Peterhead Power Station

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Peterhead Power Station
Viewed from Stirling Hill, looking north towards Peterhead Bay
Country	Scotland
Location	Aberdeenshire
Coordinates	57°28′38″N 1°47′20″W / 57.477213°N 1.788879°W / 57.477213; -1.788879
Construction began	1973[1]
Commission date	1980[1]
Operator	SSE plc
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Natural gas-fired (originally Oil-fired)
Combined cycle?	Yes
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	2,177 MW
External links
Website	www.ssethermal.com/flexible-generation/operational/peterhead/
[edit on Wikidata] grid reference NK127430

Peterhead Power Station is a multi-unit station owned and operated by SSE plc, with a capacity of 2,177 MW (1,550 MW transmissible). It is located near Boddam and the A90, just south of Peterhead, in Aberdeenshire, in the northeast of Scotland. It stands next to Sandford Lodge, a circa-1800-built structure. Initially operating as an oil-fired power station and later transitioning to fossil gas, the plant has also served as a site for experimental hydrogen generation capacity.

In 2016, the site became embroiled in a controversy surrounding a failed hydrogen and carbon capture and storage scheme with BP, which ultimately proved unsuccessful.^[2] However, in 2022, the company proposed a new carbon capture and storage plan for the site.^[3]