Centrica, the original owners of the site, announced on 16 June 2006 that the natural gas fired power station was to be constructed on their behalf by Alstom.

The 885 MW plant was expected to cost £400 million and to start generating in early 2009, but problems with internal pipework pushed this back.

[4] The plant uses two Alstom GT26 gas turbines, each driving an air-cooled turbogenerator, with a heat recovery steam generator powering a single STF30C steam turbine which also drives another air-cooled turbogenerator.

[1] Centrica put the plant up for sale in May 2014,[5] stating an aim to invest in smaller, more flexible power stations.

On 21 June 2017, Centrica agreed to sell the power station to EP UK Investments as part of a deal that also saw South Humber Bank CCGT power station change hands between the two companies.