This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Fife power station" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
Fife power station
Map
CountryScotland
LocationCardenden, Fife
Coordinates56°10′8″N 3°18′22″W / 56.16889°N 3.30611°W / 56.16889; -3.30611
Decommission dateMarch 2011
Owner(s)Scottish and Southern Energy
Thermal power station
Primary fuelNatural gas
Combined cycle?Yes
Power generation
Nameplate capacity120 MW
[edit on Wikidata]

Fife power station was a 120 megawatt gas-fired combined cycle gas turbine generating station at Cardenden in Fife, Scotland.

It was a 1+1 configuration module built around a 74 MW General Electric Frame 6F gas turbine providing for a combined cycle output of 109MW, exhaust duct firing is employed to reach the stations maximum output.[citation needed]

History

It was formerly the Westfield Development Centre of British Gas. In 1992 Fife Energy bought the site in a £10m deal.[1] A combined-cycle gas turbine plant began commercial operation in January 2001. [2] It was purchased in 2004 by Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) for £12.3 million, temporarily securing the future of the 10 staff who worked there at the time.[3]

Investigations took place in 2007 into the feasibility of burning used car tyres in Fife, environmental legislations precluded this however.[citation needed]

The plant closed in March 2011.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "SSE buys Fife Power station". The Herald. Glasgow. 27 February 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  2. ^ "SSE acquires power plant for £12.3 million cash". The Engineer. 26 February 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  3. ^ "SSE powers up £12m Fife deal". The Scotsman. 27 February 2004. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Power station to close with loss of 20 jobs". Fife Today. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Scottish and Southern Energy plc gas-fired power stations". SSE plc. 8 March 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2012.


Categories