West Burton has a coal-fired power station, but the campaigners occupied a new gas-fired facility on the site, which is due to become operational following testing.
The site was designated for a new coal-fired power station in the Scottish government's National Planning Framework (NPF), which deems the site nationally important and limits the powers of local people to object.
Hunterston was ear-marked as a site for a potential coal-fired carbon capture and storage (CCS) power station to replace the current facility.
Over the weekend, using the Web site Twitter.com, he fired two nasty comments at President Obama, criticizing him for using his radio address to call for urgent health care reform while he himself was touring Europe.
Algerian troops fired on two SUVs trying to leave the kidnapping site, Algerian radio said, citing local sources.
CNN: Algeria launches push against militants to free hostages
Algerian troops fired on at least two SUVs trying to leave the kidnapping site, Algerian radio said, citing local sources.
Last year, it fired a long-range missile on April 13 from a launch site in the northwest of the country that disintegrated soon after takeoff.
Last year it completed a new 1, 000 mw gas-fired plant in Tennessee to help replace the four coal units retired at the same site.
The motorcade, carrying Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and Polish President Lech Kaczynski, was passing a checkpoint near Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region -- site of intense conflict between Russian and Georgian troops in August -- when shots were fired Sunday, according to the Georgian Interior Ministry.
North Korea fired the Unha-3 rocket around 07:40 local time (22:40 GMT Thursday) from a site in Cholsan County on the western coast, according to South Korean and US monitors.
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