	33,243	28.4%
TOTAL	zero-carbon	118,805	100%