Fife 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Brownfield land
- Description: gas-fired power station in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Fife Power Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Loch Ore and Benarty Hill.
Loch Ore
Park
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Ore is a loch situated in Fife, Scotland. It forms the core of Lochore Meadows Country Park. It is used mainly for leisure purposes, especially yachting, although the uneven depth can make speed boating problematic. Loch Ore is situated 2 miles southwest of Fife power station.
Benarty Hill
Peak
Photo: Viewfinder, Public domain.
Benarty Hill, locally simply Benarty, rises above and to the west of Ballingry, in the west of Fife, Scotland. The summit ridge forms the boundary with Perth and Kinross. Benarty Hill is situated 2½ miles west of Fife power station.
Lochgelly railway station
Railway station
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lochgelly railway station is a railway station in Lochgelly, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 25 miles north of Edinburgh Waverley. Lochgelly railway station is situated 2½ miles south of Fife power station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballingry and Lochore.
Ballingry
Town
Photo: edward mcmaihin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballingry; Scots: Ballingry, Bingry, Scottish Gaelic: Baile Iongrach) is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is near the boundary with Perth and Kinross, north of Lochgelly.
Lochore
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lochore is a former mining village in Fife, Scotland. It takes its name from the nearby Loch Ore. It is largely joined to the adjacent villages of Ballingry to the north and Crosshill to the south.
Crosshill
Village
Photo: edward mcmaihin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crosshill is a village in Fife, Scotland, situated just south of Lochore and east of Loch Ore.
Fife power station
- Categories: gas-fired power station and industry
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.16828° or 56° 10′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.30164° or 3° 18′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C8R5M9X+88OpenStreetMap ID
way 132213243OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=brownfieldWikidata ID
Q5447387
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