The Scottish Gas Board was a state-owned utility providing gas for light and heat to industries and homes in Scotland. The Board was established on 1 May...
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became known as the "gas board", a term people still use when referring to British Gas, the company that replaced the boards when the Gas Act 1972 was passed...
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SSE plc (redirect from Atlantic Electric and Gas)
North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board became Scottish Hydro-Electric, whilst the Southern Electricity Board became Southern Electric. Scottish and Southern...
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British Gas (trading as Scottish Gas in Scotland) is an energy and home services provider in the United Kingdom. It is the trading name of British Gas Services...
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United Kingdom. ScottishPower was largely formed from the bigger of the two Scottish electricity boards, the South of Scotland Electricity Board, whilst the...
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became part of British Gas, and subsequently Transco and most recently Scotia Gas Networks (previously a subsidiary of Scottish and Southern Energy) who...
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Clarkston explosion (redirect from Clarkston gas explosion)
20 October complained of a strong smell of gas in the centre and Scottish Gas Board engineers had attended to investigate, but had identified no source...
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checkpoints for oil and gas licensing". Powers for the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament to legislate on onshore oil and gas extraction was devolved...
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SGN (company) (redirect from Scottish Gas Networks)
(previously Scotia Gas Networks) is a British gas distribution company. It manages natural and green gas distribution networks in Scotland and in the south...
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National Grid plc (redirect from National Grid Gas)
National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, England. Its principal activities are in the...
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Clyde Iron Works (category Ironworks and steelworks in Scotland)
the Scottish Gas Board. During the period when Clydebridge and the Clyde Iron Works were economically linked between the 1940s and 1970s, a gas pipeline...
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Torness nuclear power station (category Nuclear power stations using Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors)
Torness Point near Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. It was the last of the United Kingdom's Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors to be fully commissioned. Construction...
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Eric Lomax (category 20th-century Scottish writers)
(now Ghana) until 1955. After studying management he worked for the Scottish Gas Board and the University of Strathclyde. He retired in 1982. Lomax was the...
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Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...
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vested with Scottish Nuclear. The remainder of the assets were privatised as ScottishPower in 1991 and the South of Scotland Electricity Board was dissolved...
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The St Fergus Gas Terminal is a large gas terminal found near St Fergus, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The other main UK gas terminals are at Bacton, Norfolk...
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Centrica (category Natural gas companies of the United Kingdom)
electricity, operating under the trading names Scottish Gas in Scotland, British Gas in England and Wales and Phoenix Gas in Northern Ireland. It owns Bord Gáis...
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North Sea oil (redirect from North Sea Gas)
discovery well. The Viking Gas Field was discovered in December 1965 with the Conoco/National Coal Board well 49/17-1, finding the gas-bearing Permian Rotliegend...
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Surface-supplied diving equipment (redirect from Surface-supplied mixed gas)
surface-supplied diving is that breathing gas is supplied from the surface, either from a specialised diving compressor, high-pressure gas storage cylinders, or both...
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Cruachan Power Station (category Hydroelectric power stations in Scotland)
(1966). The Hollow Mountain. Scottish Screen Archive. North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board / National Library of Scotland. Hydroelectric Royal Opening...
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become Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE) on 14 December 1998. The Scottish Hydro name was used as a brand name by SSE plc for supplying gas and electricity...
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Commission (CQC) Scottish Care Inspectorate Care Council for Wales (CCW) Social Work England Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) Scottish Social Services...
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The Scottish Government (Scottish Gaelic: Riaghaltas na h-Alba, pronounced [ˈrˠiə.əl̪ˠt̪əs nə ˈhal̪ˠapə]) is the devolved government of Scotland. It was...
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from all Scottish fuel sources of 157 TWh. 2002 figures used as a baseline in RSPB Scotland et al. (2006) for electricity production are: gas (34%), oil...
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Revolution in Scotland, the Scottish economy concentrated on heavy industry, dominated by the shipbuilding, coal mining and steel industries. Scottish participation...
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James Craigen (politician) (category Labour Co-operative MPs for Scottish constituencies)
then spent time with the Scottish Gas Board, and from 1964 to 1968 was Head of Organisation and Social Services with the Scottish Trades Union Congress,...
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The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), supporting the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (GEMA, the Ofgem Board ), is the government regulator...
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Crown Estate Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Oighreachd a' Chrùin Alba) is the self-financing public corporation of the Scottish Government responsible for...
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Longannet power station (category Biofuel power stations in Scotland)
Longannet was operated by the South of Scotland Electricity Board until 1990, when its operation was handed over to Scottish Power following privatisation. After...
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the South West Scotland Electricity Board, and the South East Scotland Electricity Board. It became part of Scottish Nuclear and Scottish Power. South Staffordshire...
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