Eggborough power station Station on the site of its existing coal-fired power station. The new power station will be a combined cycle gas turbine or ‘CCGT’ plant with three units generating 2,000 MW. Outline plans for the new development, which should be completed by 2022, involve demolishing the coal fired site and building a new gas connection. The plans are available on the National Infrastructure Planning web site and summarised on Eggborough's own website. On 2 February 2018 it was announced that Eggborough would close the following September.. Eggborough power station stopped generating and de-synced on 23 March 2018. Generator 4 was the
Eggborough power station February 2016 it was announced that the plant would continue to operate for at least another twelve months through to March 2017. On 1 August it was announced that a further unit would be available to run commercially from mid September 2016. Units 1 & 2 will generate for National Grid under the Supplementary Balance Reserve contracts providing 775 MW Unit 4 returned to commercial operation on 16 September 2016 to generate 440 MW into the wholesale market following six months of deep maintenance. On 26 August 2016 Eggborough Power Limited (EPL) proposed to develop a new Eggborough Gas-Fired Power