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Longannet pouer station

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Longannet pouer station
Longannet pouer station in December 2011
KintraScotland
LocationFife
Coordinates56°02′56″N 3°40′56″W / 56.0489°N 3.6823°W / 56.0489; -3.6823
Commission date1973
Decommission date24 Mairch 2016
Operator(s)South of Scotland Electricity Board
(1973–1991)
Scottish Power
(1991-present)
Pouer generation
Primary fuelCoal-fired
Seicontary fuelBiofuel
Tertiary fuelWaste
grid reference NS953852

Longannet pouer station /lɒŋˈænt/ is a lairge closed coal-fired pouer station in Fife capable o co-firin biomass, naitural gas an sludge. The station is situatit on the north bank o the Firth o Forth, near Kincardine on Forth.