[johntheexpat]

Councillors reject Hunterston coal power station plans

Ayrshire Power, which is owned by Peel Energy, wants to build a plant with experimental carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at the site.

Councillors recognised the strength of public feeling on the plans and expressed concern that the facility would not capture 100% of carbon emissions from day one.

"They also highlighted the lack of sufficient information on the impact on human health and the effects the development would have on the local environment."


Campaigners have said the proposals make a mockery of Scotland's climate change targets and have raised concerns that a new power station would damage local wildlife and have an adverse impact on public health.

Make a mockery of Scotlands climate change targets?

Please feel free to point out to me what I'm missing, because the reasons given for rejecting the plant seem to be a little off the mark, they just don't make sense (well not to me anyway).

Stan Blackley from Friends of the Earth Scotland added: "This vote should serve as another nail in the coffin for Peel's disastrous development.

"It's time to move away from burning fossil fuels, and it's time the people of North Ayrshire stopped having unwanted polluting industry dumped on their doorstep."

Move away from fossil fuels to what?

Nuclear? Or is the whole of Scotland going to be covered in solar panels at huge cost and then still shiver during the long cold nights of winter?

There must be better reasons for rejecting it than those given.

[961]

If we have to wait until 100% of carbon can be captured from day one we'll be back to the igloos sooner rather than later

These folk don't live in the real world

[johntheexpat]

Originally Posted by 961

These folk don't live in the real world

Well, that's rather what I was thinking. If the Uk can become a world leader in carbon capture and storage, then the market potential is huge.

It does seem to me that FoE are making themselves look like a right bunch of dip-sticks and doing way more harm to their cause (and thus the efforts to reduce CO2) than they realise. They seem to be pitting state of the art research, a modern (and thus more efficient) power station, thousands of jobs and energy security in Scotland, against a badly formed argument and some wildlife (on a site between the existing Clydeport coal handling facility at the Hunterston Terminal, and the Hunterston B nuclear power plant.)

Still, no doubt they are celebrating a huge victory as we speak.

[961]

The funny thing is they seem to be all in favour of a plan to do the same sort of thing at Dyce (Aberdeen)

Yet they have raised the roof complaining about the proposal to build a new power line to bring (eco friendly) power south from the north east of Scotland to where it is needed

What is it that they suggest?