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 September 2022

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

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Completion of sale of West Burton B CCGT to EIG

On 9 April 2021, EDF announced the signing of a binding agreement to sell its 1332 MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power station and 49MW battery at West Burton B in Nottinghamshire to EIG. Today, further to satisfaction of all necessary conditions precedent, the sale process has completed.

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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.

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

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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 32.4%. 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%
Macquarie	zero-carbon	3,504	3.0%
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%