Major power stations in Scotland (operational at the end of May 2008)
Company Name | Station Name | Fuel | Installed capacity (MW) | Year of commissioning or year generation began |
British Energy | Hunterston B | nuclear | 820 | 1976 |
British Energy | Torness | nuclear | 1,230 | 1988 |
Scottish and Southern Energy plc | Peterhead | Gas/oil | 1,540 (1) | 1980 |
Scottish Power | Cruachan | Pumped storage | 440 | 1966 |
Scottish Power | Cockenzie | coal | 1,152 | 1967 |
Scottish Power | Longannet | coal | 2,304 | 1970 |
(1) Station capacity is 2,370 MW but transmission constraints limit use to only 1,540 MW at one time
Source: Digest of UK Energy Statistics - Department of Energy & Climate Change