Future of Major U.K. Power Plant in Doubt

GALWAY, IRELAND--October 10, 2014 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) The future of one of the U.K.'s largest coal-fired plants is unsure following a decision by owner ScottishPower (Glasgow, Scotland) not to progress in the U.K. government's Capacity Market auction for the delivery of electricity generating capacity for the winter of 2018/19.

The company has blamed an unfair transmission charging mechanism that penalises plants located further away from the main centres of demand and generation.