Scottish Power considers clean coal conversions

Scottish Power is looking at converting its two biggest power stations to clean coal technology, the company said on Thursday.

If it goes ahead with the conversions at its Longannet and Cockenzie power plants in Scotland, carbon emissions from the plants would be cut by 20 percent, the company, owned by Spain’s Iberdrola, said in a statement.
The new ’supercritical’ turbines and boilers, which will burn coal at very-high temperatures and pressure, may be built inside the existing power stations in Fife and East Lothian which together supply about a quarter of Scotland’s power.

“Iberdrola is committed to developing the best environmental and technological practices,” Chief Executive Ignacio Galan of parent company Iberdrola of Spain said in a statement from the Longannet plant.

“The phased 19-month development foresees both stations continuing to operate at a reduced capacity while the new facility is constructed,” he added.

Reuters