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Article: United Kingdom: [pounds sterling]2 billion clean coal power plant for Hunterston.
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- November 29, 2008
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Byline: kavita03
A state-of-the-art coal-burning power plant, which would be the first conventional station to come on stream in Scotland since 1980, is planned for Hunterston.
Denmark s state-owned energy company, Dong, has joined forces with Peel Energy at Clydeport for a [pounds sterling]2 billion 1600MW plant which would be able to power the average needs of two million homes.
The first of two 800MW plants could be operating by 2014, but if all planning and environmental hurdles were overcome a more realistic timetable for a switch-on would be 2018.
The facility would be located next to British Energy s nuclear site and Hunterston ...