West Burton A power station

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

About West Burton A power station

Plant Manager: Gavin Lancaster
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 March 2023

Contact West Burton

EDF West Burton Power Station, Retford, Nottinghamshire DN22 9BL

Reception: 01427 882100
Security: 01427 882235
Community requests: Richard.Renshaw@edfenergy.com
Media requests: Katy.Jarvis-Morgan@edfenergy.com

Latest news

Monday, October 17, 2022

Bright future for West Burton A as site looks to move from fossil fuel to fusion

EDF’s West Burton A site in Nottinghamshire is to host the UK’s first prototype fusion energy power plant.

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

West Burton A closure update

EDF has agreed to defer closure of two units at West Burton A power station by a further six months with closure now on 31 March 2023.

Read more about West Burton A closure update

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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 to 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 34.3%. 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		2021	2021
Supplier name	zero-carbon	GWh of zero-carbon electricity generation	% of overall zero-carbon electricity generation
EDF	zero-carbon	34,230	34.3%
CENTRICA	zero-carbon	8,248	8.3%
RWE	zero-carbon	3,958	4.0%
E.on	zero-carbon	982	1.0%
SSE	zero-carbon	4,770	4.8%
ScottishPower	zero-carbon	3,792	3.8%
Drax	zero-carbon	-	-
Orsted	zero-carbon	7,798	7.8%
EPH	zero-carbon	-	-
Equinor	zero-carbon	1,018	1.0%
Vattenfall	zero-carbon	1,468	1.5%
Fred Olsen Renewables	zero-carbon	698	0.7%
Macquarie	zero-carbon	2,926	2.9%
Ventient Energy	zero-carbon	482	0.5%
Statkraft	zero-carbon	303	0.3%
Eneco	zero-carbon	309	0.3%
Falck Renewables	zero-carbon	201	0.2%
RES	zero-carbon	228	0.2%
SGRE	zero-carbon	215	0.2%
Greencoat	zero-carbon	581	0.6%
Community Windpower	zero-carbon	283	0.3%
OTHER	zero-carbon	27,229	27.3%
TOTAL	zero-carbon	99,772	100%