Cockenzie power station
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Cockenzie power station was a large coal-fired power station in East Lothian, Scotland, that operated for several decades before its closure and demolition in the 2010s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cockenzie Power Station | 1 |
| Cockenzie power station canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11744486 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cockenzie power station Context triple: [Cockenzie and Port Seton, knownFor, Cockenzie power station]
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A.
Peterhead Power Station
Peterhead Power Station is a major gas-fired power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, known for its role in electricity generation and as a site for developing low-carbon and carbon capture technologies.
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B.
Aviemore Power Station
Aviemore Power Station is a major hydroelectric power facility in New Zealand, located on the Waitaki River as part of the Waitaki hydroelectric scheme.
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C.
Clunie power station
Clunie power station is a hydroelectric power facility in Scotland that harnesses the flow of the River Tummel to generate electricity.
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D.
Rannoch power station
Rannoch power station is a hydroelectric power facility in the Scottish Highlands that forms part of the Tummel Valley hydroelectric scheme operated by SSE.
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E.
Liddell Power Station
Liddell Power Station is a large coal-fired power plant in New South Wales, Australia, long serving as a major source of electricity generation before its planned closure as part of the country’s energy transition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cockenzie power station Target entity description: Cockenzie power station was a large coal-fired power station in East Lothian, Scotland, that operated for several decades before its closure and demolition in the 2010s.
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A.
Peterhead Power Station
Peterhead Power Station is a major gas-fired power plant in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, known for its role in electricity generation and as a site for developing low-carbon and carbon capture technologies.
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B.
Aviemore Power Station
Aviemore Power Station is a major hydroelectric power facility in New Zealand, located on the Waitaki River as part of the Waitaki hydroelectric scheme.
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C.
Clunie power station
Clunie power station is a hydroelectric power facility in Scotland that harnesses the flow of the River Tummel to generate electricity.
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D.
Rannoch power station
Rannoch power station is a hydroelectric power facility in the Scottish Highlands that forms part of the Tummel Valley hydroelectric scheme operated by SSE.
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E.
Liddell Power Station
Liddell Power Station is a large coal-fired power plant in New South Wales, Australia, long serving as a major source of electricity generation before its planned closure as part of the country’s energy transition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coal-fired power station
ⓘ
thermal power station ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | industrial ⓘ |
| closureDate | 2013 ⓘ |
| commissioned |
1967
ⓘ
1968 ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
coal storage yard
ⓘ
railway coal handling system ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| coolingSource | sea water ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 2013 ⓘ |
| demolished | 2015 ⓘ |
| demolitionEndDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| demolitionStartDate | 2014 ⓘ |
| fuelSource |
Scottish coal
ⓘ
imported coal ⓘ |
| gridConnection |
National Grid UK
ⓘ
linked to:
National Grid
|
| gridRegion | Scottish electricity grid ⓘ |
| gridRole |
base load power station
ⓘ
peak load support ⓘ |
| hasChimneyCount | 2 ⓘ |
| hasChimneyHeight | 149 m ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
coal conveyor system
ⓘ
sea water cooling system ⓘ twin chimneys ⓘ |
| impact |
major local employer
ⓘ
significant CO2 emissions source ⓘ |
| installedCapacity | 1200 MW ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cockenzie
ⓘ
East Lothian ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Firth of Forth
ⓘ
Port Seton ⓘ Prestonpans ⓘ |
| numberOfUnits | 4 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
ScottishPower
ⓘ
South of Scotland Electricity Board ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
ScottishPower
ⓘ
South of Scotland Electricity Board ⓘ |
| postClosurePlanning |
proposed energy hub
ⓘ
proposed mixed-use development ⓘ |
| postClosureUse | brownfield redevelopment site ⓘ |
| primaryFuel | coal ⓘ |
| reasonForClosure |
ageing infrastructure
ⓘ
environmental regulations ⓘ |
| region |
Lothian
ⓘ
linked to:
East Lothian
|
| regulatoryContext | subject to UK environmental regulations ⓘ |
| status | demolished ⓘ |
| unitCapacity | 300 MW ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cockenzie power station Description of subject: Cockenzie power station was a large coal-fired power station in East Lothian, Scotland, that operated for several decades before its closure and demolition in the 2010s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cockenzie power station