Scottish and Southern Energy

Scottish and Southern Energy is "the UK’s second largest generation business, with an ownership interest in over 100 thermal and renewable power stations, with a total capacity of just over 11,300MW." Of that, 4,370MW is coal-fired capacity (with biomass co-firing capability).

Existing Coal-Fired Power Station Capacity

 * Ferrybridge C Power Station which is owned by Scottish and Southern Energy and located in Knottingley, West Yorkshire. It comprises four units and has an installed capacity of 1,955 megawatts. Scottish and Southern Energy have decided to 'opt out' of complying with the emissions standards set under the European Union Large Combustion Plant Directive. As of January 2012 the plant had 8326 hours of its 20,000 operating hours remaining.


 * Fiddlers Ferry which is owned by Scottish and Southern Energy and located in Cuerdley, Warrington. It comprises four units and has an installed capacity of 1,961 megawatts; and


 * Uskmouth B power station in Wales, with a generating capacity of 363 MW. Welsh Power bought the station in 2004 and sold it to Scottish and Southern Energy in 2009 for £27m.

Proposed New Coal-Fired Power Stations

 * Ferrybridge Power Station a 800 megawatt supercritical coal plant proposed by Scottish and Southern Energy; there is no known notional commissioning date.

Proposed carbon capture projects

 * Peterhead Carbon Capture and Storage project

Contact Details
Website: http://www.scottish-southern.co.uk/SSEInternet/

UK coal related articles

 * Advanced Power Technology Forum
 * British Coal Utilisation Research Association
 * Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
 * UK Coal
 * Coal Authority (UK)
 * Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
 * Scottish Coal
 * British Geological Survey
 * European Union Large Combustion Plant Directive
 * United Kingdom and coal
 * Very low sulphur coal
 * Rene Medori
 * UK Coal Forum
 * Lord Smith of Kelvin - chair
 * Ian Marchant