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• Glasgow to house SSE renewable energy centre of excellence

  BNET - 2009-10-09

  Friday 09 October 2009 Scottish and Southern Energy SSE has chosen to build a Centre of Engineering Excellence for Renewable Energy CEERE in Glasgow after receiving £2.8 million in funding from the Scottish Government. The decision to build the centre in Glasgow was made on Wednesday (7 October). CEERE will...

  Tags: Renewable Energy, Glasgow, Scottish And Southern Energy Plc.

• Blocked pipes close Glendoe Hydro electric plant

  BNET - 2009-08-18

  18-08-09 Electricity generation has been suspended at Scottish and Southern Energy's Glendoe Hydro scheme after an unexplained rockfall partially blocked the tunnel connecting the reservoir to the power station. Following the incident on Monday (August 18), the tunnel was drained and SSE is currently investigating the entire length before determining...

  Tags: station, Scottish and Southern Energy Plc.

• Carbon-capture future looming for the North Sea

  BNET - 2009-08-17

  Scotland-based companies and the government at Holyrood hope proximity to the rapidly-depleting oil and gas fields of the North Sea will put the country at the forefront of a potentially lucrative new industry - storing carbon dioxide. The UK government believes carbon capture and storage is essential for curbing greenhouse...

  Tags: U.K., technology, station, Oil & Gas, North Sea, Scottish and Southern Energy Plc., Doosan Corp.

• Power line delay would be a 'green disaster' Pressure mounts on

  - 2009-03-08

  IT will be a "disaster" for green energy if ministers delay giving the go-ahead to controversial plans to string electricity pylons across the Highlands, the renewables industry has warned. The industry is putting mounting pressure on the Scottish government to permit the GBP320 million, 220-kilometre power line from...

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• POWER STRUGGLE Breadth of investment makes SSE strong - and ripe for

  - 2009-02-15

  AS if corporate Scotland did not have enough wounds to lick, last week saw the return of a discomforting rumour: Vattenfall, the Swedish electricity giant, has reportedly been in takeover discussions with Scottish and Southern Energy SSE, Scotland's largest company. After a grim few months in which RBS...

  Tags: Centrica, Nuon, Scottish and Southern Energy Plc.

• Scots smart meter set to revolutionise energy use Scottish invention

  - 2009-01-04

  A SCOTTISH invention with the potential to revolutionise consumer energy conservation is set for further inroads into the mass market in 2009, according to energy and management consultant Accenture. The "smart meter", the brainchild of Scots telecoms engineer Eric Beattie, was originally conceived as using communications equipment to...

  Tags: Accenture Ltd., Scottish and Southern Energy Plc.

• Transmission grid problems must be fixed to meet targets for

  - 2008-09-07

  SCOTLAND will miss its target to generate half its electricity from renewable sources by 2020 unless the government fixes the country's transmission problems quickly, a senior executive of a leading wind farm developer will tell a major energy conference this week. Dr Keith MacLean, head of policy and...

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• STOCKS FOCUS: SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ENERGY

  - 2008-07-20

  AS speculation mounted over a possible takeover bid for Scottish and Southern Energy SSE by Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall, shares increased by as much as 2.2per cent. RWE, the German power group, was also rumoured to be considering a bid for Perth-based SSE earlier this although that failed to materialise....

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• Fluor Corporation Increases EPS Guidance to Include One-Time Gain

  - 2008-05-14

  IRVING, Texas -- Earlier today, Fluor completed the sale of its 50 percent interest in the Greater Gabbard Offshore Winds Ltd. joint venture to Airtricity Holdings UK Limited, a subsidiary of Scottish and Southern Energy plc. This transaction results in a one-time gain of approximately $0.50 per diluted share, which...

  Tags: Fluor Corp., Scottish and Southern Energy Plc.

• Microplanet Products Deployed by Scottish and Southern Energy.

  - 2008-03-06

  SEATTLE, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- - UK's Leading Generator of Renewable Energy Begins Commercial Deployment of MicroPlanet Products to Save Energy, Improve Power Quality and Reduce Greenhouse gas Emissions Stock Listing: MP:TSXV Stock Listing...

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