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Cockenzie
Location: East Lothian
Operator: ScottishPower plc
Configuration: 4 X 300 MW
Operation: 1968
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: Babcock Power Ltd
T/G supplier: GEC
Quick facts: Cockenzie is on the shores of the Firth of Forth 8mi
from Edinburgh. Plant construction began in 1959 on the site of the former
Preston Links Colliery and South of Scotland Electricity Board (SSEB)
started the first unit in 1967 using coals supplied by rail from mines of
the neighboring Lothian coalfield. Nowadays, coal is supplied by rail
from surface mines in the Lothians, Fife, Ayrshire and Lanarkshire. During
2004, ScottishPower began co-firing biomass at Cockenzie up to about 10%
of heat input.
Photograph courtesy of ScottishPower
Re-posted 17 Dec 2006 |
Longannet
Location: Clackmannanshire
Operator: ScottishPower plc
Configuration: 4 X 600 MW
Operation: 1969-1971
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: Foster Wheeler
T/G supplier: GEC
Quick facts: Longannet is the second largest
coal-fired power station in the U.K. In early 2006, SP announced a £170mn
investment in seawater FGD scrubbers for three of the four units at Longannet. New
Nox control systems will also be installed. In 1996, Unit-2 was fitted
with a pioneering gas reburn system to reduce Nox emissions.
Photograph courtesy of ScottishPower
Re-posted 20 Dec 2006 |
Methil
Location: Fife
Operator: ScottishPower plc
Configuration: 1 X 60 MW
Operation: 1965 (ret)
Fuel: waste coal
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: GEC
Photograph by Christopher Bell
Posted 26 Jan 2003 |
