[2] The boilers — two International Combustion and two Stirling[3] — burned pulverised coal and produced steam at a rate of 1,200,000 lb/hr (151.2 kg/s) at a pressure of 650 psi (45 bar) and 482 °C (900 °F).

[5] In 1961, the oldest generating set was 20 years old (commissioned in 1941) and the thermal efficiency of the station was 22.63 per cent.

[6] Water for condensing was abstracted from the River Ouse and was supplemented with a cooling tower with a capacity of 2,500,000 imperial gallons (11,000 cubic metres) per hour.

The Foster Wheeler boilers[3] burned pulverised coal and produced steam at a rate of 1,100,000 lb/hr (138.6 kg/s) at a pressure of 900 psi (62 bar) and 482 °C (900 °F).

[10] Demolition of both stations took place in 1989, an event covered by the children's TV programme Blue Peter.

In 2002, a 12 MWe electrical storage facility was built by Regenesys Technologies (previously owned by Innogy but bought by VRB Power Systems in October 2004) which uses polysulfide bromide flow batteries.

[12] In 2019, the failure of the plant was partially responsible for a large scale nationwide power cut on the evening of 9 August, after lightning hit a transmission line.

[13][14] The station was constructed as a turn-key project awarded to GEC Alsthom, with principal equipment supplied by various GEC Alstom divisions including the gas turbine, LP steam turbine, steam boilers, electrical generator and transformers.

In 2012, the plant was upgraded to General Electric Frame 9FA+e gas turbine engines each producing 241 MWe.