: COMMUNITY INFORMATION

Key facts: • Opened in 1968 • Located at on the south shore of the • 1,200MW capacity • Environmental Management system accredited to ISO 14001 • Twin chimneys each 149m tall • Vital strategic role in securing the nation’s energy supply

Working to be a Good Neighbour Improved Dust Management ScottishPower Generation’s commitment to working with local Large quantities of and biomass materials are used as fuel at Cockenzie and ash is communities is enshrined in our environmental principles. produced as part of the combustion process, all of which can create a risk of dust. Our Our aim is to be regarded as a good and trusted neighbour, forging staff take various measures to minimise this risk affecting neighbouring households. close links with communities by demonstrating environmental care and Water mist sprays at the fuel stores and ash lagoons dampen down the materials in dry consulting with them on our development plans to promote relationships based weather, making it less likely dust will be whipped up by the wind or vehicle traffic. A on mutual understanding. mobile water bowser can also be deployed while wheel washes clean-up lorries before they join public roads. Cockenzie Power Station is located in the heart of the East 's Three Harbour villages of Port Seton, Cockenzie and Prestonpans and has a proactive approach to community At the lagoons, a chemical sealant is applied to the ash to form a fine relations. Staff regularly meet with representatives from all three villages to discuss crust that also minimises wind-borne dust. operations and developments and the station also works closely with local Our staff continuously refine coal stock management processes organisations, charities and schools. Station tours are offered to groups by prior and through measures such as profiling to streamline the arrangement and Cockenzie takes part in annual ‘Open Doors’ days. stockpile, monitoring wind speed and direction, and careful management of fuel deliveries, have successfully Minimising Noise Disturbance reduced the number of dust complaints. Cockenzie is striving to reduce the impact of nuisance noise on nearby Dust Flakes Action residential areas and aims is to reduce the number of noise complaints by continuously improving and refining our noise management techniques. Cockenzie is working to remedy the nuisance arising from dust flakes that may escape to the atmosphere Plant improvements have already reduced the likelihood of occurrences, from the station stacks. while new smart technology is improving our response times to incidents. In 2009, the station's east stack and A key focus for our staff has been the station's 124 safety valves that vent ductwork were cleaned to help reduce pressurized steam to the atmosphere – creating noise as a result. These the likelihood of dust flakes arising. A are critical protection devices to to reduce pressure in the system and trial of a fuel oil additive which prevent damage to the station and using them is a legal requirement. improves combustion during Each valve is fitted with a silencer to reduce noise and thermocouple start-up and shutdown devices that alert control staff to a valve lifting – and therefore making noise – operations – and therefore allowing early remedial action to be taken. A recent survey identified that reduces soot deposits – was safety valves create noise just 0.03% of the time that the units are in operation. also carried out. New, more effective silencers have now been fitted to several key valves following a review of their performance. To generally improve our knowledge of noise patterns, on-site monitoring stations feed back information to our specialist staff. These help us investigate every complaint and keep the complainer informed. Water mist sprays dampen Cockenzies iconic twin stack down dust material as seen from the Forth estuary

Contact: Cockenzie Power Station, Prestonpans, EH32 9SD Tel: 01875 810 075 Web: www.spenergywholesale.com COCKENZIE CCGT POWER STATION COMMUNITY FACTSHEET

At the Heart of the East Lothian Community Supporting Local Arts

Cockenzie Power Station plays an important role in the communities of Prestonpans, Over the past 5 years the canteen at Cockenzie Power Station has been Port Seaton and Cockenzie and 2011 was no exception. The station gave over a regular venue for 3Harbours Festivals which clebrate local art and land to the Prestonpans Music Festival in July and hundreds of visitors came artists. In November 2010 it was used as an ideal venue to display along to enjoy live music, a funfair and a host of other activities for both The Prestonpans Tapestry display. The 104m tapestry, adults and children. completed just a few months earlier, tells the story of Bonnie The station has also been supporting the ‘Hide the Humps’ project, Prince Charlie’s journey from France to victory at working in tandem with The Coastal Regeneration Forum to help Prestonpans in 1745. disguise the barriers put in place around the station to prevent The 3Harbours Festival itself was again attended by misuse of the land. The humps have been planted with hundreds of visitors in 2010. Schoolchildren from East thousands of flowers to transform what were just Lothian and viewed paintings and mounds of earth into a glorious display. In a project sculptures while learning about energy production. that involved a huge variety of the community, Station staff were also able to help local children station staff helped hand out bird boxes donated from Cockenzie Primary display a mosaic. They by ScottishPower which were then painted by designed and produced themselves. The piece children and the Prestongrange Art Group to depicts the importance of the sea to the help continue the transformation. community and staff constructed a metal To further enhance the area, staff have been display system to enable it to stand helping the Prestonlinks Woodland Group plant proudly on the edge of the waters it apple trees in the land around the station (right) celebrates. and its coal plant. The trees, although still very The visual importance of the station young, are expected to form an orchard in the to the area was celebrated recently years to come. by its depiction in a mural at Prestonpans Station. Created by A Focal Point for Cockenzie Villagers children and adults with learning disabilities, the mural features the A giant mill ring has become a village focal point in power station from two angles, Cockenzie and a symbol of the burgh's close links with as well as the mill ring statue energy production. created in 2009. The mill ring, from Cockenzie Power Station's coal mills, is 10 feet in diameter and weighs about seven tonnes. It's Clockwise from top: been erected on its end and flanked by six 28-inch Cockenzie diameter mill balls that each weigh about a tonne employees, Tom (pictured right) to create a unique meeting point for Reilly and Graham villagers by the banks of the Firth of Forth. Miller enjoy the Staff from the station and contractors Doosan Babcock gave Prestonpans their time for free to organise, prepare and construct the focal Tapestry; children point for in Bloom. from Cockenzie The ring and balls saw service in the station's coal mills, being used Primary with their to grind and pulverise the coal into a fine powder before it is burned mosaic; the mural in the station's furnaces. Instead of being sold as scrap after its depicting the station The giant mill ring decommissioning, the equipment was set aside as the centrepiece on the platform of of the community project. Prestonpans Station; the ever-popular 3Harbours Art Providing a place for people to sit with views across Cockenzie Harbour Festival held annually within the towards , the structure has been praised highly by the judges from station canteen. the Beautiful contest.