Tags: Power Station.
Fife Power Station was a 120 megawatt gas fired combined cycle gas turbine generating station at Cardenden in Fife Scotland.It was a 1+1 configuration module built around a 74 MW General Electric Frame 6F gas turbine providing for a combined cycle output of 109MW exhaust duct firing is employed to reach the stations maximum output.[citation needed]It was purchased in 2004 by Scottish and Southern Energy [SSE] for £12.3 million temporarily securing the future of the 10 staff who worked there at the time.Investigations took place in 2007 into the feasibility of burning used car tyres in Fife environmental legislations precluded this however.[citation needed]The plant closed in March 2011.