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* B is a combined cycle gas turbine power station, commissioned in 2011. | * B is a combined cycle gas turbine power station, commissioned in 2011. | ||
Both stations | West Burton A was the second example of a 2000MW power station built by the [[CEGB]]. It suffered from severe damage to one steam turbine during commissioning which resulted in a detailed investigation and modification to this and subsequent units.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160602200027/http://incebps.org.uk/Links/The%20CEGB%20Story.pdf] CEGB story</ref> | ||
Both A and B stations were owned and operated by [[CEGB]], then by [[Powergen]] and then by [[EDF Energy]]. | |||
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The West Burton power stations are a pair of power stations (A and B) on the River Trent near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
- A is a coal-fired power station, which was commissioned in 1968
- B is a combined cycle gas turbine power station, commissioned in 2011.
West Burton A was the second example of a 2000MW power station built by the CEGB. It suffered from severe damage to one steam turbine during commissioning which resulted in a detailed investigation and modification to this and subsequent units.[1]
Both A and B stations were owned and operated by CEGB, then by Powergen and then by EDF Energy.
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