Why Does Scotland Require a New Fossil Fuel Power Plant?

Peterhead power station's new assessment finds it will produce nearly three times the carbon pollution SSE had claimed

Climate campaigners have called on Scottish Ministers to reject plans for a new gas burning power station in Peterhead. Notably, the demand comes after the developer SSE was forced to admit it will be nearly three times more damaging for the climate than initially feared. SSE’s Peterhead power station: Scottish ministers must stop polluting project In the face of growing public concern, the energy giant produced a new Environmental Impact Assess…

Why does Scotland require a new fossil fuel power plant?

Calls have been made to halt plans for a new 'greener' fossil fuel power station in Scotland which has received millions of pounds in public money…

Alarms sound over Aberdeenshire gas power station and ‘carbon capture overestimates’

Campaigners are calling on a new SSE facility at Peterhead to be stopped in its tracks after a new assessment shows three times the environmental impact originally reported, while emissions sequestration is too high to be believable. Public concern over the gas burning power station has been increasing for months, peaking with the release of damning independent research in 2024. This claimed there could be up to five times the emissions as inclu…