Scotland to focus on hydro-electricity
While governments strategy for the whole of the United Kingdom regarding renewable energy is to have between thirty per cent and thirty five per cent of electricity being produced from renewable sources by the year 2020, the ministers in the ...
by Jason Drew June 28th, 2008
Scottish and Southern Energy financial results out
Scottish and Southern Energy which is an energy utility based in Perth has announced that growth figures show that it is on the way to getting nine million customers by the close of this year. This was said by the ...
by Emma Young June 6th, 2008
SSE to sell stake
Scottish and Southern Energy has disclosed that it is going to dispose off a fifty per cent shareholding in the Greater Gabbard offshore wind turbine undertaking where it had forked out three billion sterling pounds. Ian Marchant, the Chief Executive Officer of Scottish and Southern Energy revealed that the energy utility
by Justin Becks June 4th, 2008
Higher electricity prices in the offing
Though Scottish & Southern Energy has promised to be the last to increase energy prices further, it has also said that there was a possibility that this would be option too. Scottish & Southern Energy which owns Scottish Hydro-Electric and which has emerged as the second biggest provider of energy in
by Emma Young May 31st, 2008
Villagers protest over power cuts
Power firms have been accused of neglecting the residents of a village on Loch Lomondside following up to sixteen power blackouts in the past year. The residents revealed that the power cuts in Luss had affected the local ...
by Samantha Donovan May 7th, 2008
First minister says Scots are overcharged for power
Alex Salmond has claimed that he will call for a stop to companies in Scotland being required to pay millions of pounds in transmission charges while their counterparts in England are offered millions of pounds in subsidies. For instance Scottish and ...
by Emma Young April 18th, 2008
New hydro-electricity plants being considered by SSE
To add to its expanding wind-farm business, Scottish and Southern Energy is considering putting up new hydro electricity plants in Scotland. The firm which is building the one hundred megawatt station at Glendoe close to Loch Ness, disclosed that two other ...
by Emma Young March 31st, 2008
Welsh Electricity Users Pay More than those in England
CONSUMERS in Wales are paying up to 18% more for electricity than customers in England. One supplier is demanding almost a fifth more from Welsh householders and businesses. Others have sent out bills ...
by Emma Young February 29th, 2008
EDF Readies Bid for Scottish Power
Britain's second-largest energy company could be created from a merger between EDF Energy and Scottish Power. If this were to happen, it would be a move that would spark competition fears in the UK and outrage from consumer groups which ...
by Emma Young February 8th, 2008
