Cockenzie Power Station (Proposed)

Cockenzie Power Station (Proposed) was a new a 1,152 megawatt (MW) supercritical coal plant proposed by Scottish Power in May 2007. When being touted as an option in 2008, the notional commissioning date was 2012.

The new power station was proposed to be built on the site of the existing Cockenzie Power Station. According to Reed Business Information, Scottish Power stated that Alstom Power and Doosan Babcock would "provide design input for the proposed supercritical turbines and boilers, which would be housed in the existing power station buildings." It was proposed that the plant incorporated Carbon capture and storage technology.

Coal dropped, gas approved
In October 2011 Scottish Power announced that plans for the establishment of a new 1000MW gas-fired plant at the site had been approved.

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