Area of site	510 Acres
Base load efficiency	36.5%
Annual Load factor	77.5%
Maximum Daily Load factor	100%
Annual coal consumption	5,100,000 tons
Maximum daily coal intake	21,000 tons
Annual ash and dust make	1,020,000 tons approx.
Daily ash and dust make	3,700 tons approx.

       All coal is delivered to West Burton in hopper bottom type wagons and these are hauled round a continuous loop over the discharging hopper by British Railways Locomotives, which remain coupled to the train throughout the operation.

       There is no standage provided for full or empty wagons. All coal surplus to immediate requirements is put to stock and reclaimed as required.

       About 30 coal trains are required per day to maintain the average daily intake.

       Dust is removed from the site in a dry state, using bulk cement type wagons, and taken some 70 miles by rail to clay pits in the Peterborough area. An unloading station for the area will be built to pump in the dust in slurry form to the various pits. Here again, the wagons are handled, on a permanently coupled basis, by British Railways, both at the West Burton filling bunkers and the Peterborough unloading station.

       Town’s Water is supplied by the Lincoln & District Water Board from the underlying Bunter Sandstone. Boreholes at Everton and Grove, and reservoirs at Gringley, Grove and West Burton Power Station are connected by a ring main, enabling the station to be supplied from two independent sources.

       Cooling water is taken from the River Trent, and the net extraction is about 12,000,000 galls./day.