As part of an ongoing project at Cockenzie Power Station, ScottishPower is set to demolish a further two steel 'Precipitator' structures next week.

The structures will be demolished by a controlled explosion on Tuesday 25 February.

Each structure has a height of 34 metres and a width of 10 metres by 12.5 metres.

The work follows a similar event in December 2013, and will again be managed by ScottishPower's contractor Brown and Mason.

The explosion is set to take place at 2pm.

In a statement, the energy supplier said no road closures will be required for the demolition. The structures are located on the seaward side of the main building and an exclusion zone will be required immediately before and after the event. Consequently, this will entail a short-term closure of the section of the John Muir Way that runs parallel to the sea wall.

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George Camps, Project Manager at ScottishPower said: "Work at Cockenzie continues on schedule, and this will be the second controlled explosive demolition to take place. The event will be very similar to the previous one in December, and we have been working with the local authority and the police to ensure the event is managed safely.

"The 12 remaining precipitator structures will also be removed by controlled explosive demolition, which will be planned in the coming months. As previously stated, we do not expect the chimney stacks to be removed before late Autumn/Winter this year."

Decommissioning work has been carried out on site since April 2013 when the power station was closed after 45 years of operation.

The full demolition programme at Cockenzie is set to run until mid-2015.

(JP/MH)