Longannet Power Station is a large coal-fired power station on the upper Firth of Forth near the Scottish town of Kincardine. It is the most powerful generating station in Scotland. When constructed it was the largest and most powerful coal-fired station in the UK (and indeed in Europe) although it is now second to Drax in Yorkshire. It is a regional landmark, dominating the Forth skyline with its' 183m (600 feet) chimney stack. Like all other power stations in Scotland it lacks cooling towers, relying instead on river water as a coolant. Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by deep mining, coal mining (open-pit mining or strip mining). ... Oil power plant in Iraq Coal power plant in China A power station (also power plant) is a facility for the generation of electric power. ... The Firth of Forth from Calton Hill The Forth Bridges cross the Firth The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotlands River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, and East Lothian to... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) (Scots: Wha daur meddle wi me) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Kincardine can refer to: Kincardineshire, a traditional county of Scotland Kincardine, Scotland, a town in Fife, Scotland The Kincardine Bridge which crosses the River Forth to the south of the Scottish town Kincardine, Ontario, a municipality in Ontario, Canada This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other... World map showing Europe (geographically) When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... Drax is a large coal-fired power station located near Selby in North Yorkshire in Northern England. ...

Longannet has an installed capacity of 2400MW (equivalent to 2 AGR nuclear stations)made up from four 600MW generation units. The declared net capacity is rated at 2304 MW due to operational losses. On average Longannet produces 10.4 TWh per year and in 2000-2001 achieved the highest generation output in its history by supplying more than 12.25 TWh to the National Grid. An Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (AGR) is a type of nuclear reactor. ... The National Grid is the high-voltage electric power transmission network in Great Britain, interconnecting power stations and major substations and ensuring that electricity generated anywhere in Great Britain can be used to satisfy demand elsewhere. ...

Construction began in 1962 for the then South of Scotland Electricity Board (SSEB) adjacent to the existing Kincardine Power Station. Commissioned in 1972, it was originally supplied with coal directly from its' own deep mine at Longannet Colliery. Coal consumption exceeds 10 000 tonnes per day. Longannet colliery, by then the last deep mine in Scotland, was forced into premature closure in 2002 due to flooding. All fuel therefore must now be imported, the majority via the former British Steel ore loading facility at Hunterston in Ayrshire. Onward transport is by rail and the level of traffic required to supply Longannet's fuel demand has caused extreme congestion on the Scottish rail network. An alternative route via Stirling at the mouth of the river Forth is being reopened. Jump to: navigation, search Kincardine Power Station was a large coal-fired power station on the shores of the upper Firth of Forth by the Scottish town of Kincardine. ... British Steel is a large British steel producer, privatised in 1988 under the Thatcher government. ... Ayrshire (Scottish Gaelic, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir) is a traditional county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. ... Stirling (Sruighlea in Gaelic) is a city in Central Scotland, in the district of Stirling. ...

Longannet produces Ash at the rate of up to 4350 tonnes per day, the majority of which is collected and either sold to industry or mixed with water and piped as a slurry to the nearby Preston Island. Here it is deposited in former salt pans, stablised and used to reclaim the land from the Firth of Forth. To improve environmental emmisions, Longannet is now fitted with 'Low-NOx' burners to limit the formation of oxides of nitrogen and a 'Gas Reburn system' that uses natural gas to convert NOx into nitrogen and water vapour. Longannet also burns up to 65 000 tonnes of treated and dried sewage sludge per year, which has a similar calorific value to low-quality brown coal. Look up ash in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... NOx is a generic term for the various nitrogen oxides produced during combustion. ... Natural gas (commonly refered to as gas in many countries, but note that this is also American and Canadian slang for gasoline) is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane. ... Coal Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by mining. ...

This facility is now owned and operated by the privatised Scottish Power utility group. ScottishPower Plc is an energy company headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland. ...