[citation needed] Opened on 27 May 1953, the station is fueled with diesel and generates 66 MW of power.

A waste-heat recovery system applied to the exhaust of the Wartsila only produces super-heated steam which runs a 2.1 MW WH Allen turbine, thus making this set a combined cycle.

Two standby gas turbine generator units, each with a capacity of 5 MW, were installed in containers outside the existing buildings to augment peak output.

[2] There are proposals to replace the power station at a new greenfield site north of the existing one.

Planning permission has been granted for the development; however, the decision to proceed has been delayed by the proposed Shetland HVDC Connection, which, depending on how it is implemented, may make such a station redundant, or only required as standby, which would affect the type of plant chosen.