The 600 foot high chimney stack at Longannet power station in Fife was brought down by controlled explosion The 600ft chimney at the former Longannet power station has been demolished in an explosion.

The chimney at Scotland’s last remaining coal-fired power station has been demolished on a “landmark day” for the UK’s journey to net-zero emissions. Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon pushed ...

Scotland’s last remaining coal-fired power station is no more after the final part of demolition was carried out at Longannet on Thursday, marking the UK’s transition from fossil fuel to renewable ...

The 600-foot Longannet chimney was Scotland’s largest freestanding structure, part of a coal plant that came into operation in 1970. It stopped generating power in 2016, but the chimney remained ...

THIS IS the moment the chimney at Scotland's last remaining coal-fired power station has been demolished on a "landmark day" for the UK's journey to net-zero emissions. Scotland's First Minister ...

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon pressed the button to demolish a chimney stack at Longannet, Scotland's last remaining coal-fired power station, in "a special day" in the transition away from fossil ...

A chimney at Scotland's last coal-fired power station has been demolished in a controlled explosion. The chimney stood at 600ft tall, at the former Longannet power station in Fife. The chimney stopped ...

HALF a century ago – less than a lifetime, after all – this was still the future. Longannet Power Station in Fife opened at the beginning of the 1970s when coal was still king and Scotland measured ...