Wind power beats gas plants to grab record share of UK power
Britain’s thousands of wind turbines grabbed their biggest slice of the electricity mix ever in December, sending output from gas-fired plants to their lowest in almost four years.
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Drax to abandon plans to build large-scale UK gas plant
Drax Group Plc will shelve its plans to build a large-scale gas plant as the utility seeks to exit coal and position itself as a green generator, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Sullom Voe faces worker strike ballot
Construction workers upgrading the BP-run oil terminal at Sullom Voe in Shetland are to be balloted on industrial action over pay and conditions. Around 500 staff are seeking improvements to their terms and conditions to mirror those afforded their counterparts working on Total’s new gas plant next door. Concessions being sought include travel payments, compensation for getting stuck at the airport, harmonisation of terms and conditions for local workers, and a renegotiation of shift patterns.
Energy giant launches probe into security at Algeria plant
Norwegian energy giant Statoil launched an internal inquiry yesterday into security at the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria after a deadly hostage-taking incident there last month.
North-east oil worker feared kidnapped in Algeria
A north-east man was last night feared to be one of the Scots oil workers kidnapped by Al Qaeda terrorists in the north African desert.
Minister sees work on gas plant
UK Energy Minister Charles Hendry has been to Total's under-construction Shetland gas plant at Sella Ness to see progress being made on the energy group's £2.5billion Laggan-Tormore development.
Petrofac secures deal with Apache
Oil service group Petrofac has won a big North Sea contract which could be worth up to £500million.
Longannet is dead, but there are alternatives
LONGANNET is dead. Long live carbon capture and storage. The two statements are by no means incompatible, as some of the obituary notices for the ScottishPower project in Fife have suggested.
Total poised to make gas-development awards
Total expects to award multimillion-pound construction contracts within days as it steps up the pace on its Laggan and Tormore gas development west of Shetland, one of the energy giant's bosses said yesterday.
Small Aberdeen firm wins big North Sea contracts
A small Aberdeen oil and gas service firm has landed two contracts expected to be worth more than £35million in total over five years.
Dominion to open gas plant in Ghana
ABERDEEN-BASED oilfield service company Dominion Gas is opening a new gas plant in Ghana, west Africa, and an office in Perth, Australia.