West Burton Power Station
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West Burton Power Station
Viewed from the south in November 2006 |
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 Location of West Burton power stations
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| Country | England |
| Location | West Burton, Nottinghamshire |
| Coordinates | 53°21′54″N 0°49′10″W / 53.365°N 0.8194°WCoordinates: 53°21′54″N 0°49′10″W / 53.365°N 0.8194°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1958 (A station) 2006 (B station) |
| Commission date | 1968 (opened by Roy Mason) |
| Construction cost | £600 million (Gas) |
| Owner(s) | EDF Energy |
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Central Electricity Generating Board (1968-1990) National Power (1990-1996) Eastern Group (1996-1998) TXU Energy (1998-2001) London Power Company (2001-present) |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Tertiary fuel | Gas |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 2,000 MW 3,270 MW (2013 on) |
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Website www.edfenergy.com |
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| grid reference SK791855 | |
The West Burton power stations are a pair of power stations on the River Trent near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. One is a coal-fired power station, which was commissioned in 1968, and the second is a combined cycle gas turbine power station, commissioned in 2011. Both stations are owned and operated by EDF Energy. The station has been accredited as an Investor in People since 1995 and ISO accredited (ISO 14001) for its environmental management system since 1996. The power station won a RoSPA President’s Award in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The site is the furthest north of a series of power stations in the Trent valley, being 3.5 miles (5.6 km) downstream of the Cottam power stations. The Sheffield to Lincoln Line supplies the station with coal.
It is built on the site of the deserted medieval village of West Burton. The station was commissioned between 1967 and 1968. It was originally operated by the CEGB and then run by National Power after privatisation, until April 1996 when it was bought by the Eastern Group which became TXU Europe. In November 2001 when the price of electricity was low and TXU Europe had severe financial problems, it was bought by the London Power Company for £366 million. The station is now run by EDF Energy.
In 1988 the then chairman of the CEGB Walter Marshall, Baron Marshall of Goring announced a 2 x 900 MW coal-fired power station fitted with FGD to be known as 'West Burton B' would be built on the site. The plan was later shelved just before privatisation. Prior to privatisation West Burton was the last CEGB power station to be awarded the Christopher Hinton trophy in recognition of good housekeeping. The station has a Discovery Centre to educate local school children and also has the oldest mound of FGD gypsum in the UK, part of an experiment set up by CEGB scientists in 1988. In the summer of 1998 Station Manager Derrek Wells was awarded the OBE for his services to the power industry.
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