Plans for multi-fuel power station

Mar 13 2010

Plans for a new multi-fuel power station at Hunterston are to be submitted to the Scottish Government next week.

It will be the first application anywhere in the UK for a new coal-fired power station since new environmental rules forcing all new coal plants to be fitted with carbon capture technology were introduced last year. The proposals, drawn up by energy company Ayrshire Power, owned by Peel Energy Ltd, are for a site between the existing Clydeport coal handling facility at the Hunterston Terminal, and the Hunterston B nuclear power plant.

It will involve Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology, and burn both coal and biomass fuels. If approved, the new facility could meet the energy needs of 3 million homes, Ayrshire power said.