Lerwick District Heating and Energy Recovery Plant is a district heating scheme based in Lerwick, The Lerwick District Heating Scheme is operated by Shetland...
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residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating. The heat is often obtained from a cogeneration plant burning fossil...
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the type of plant chosen. There is an adjacent, but distinct, district heating network. See Lerwick District Heating and Energy Recovery Plant. Recovered...
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SSE plc (redirect from Scottish and Southern Energy Group)
Scottish and Southern Energy plc) is a multinational energy company headquartered in Perth, Scotland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a...
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and is now operated by Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), their successors. Data from the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), the energy regulator...
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Dounreay (category Buildings and structures in Highland (council area))
Decommissioning Authority (NDA) but was previously owned and run by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Adjacent to this site is the Ministry of Defence...
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North Sea oil (redirect from North Sea oil and gas industry)
oil and gas recovery. Licences were formerly granted by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC – formerly the Department of Trade and Industry)...
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Hunterston were affected. The plant's operator, EDF Energy, said the cracking was predicted to occur as the station ages and said that the issue would not...
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incineration plant at Lerwick in Shetland which burns 22,000 tonnes (24,250 tons) of waste every year and provides district heating to more than 600 customers...
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Wind power in Scotland (redirect from Scottish wind energy)
This record is claimed by Burradale windfarm, located just outside Lerwick and operated by Shetland Aerogenerators Ltd. Since opening in 2000, the turbines...
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Torness nuclear power station (category Energy infrastructure completed in 1988)
expected to cause the closure of the plant in March 2028. In December 2024, in response to concerns over energy security following delays to the opening...
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Chapelcross nuclear power station (redirect from Chapelcross nuclear power plant)
both were commissioned and originally operated by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. The primary purpose of both plants was to produce weapons-grade...
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Braehead (category Buildings and structures in Renfrewshire)
centre, arena and leisure facilities. The area is known for its shopping centre of the same name, which was rebranded as Intu Braehead in 2013 and kept that...
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St Fergus Gas Terminal (redirect from St. Fergus Gas Plant)
Riding of Yorkshire. The plant was initially developed by British Gas (now National Grid) and Total Oil Marine. The three main plants have three main pipelines...
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Sutherland District Fishery Board and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, the proprietors of the river have designated it as a catch and release...
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over ownership and placed the site with its Site Licence company, Magnox North Ltd, which later became Magnox Ltd. Scotland portal Energy portal Nuclear...
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Cruachan Power Station (category Energy infrastructure completed in 1965)
its construction. The Cruachan station temporarily stores energy at times of low demand, and releases it at times of high demand, when electricity prices...
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State for Energy and Climate Change, on 16 May 2016. The plant is connected to the Shetland Islands Regional Gas Export Pipeline (SIRGE). The plant was built...
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Mossmorran (redirect from Mossmorran NGL fractional plant)
The Mossmorran facilities comprise two plants: the Fife NGL Plant operated by Shell and the Fife Ethylene Plant operated by ExxonMobil. An associated sea-going...
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The Chliostair scheme was constructional scheme number 35, and it would bring clean energy to the remote communities on Harris, removing their reliance...
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Siadar Wave Power Station (redirect from Siadar Bay Wave Energy Project)
The Siadar Wave Power Station (also known as Siadar Wave Energy Project or SWEP) was a proposed 4 MW wave farm 400 metres (1,300 ft) off the shore of Siadar...
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Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme (category Buildings and structures in Argyll and Bute)
main power station building. The facility is operated by Scottish and Southern Energy, and is normally in standby mode, ready to generate electricity to meet...
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Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme (category Buildings and structures in Highland (council area))
1998, the company merged with Southern Electric to become Scottish and Southern Energy, since rebranded as SSE plc. Fasnakyle power station was upgraded...
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Tummel hydro-electric power scheme (category Buildings and structures in Perth and Kinross)
aggregate, sand, cement and heavy plant. Obtaining workers was worse, and a general shortage of labour continued through 1946, 1947 and early 1948. The Board...
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ScottishPower (redirect from SP Energy Networks)
Scottish Power Limited, trading as ScottishPower, is a vertically integrated energy company based in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a subsidiary of Spanish utility...
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material to the benefit of the salmon, trout and other species. Some research has concluded that hydro-electric plants usually result in mussel populations declining...
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Whitelee Wind Farm (category Energy infrastructure completed in 2009)
renewable energy by 2011 and 100% by 2020. The majority of this is likely to come from wind power. Positioned 300 metres (985 feet) above sea level and 15 kilometres...
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List of power stations in Scotland (category Lists of buildings and structures in Scotland)
power plant from Fortum". www.ineos.com. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2024. "Carnan Power Station". Retrieved 29 January 2009. "Shetland energy challenge...
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River Conon (category Ross and Cromarty)
power for the Brahan estate. The turbines produce a maximum of 100 kW, and energy not used by the estate is sold to the National Grid. The turbines, which...
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Shetland (category Highlands and Islands of Scotland)
as well as a port and emergency airstrip in Lerwick. The archipelago has an oceanic climate, complex geology, rugged coastline, and many low, rolling...
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