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Shining examples – Evening Chronicle (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Uk)
SCOTTISH and Southern Energy is proud to sponsor the Chronicle’s 2009
Environment Awards. Judging the Overall Environment Award proved to be quite
tough due the excellent standard of the various category winners. Each one is a
shining example to anyone who has chosen to make sustainability their
Tidal energy company hires ‘the Jockweiler’ for commercial clout – The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Uk)
Jim Forbes, formerly of SSE, has joined Atlantis Resources JIM Forbes, the energy veteran dubbed “the Jockweiler” during his reign at
Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE), has been appointed to the board of a
pioneering tidal energy company. Atlantis Resources, which wants to build a 30-megawatt
Britain ‘faces fuel shortages and dearer food by 2015′ – The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Uk)
THE UK will be hit by an “oil crunch” within five years that will
push up food prices and threaten to bring transport grinding to a halt,
business leaders have warned. Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson, Stagecoach chief executive Brian
Souter and Scottish & Southern Energy boss Ian Marchant
Biomass plant could power capital – The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Uk)
OUTLINE proposals for a GBP 360 million biomass plant at Leith Docks
that could meet most of Edinburgh’s energy needs go on public show tomorrow. The plant, a joint venture between Forth Ports and Scottish & Southern
Energy, will, if approved, be one of the largest infrastructure developments
Britain is facing an energy crisis – Daily Mail (London, Uk)
NATIONAL Grid or Scottish & Southern Energy could play a pivotal role
in Britain’s future energy market, in a radical shake-up outlined by energy
watchdog Ofgem. The regulator warned the country faces power cuts in the next five years
unless the government takes greater control of the energy
Energetic expansion nets SSE 100,000 new customers – The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Uk)
SCOTTISH & Southern Energy’s expansion has continued at pace, with
the company reporting that it lured more than 1,000 new customers on to its
books every day in the final three months of last year. Perth-based SSE said it had 9.25 million gas and electricity accounts in the
UK by the end of 2009,
Leader: Questions remain, but renewables could prove winner for Scotland – The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Uk)
AFTER a fiery week for Scotland’s energy companies with the
controversy over the Beauly-Denny line, many will applaud the prospects for the
offshore energy sector outlined by Ian Marchant, chief executive of Scottish &
Southern Energy and First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday. The
Windfarm puts hundreds of new jobs on the horizon – Evening News (Edinburgh, Uk)
HUNDREDS of jobs could be created at Leith or Rosyth as part of a GBP
7 billion investment in a windfarm off the East Lothian coast. Up to 600 wind turbines will be built in the outer Firth of Forth starting
in 2015. Ian Marchant, chief executive of Scottish & Southern Energy, which is part
of
Giant wind farms will need pounds 100bn and ’super-grid’ – The Daily Telegraph
POWER companies awarded contracts to build 6,400 wind
turbines off the British coast have warned that they will need a
“super-grid” connected to Europe to guarantee a steady power
supply. E.ON, RWE npower, Scottish Power, Centrica, Scottish and Southern
Energy, Vattenfall and smaller utilities
Real-life situations challenge students – Western Mail (Cardiff, Uk)
STAFF from a South Wales power plant are guiding pupils on the path
to engineering. Sixth form students from Llantarnam School in Cwmbran have enrolled on a six-
month project at Uskmouth Power Station, near Newport. Operators from Scottish and Southern Energy have challenged youngsters
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