Early Closure for Scotland's Largest Power Plant

GALWAY, IRELAND--April 10, 2015 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) The largest power station in Scotland is facing closure next year after failing to win a vital electricity generation contract from the U.K.'s grid operator, National Grid.

ScottishPower (Glasgow, Scotland), owner of the 2,400-megawatt (MW) Longannet coal-fired plant in Kincardine-on-Forth, Fife, Scotland said that it will be forced to shut the plant early next year with the loss of hundreds of jobs.