• Lerwick District Heating and Energy Recovery Plant is a district heating scheme based in Lerwick, The Lerwick District Heating Scheme is operated by Shetland...
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    residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating. The heat is often obtained from a cogeneration plant burning fossil...
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    the type of plant chosen. There is an adjacent, but distinct, district heating network. See Lerwick District Heating and Energy Recovery Plant. Recovered...
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    oil and gas recovery. Licences were formerly granted by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC – formerly the Department of Trade and Industry)...
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  • Scottish and Southern Energy plc) is a multinational energy company headquartered in Perth, Scotland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a...
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  • Riding of Yorkshire. The plant was initially developed by British Gas (now National Grid) and Total Oil Marine. The three main plants have three main pipelines...
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    Dounreay (category Buildings and structures in Highland (council area))
    Decommissioning Authority (NDA) but was previously owned and run by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Adjacent to this site is the Ministry of Defence...
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    This record is claimed by Burradale windfarm, located just outside Lerwick and operated by Shetland Aerogenerators Ltd. Since opening in 2000, the turbines...
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    incineration plant at Lerwick in Shetland which burns 22,000 tonnes (24,250 tons) of waste every year and provides district heating to more than 600 customers...
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    Torness nuclear power station (category Energy infrastructure completed in 1988)
    expected to cause the closure of the plant in March 2028. In December 2024, in response to concerns over energy security following delays to the opening...
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    both were commissioned and originally operated by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. The primary purpose of both plants was to produce weapons-grade...
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    Hunterston were affected. The plant's operator, EDF Energy, said the cracking was predicted to occur as the station ages and said that the issue would not...
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    Braehead (category Buildings and structures in Renfrewshire)
    centre, arena and leisure facilities. The area is known for its shopping centre of the same name, which was rebranded as Intu Braehead in 2013 and kept that...
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    Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme (category Buildings and structures in Argyll and Bute)
    main power station building. The facility is operated by Scottish and Southern Energy, and is normally in standby mode, ready to generate electricity to meet...
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    Cruachan Power Station (category Energy infrastructure completed in 1965)
    its construction. The Cruachan station temporarily stores energy at times of low demand, and releases it at times of high demand, when electricity prices...
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    The Mossmorran facilities comprise two plants: the Fife NGL Plant operated by Shell and the Fife Ethylene Plant operated by ExxonMobil. An associated sea-going...
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    Scottish Power Limited, trading as ScottishPower, is a vertically integrated energy company based in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a subsidiary of Spanish utility...
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    Shetland (category Highlands and Islands of Scotland)
    as well as a port and emergency airstrip in Lerwick. The archipelago has an oceanic climate, complex geology, rugged coastline, and many low, rolling...
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    The Pelamis Wave Energy Converter was a technology that used the motion of ocean surface waves to create electricity. The machine was made up of connected...
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    over ownership and placed the site with its Site Licence company, Magnox North Ltd, which later became Magnox Ltd. Scotland portal Energy portal Nuclear...
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    Longannet power station (category Energy infrastructure completed in 1973)
    The plant opted in to the UK Transitional National Plan, placing limits on its sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxides and particulates emissions. The plant tested...
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    Cockenzie power station (category Energy infrastructure completed in 1967)
    carbon dioxide released per unit of energy generated. The 1,200 megawatt power station ceased generating energy on 15 March 2013 around 8.30am. There...
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    Sutherland District Fishery Board and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, the proprietors of the river have designated it as a catch and release...
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  • State for Energy and Climate Change, on 16 May 2016. The plant is connected to the Shetland Islands Regional Gas Export Pipeline (SIRGE). The plant was built...
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    hydroelectric plant was built. The power station discharges its water back into the river below the main part of the falls, and a fish ladder allows salmon and trout...
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    turbines were installed, and most of the ancillary services were upgraded, allowing it to be controlled from Scottish and Southern Energy's control centre in...
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    Peterhead Power Station (category Buildings and structures in Peterhead)
    green power plant". BBC Online. Retrieved 15 March 2013. Scotland portal Energy portal Peterhead, SSE Thermal Other steam-electric plants in the UK[usurped]...
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  • List of power stations in Scotland (category Lists of buildings and structures in Scotland)
    power plant from Fortum". www.ineos.com. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2024. "Carnan Power Station". Retrieved 29 January 2009. "Shetland energy challenge...
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    Tummel hydro-electric power scheme (category Buildings and structures in Perth and Kinross)
    aggregate, sand, cement and heavy plant. Obtaining workers was worse, and a general shortage of labour continued through 1946, 1947 and early 1948. The Board...
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    Whitelee Wind Farm (category Energy infrastructure completed in 2009)
    renewable energy by 2011 and 100% by 2020. The majority of this is likely to come from wind power. Positioned 300 metres (985 feet) above sea level and 15 kilometres...
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