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The Department of Trade & Industry is to set up a £15m research centre in Loughborough to study fuel cell and low carbon technologies, while a second centre will be established elsewhere to study transport system technologies. 23-Dec-2004 Viridor Waste Management is planning to develop a £5m power station at its Parkwood landfill site in Sheffield. 22-Dec-2004 Tullow Oil has acquired the Schooner and Ketch gas fields in the North Sea from Shell and ExxonMobil for £200m, and will invest £140m to double their output over the next three years. 21-Dec-2004 Scottish & Southern Energy is to invest £10m in the installation of new burners at Ferrybridge power station in Yorkshire, in order to reduce its reliance on coal and improve its environmental record. 20-Dec-2004 Fortune Oil has raised £4.4m in a share placing to fund investments in the Chinese natural gas market. 20-Dec-2004 UPM is to build a £52m sludge boiler at its Shotton paper mill by November 2006, in order to increase its heat self-sufficiency and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. 17-Dec-2004 Northumbrian Water is to transfer the operation and maintenance of the Kielder Water hydroelectric power station to RWE Npower, which is expected to lead to significant investment at the site. 15-Dec-2004 British Sugar is seeking permission from King's Lynn Borough Council to build a biofuels production facility at its Wissington site near Downham Market. 15-Dec-2004 Npower Renewables is planning to build a £3m wind farm at Oxheys farm in Rushton, Cheshire. 13-Dec-2004 Transco is to create 400 jobs in Northampton over the next six months, as part of a reorganisation that has also created new administration centres in Warwick and Hinckley. 13-Dec-2004 Fife Council is considering plans from Fife Wind Energy to build a £14m wind farm near Kirkcaldy. 13-Dec-2004 Heritage Oil & Gas of Canada is to set up a 7,300 sq ft London headquarters on Park Street, W1. 13-Dec-2004 ChevronTexaco has announced a major oil and gas find to the west of Shetland, which could secure thousands of jobs and lead to the investment of hundreds of millions of pounds. 10-Dec-2004 Equator Exploration is to raise £56m in a flotation on Aim to fund its oil and gas exploration activities in west Africa. 09-Dec-2004 Ofgem has announced a series of incentives that will lead to the 14 electricity distribution companies investing £5.7bn in their networks over the next five years, and a further £500m linking up wind farms. 30-Nov-2004 Drax, the North Yorkshire-based coal-fired power station with more than 500 staff, is said to have appointed Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein to examine its strategic options, including a possible £800m sale. 30-Nov-2004 United Utilities is looking to sell its green energy operations for about £80m, including some small hydroelectric plants and windfarms currently under construction. 29-Nov-2004 BP Solvay Polyethylene is to close its Rigidex 3 HDPE plant at Grangemouth early next year, with the redeployment of 75 staff. 24-Nov-2004 Alkane Biogas has unveiled plans to build a £6.8m biogas plant at Fivemiletown in County Tyrone by 2006, in order to convert animal and food waste into renewable energy and fertiliser. 19-Nov-2004 MTEM, the Edinburgh University spin off company, has raised £7.4m to fund the manufacture of seismic equipment for extending the life of oil fields. 19-Nov-2004 Scottish Power is to open a new £6.5m customer service centre in Hamilton in January, with the creation of up to 150 jobs. 18-Nov-2004 Ceres Power is planning to raise £15m in a flotation on Aim to fund the commercial development of its fuel cells. 15-Nov-2004 Amec has unveiled plans for a 100-turbine wind farm near Dalmellington in East Ayrshire, and hopes to start construction in 2007. 03-Nov-2004 The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is to consider plans from Npower Renewables for the development of a £0.9m hydroelectric power plant on the River Thames, to provide electricity to Windsor Castle. 01-Nov-2004 Npower is considering plans to build a 2,000 MW gas-fired power station in Pembroke, close to two proposed gas import terminals at Milford Haven. 28-Oct-2004 Airtricity has unveiled plans for a £700m wind farm project off the Suffolk coast, including 140 turbines. 26-Oct-2004 The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is seeking a suitable location for a new office in Caithness, with the creation of up to 15 jobs. 26-Oct-2004 Gamesa Energy UK is planning to build up to five wind farms in Wales over the next two years, and has just opened a new headquarters in Newport. 25-Oct-2004 Nissan is seeking permission to build a £2m wind farm at its car plant in Sunderland, which would provide 7% of its power requirements. 25-Oct-2004 Egdon Resources is planning to raise £5m in a flotation on Aim to fund its oil exploration activities in the East Midlands, north-east and south-west. 25-Oct-2004 BP is looking to raise about £380m from the sale of its stake in the Ormen Lange Norwegian gas field. 20-Oct-2004 Biofuels Corporation has started to recruit 30 staff for the £21m biodiesel plant being built on Teesside, and production is expected to start next June. 20-Oct-2004 Esso is considering plans to sell off 13 filling stations in Northern Ireland over the next few months. 13-Oct-2004 Aberthaw Power Station is in talks with Horizon Mining about the possibility of buying coal from the Pentreclwydau colliery in the Neath Valley, which could be reopened by Horizon Mining with the creation of 60 jobs. 12-Oct-2004 ConocoPhillips is relocating 60 IT staff from Warwick to a new office at the Vanguard Centre in Coventry. 07-Oct-2004 The Scottish Executive has approved plans for the development of two £60m wind farms, including Npower Renewables' scheme near Inverness and Airtricity's scheme in Braes. 07-Oct-2004 National Grid Transco is to shed 190 jobs at its Killingworth call centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, in order to transfer work to sites in the Midlands. 06-Oct-2004 Torridge District Council is expected to receive plans from an unnamed company for the development of a second power station at Winkleigh, while Peninsula Power's plans for the first project will be submitted this month. 05-Oct-2004 Scottish Power has acquired the remaining 50% stake in the 400MW Shoreham Power Station from American Electric Power for £26m. 30-Sep-2004 Paladin Resources has confirmed plans to invest up to £300m in its oil and gas operations over the next four years, including a number of UK and Scandinavian North Sea developments. 30-Sep-2004 Eni UK, the Italian oil company, is planning to shed up to 60 jobs in Aberdeen and consolidate its UK operations in London. 30-Sep-2004 Energy Call, the provider of call centre services to power companies, has gone into voluntary liquidation with the loss of about 130 jobs in Manchester. 23-Sep-2004 Aberdeenshire Council is considering plans from John Rennie & Sons to build an electricity generating plant fuelled by animal waste in Turriff. 23-Sep-2004 D1 Oils is planning to raise £20m in a flotation on Aim this autumn, as part of a strategy to become a leading supplier of environmentally-friendly biodiesel with the creation of 100 jobs in the north-east. 22-Sep-2004 Scottish Coal has won planning permission for a new opencast mine at Powharnal near Muirkirk, with the creation of 80 jobs. 21-Sep-2004 UK Coal is to invest £20m in the installation of new coal cutting and other equipment at Daw Mill Colliery in Warwickshire. 21-Sep-2004 Venture Production is to raise £25m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its oil production business. 21-Sep-2004 Inver House is to install a £12m wood-fuelled heating system at its distillery in Wick, which would involve using waste heat to provide energy for 450 homes. 20-Sep-2004 UK Coal is to receive about £15m of aid for eight of its coal mines, as part of the government's Coal Investment Aid scheme. 17-Sep-2004 Bernard Brogan, the Motherwell-based fuel distributor, is to open a call centre with 12 staff at an undisclosed site in the south of England. 17-Sep-2004 Bangor University has secured a £4.5m grant from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council to conduct research into reducing the cost of solar energy production. 15-Sep-2004 Devon County Council, Exeter City Council and Compact Power have been given preferred bidder status by the government for a £9m waste-fired power station in Exeter. 14-Sep-2004 Nottinghamshire County Council is planning to build a wind turbine at Shireoaks Triangle near Worksop, a new business park that will host 175 staff. 14-Sep-2004 Abbot Group, the oil services company, is to invest more than £28m expanding its drilling fleet over the next two years. 08-Sep-2004 British Nuclear Group has announced plans to reduce the headcount at its Berkeley site in Gloucestershire from 1,450 to 250 over the next three years, with some staff relocating to other sites. 07-Sep-2004 British Gas and Keyspan are in negotiations to sell the Scottish Northern Ireland gas pipeline to a bidding vehicle called Northern Ireland Energy Holdings for £100m. 06-Sep-2004 Emerald Energy, the oil exploration company, has raised £9.3m in a share issue. 02-Sep-2004 British Energy is to relocate its corporate office from East Kilbride to Livingston, which will involve the loss of about 80 jobs and the transfer of 130 engineering and technical staff to Gloucester. 31-Aug-2004 Npower Renewables is to set up six public exhibitions to present plans for the development of an offshore windfarm with up to 200 turbines off the North Wales coast. 31-Aug-2004 Talisman Energy has announced plans for the £320m development of the Tweedsmuir and Tweedsmuir South oilfields in the North Sea, and production is scheduled to start in 2006. 31-Aug-2004 Scottish & Southern and Talisman Energy have announced plans to set up a £24m wind farm off the east coast of Scotland, with funding from the Scottish Executive, the DTI and the European Commission. 30-Aug-2004 British Nuclear Group is planning to relocate part of its Sellafield operation to two new £7m office blocks at the Westlakes Science & Technology Park in Whitehaven next year. 27-Aug-2004 Shell has announced plans to invest an extra £83m in its North Sea exploration and production activities this year. 27-Aug-2004 PowerGen is to relocate 400 retail sales management and enterprise call centre jobs to a new office on the Sherwood Business Park in Nottinghamshire. 26-Aug-2004 Balcas is to build a £9m factory to produce bio fuel pellets from surplus sawdust and woodchips at its site in Enniskillen. 25-Aug-2004 Scottish Power is to recruit a further 90 staff at its new customer service centre in East Kilbride over the new few months. 24-Aug-2004 The Welsh Development Agency is in talks with a number of power generating companies about proposals to build new LNG power stations at Milford Haven, at a cost of up to £1bn. 23-Aug-2004 TNEI Services, the Newcastle-based renewable energy consultant with 18 staff, is looking to double the size of the business over the next two years following its merger with Manchester-based IPSA. 20-Aug-2004 Gamesa Energy UK, the wind farm developer, is setting up a new headquarters in Newport, which will initially employ seven staff. 19-Aug-2004 Highland Council has approved plans from CRE Energy to build a £20m wind farm with 17 turbines near Dornoch Firth. 19-Aug-2004 Central Networks is planning to create 600 new jobs for electrical engineers and electricians, as part of a £1.3bn investment in electricity sub-stations, relay stations and underground cables across the Midlands. 16-Aug-2004 Centrica is considering plans to invest £300m in a project to import natural gas from Turkmenistan, as part of a joint venture with Gazprom of Russia and Naftogaz of Ukraine. 16-Aug-2004 Amec has formed a five-year alliance with Bristol-based Compact Power to set up a series of environmentally-friendly power plants that will generate electricity from waste and biomass. 13-Aug-2004 Centrica has agreed a 15-year contract with Petronas to import 45bn cubic metres of liquefied natural gas to the planned Dragon LNG terminal at Milford Haven from 2007. 12-Aug-2004 Px has agreed a deal with Mitsui Babcock to help operate and maintain the Fellside Power Station in Cumbria, which will involve the transfer of about 38 staff. 09-Aug-2004 Nexen of Canada is looking to expand into the North Sea, which could involve the acquisition of a UK-based independent oil company. 09-Aug-2004 British Nuclear Fuels and Scottish BioPower are discussing plans to transform the former Chapelcross nuclear power plant in Dumfries & Galloway into a wood-burning electricity plant, and similar projects could follow at six other sites. 09-Aug-2004 BP Japan has reached agreement with Petrolub International to merge their automotive lubricant operations, creating a new company called BP Castrol KK with annual sales of $180m. 05-Aug-2004 Utility Partnership, the Cardiff-based energy and utility management consultancy with 100 staff, is expanding its operations at the Cardiff Gate Business Park having taken an extra 6,000 sq ft unit. 05-Aug-2004 Wind Prospect has unveiled plans for a wind farm development with eight turbines near Sedgefield in County Durham. 05-Aug-2004 Wavegen is looking to raise £10m to develop a wave power scheme on the Faroe Islands, while Lunar Energy is seeking £7m for a demonstration tidal scheme on Orkney. 03-Aug-2004 Talisman Energy is to invest a further £20m in its Aberdeen-based North Sea oil operations, as part of a £183m boost to its international exploration and development budget. 02-Aug-2004 International Power is to acquire a 70% stake in 13 power stations from Edison International, including sites in the UK, Italy, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. 02-Aug-2004 Syngenta is planning to set up a pilot project to generate electricity from rapeseed oil at Driffield, Yorkshire, with the output being sold to Smartest Energy to power 1,000 homes. 26-Jul-2004 Compact Power is to start building a £16m energy-from-waste plant at Dargavel in Dumfries in October. 13-Jul-2004 United Utilities has won approval from the Welsh Assembly to build a £120m wind farm with 30 turbines off the coast of Porthcawl. 09-Jul-2004 British Nuclear Fuels has indicated that up to 350 construction jobs could be created if approval is given for a new £100m waste store at the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria. 09-Jul-2004 Cairn Energy is to raise £100m in a share placing, in order to fund its exploration activities in India. 05-Jul-2004 AES Kilroot is to invest £35m in the installation of flue gas desulphurisation equipment at its power station in Northern Ireland. 02-Jul-2004 British Nuclear Fuels has closed the Chapelcross nuclear power plant in Dumfries nine months earlier than planned, but none of the 450 staff will lose their jobs until next year. 30-Jun-2004 Aker Kvaerner is considering plans to set up an oil platform decommissioning facility in Shetland, with the creation of up to 30 jobs. 24-Jun-2004 Scottish Coal has announced plans to expand its opencast mining operations, including an extension at the Broken Cross mine near Lanark and the opening of a new mine nearby. 24-Jun-2004 Economy Power is planning to set up a customer service centre in Blaenau Gwent with the creation of 50 jobs, having agreed an electricity supply deal with Pennant Wind Energy Ventures. 23-Jun-2004 The Welsh Development Agency is in discussions with Ireland-registered Brehon Energy about potential locations to set up a manufacturing base to produce the alternative fuel Hythane, which could lead to the creation of 50 jobs. 21-Jun-2004 Vitol, the energy trader, is in negotiations to set up a 28,800 sq ft office at the new Belgrave House on London's Buckingham Palace Road. 21-Jun-2004 UK Coal has warned that half of England's remaining deep mines could close if the government proceeds with an initiative to cut sulphur emissions at power stations. 15-Jun-2004 Norfolk County Council is considering plans from CLP Envirogas to set up a £0.5m generating station at Beetley landfill site near Dereham. 14-Jun-2004 ITM Power has raised £10m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its fuel cell technology. 14-Jun-2004 Seymour Pierce is to advise ATH Resources with plans to raise £11m in a share placing, in order to fund the development of opencast coal mines. 14-Jun-2004 Anadarko, the oil exploration company, is looking to set up a new 50,000 sq ft office in the Uxbridge area. 14-Jun-2004 Hereward Ventures is planning to raise £1.7m in a share placing to fund the acquisition of UK hydrocarbon exploration licences. 08-Jun-2004 Scottish Power has announced plans to set up a chain of 200 super-pylons from Kilmarnock to Kendoon, as part of a £400m electricity upgrade scheme that will also include three new sub-stations. 07-Jun-2004 XL TechGroup of the US is planning to raise £20m in a flotation on Aim, in order to fund the production of biofuels from cattle and pig waste and then trade in the emission credits. 07-Jun-2004 Centrica is to shed up to 850 management and support jobs in its British Gas division, as part of a cost-cutting campaign. 04-Jun-2004 Expro International is expected to create about 50 new jobs in Aberdeen, due to a rise in demand for its oil services. 04-Jun-2004 Swalec, the electricity and gas supplier, is creating 60 new jobs at its call centre in Cardiff. 03-Jun-2004 Amec and British Energy are to unveil plans to build the world's largest wind farm on Lewis in the Western Isles, at a cost of £600m. 02-Jun-2004 Energy Power Resources has agreed a £70m refinancing package with its banks, which will enable it to continue with the development of biomass energy projects. 01-Jun-2004 Halliburton is to shed 60 jobs in its oil services business and has put on hold plans for a new headquarters in Aberdeen. 01-Jun-2004 Amec has reached agreement with Scottish Power and Ocean Power Developments to conduct a large-scale feasibility study of wave power off the coast of Scotland, using OPD's floating Pelamis generator. 28-May-2004 Celtic Energy, the opencast mining company with 300 staff, has received a takeover approach from Hirwaun-based civil engineer Walters Group. 26-May-2004 Scottish & Southern Energy is to increase its planned investment in wind power projects by £300m, and five wind farms will be set up in the Scottish Highlands by the end of 2005. 20-May-2004 United Utilities is seeking contractors to build a £30m bio-fuel plant at an undisclosed location in South Wales. 20-May-2004 Scottish Power has won planning permission to build a £100m underground gas storage facility at Byley in Cheshire. 20-May-2004 D1 Oils is to create at least 100 jobs on Teesside, in order to develop bio-diesel production technology for use in plants around the world. 19-May-2004 The East of England Development Agency is planning to establish a £5m centre of excellence for the offshore wind industry in Lowestoft by 2006. 18-May-2004 Amec has won a £50m contract from Star Energy HG Gas Storage to build a gas storage plant and pipeline at Humbly Grove in Hampshire. 14-May-2004 Intelligent Energy is planning to raise up to £60m in a flotation on Aim next month, to fund the commercial development of its fuel cell technology business. 11-May-2004 BP is planning to relocate its 1,100 Aberdeen-based office staff to a new £40m 172,000 sq ft scheme, and a preferred developer will be appointed following a design competition. 10-May-2004 Solar Integrated Technologies of the US has raised £11m in a flotation on Aim, in order to fund the European expansion of its solar cell roofing business. 10-May-2004 Scottish & Southern Energy is seeking permission to set up a wind farm with 25 turbines at Strathconon in the Highlands. 05-May-2004 Lafarge UK has reached agreement with Northumbrian Water to pioneer the use of sewage treatment sludge as a fuel for its cement works in Staffordshire. 05-May-2004 Johnson Matthey has been awarded a £3.2m DTI grant to develop fuel cell technology, as part of the government's commitment to the renewable energy market. 30-Apr-2004 Scottish Coal is planning to build a £36m wind farm at Dalmellington in East Ayrshire, and a similar project is also planned at another undisclosed location. 27-Apr-2004 BG Group is to buy four new liquefied natural gas ships from Samsung Heavy Industries of South Korea for £348m, and they will be delivered in 2007 and 2008. 27-Apr-2004 Charnwood Borough Council is to consider plans from De Wind to set up a £2m wind turbine at the Brush Falcon Works in Loughborough. 26-Apr-2004 BP Coryton is to close the lubricants manufacturing operation at its Coryton refinery in Essex, with the loss of about 200 jobs. 26-Apr-2004 Centrica has acquired an option to purchase Wainstones Power, the owner of land and consents for developing a 1,000MW gas-fired power station in Plymouth. 22-Apr-2004 B9 Energy Services and Renewable Energy Systems have won permission to set up a £15m wind farm at Callagheen in Fermanagh. 21-Apr-2004 Marine Current Turbines has raised £3m of equity funding to develop offshore tidal turbine technology. 21-Apr-2004 British Gas is to create 100 jobs at its St Mary's Road call centre in Southampton. 21-Apr-2004 Aberdeenshire Council is to consider plans from ExxonMobil to expand a gas terminal at the St Fergus complex near Peterhead, with the creation of up to 200 construction jobs. 21-Apr-2004 Biofuels Corporation is planning to raise £14m in a flotation on Aim next month, in order to help build a £21m biodiesel production plant on Teesside by early 2005. 21-Apr-2004 Schlumberger Oilfield Services is planning to shed up to 70 jobs in Aberdeen, following a reduction in North Sea activity. 19-Apr-2004 The South Yorkshire Forest Partnership has secured a £0.2m grant from Yorkshire Forward to promote the use of wood for heat and power. 15-Apr-2004 Scottish & Southern Energy is planning to build a £85m hydroelectric dam and power station at Loch Ness, and the Scottish Executive is expected to give consent later this year. 15-Apr-2004 Wincanton is to close its fuel oil depot in Stallingborough depot by the end of April, with the loss of up to 12 jobs. 08-Apr-2004 Northern Petroleum has raised £3m in a share placing to fund exploration in the south of England and Italy. 08-Apr-2004 Petro-Canada is seeking a suitable site for a 50,000 sq ft office in central London, as its existing premises in Knightsbridge is to be sold for redevelopment. 05-Apr-2004 ITM Power is considering plans for a flotation to fund the commercialisation of its fuel cell technology. 29-Mar-2004 Your Energy has secured planning permission to build ten turbines on a £20m wind farm near Kettering. 26-Mar-2004 Oilexco of Canada has made a significant North Sea oil discovery with reserves of up to 150m barrels, and is expected to open an office in Aberdeen. 24-Mar-2004 The Welsh Development Agency is in talks with Wave Dragon of Denmark about plans to build a tidal power generator off Milford Haven, with the possibility of setting up additional sites around Wales if the scheme is successful. 23-Mar-2004 Voller Energy is planning to set up a £3.7m factory to produce a portable mini fuel cell, with the creation of 40 jobs, and is seeking £4m of funding. 19-Mar-2004 Tower Colliery in South Wales has secured a £2.2m government grant under the DTI's Coal Investment Aid Scheme, while Daw Mill Colliery near Nuneaton has secured £9m. 19-Mar-2004 Arkex has raised £4m from a number of investors to develop new technology that allows searches for oil, gas and mineral deposits to be carried out from the air. 18-Mar-2004 National Wind Power is to submit plans for the development of a wind farm with three turbines at Loscar Farm, between Sheffield and Rotherham. 15-Mar-2004 Scottish & Southern Energy has estimated that a £1bn investment is required to upgrade the power network across the north of Scotland to meet the national demand, which could create 2,500 jobs over the next ten years. 12-Mar-2004 ExxonMobil has won permission to build an LNG terminal on the former Esso oil refinery site at Milford Haven, with the creation of 700 construction jobs and 50 permanent jobs. 11-Mar-2004 International Power has acquired stakes in two gas-fired power stations in Turkey and Pakistan from PowerGen for £30m. 09-Mar-2004 Star Energy, the onshore oil and gas producer with 13 fields, is considering plans for a £100m flotation to fund the development of new gas storage sites. 08-Mar-2004 Petroceltic International, the oil exploration company, is planning to raise £4.3m in a share placing on Aim. 03-Mar-2004 BP is to sell its refining assets in Singapore to the Singapore Petroleum Company for £75m. 02-Mar-2004 Interconnector UK is planning to triple the import capacity of its main gas pipeline from Belgium, at a cost of £150m. 02-Mar-2004 Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping, the provider of offshore oil and gas discovery services, is planning a flotation on Aim with an estimated capitalisation of £30m. 27-Feb-2004 Scottish & Southern Energy has bought a 120MW gas-fired power station in Cardenden, Fife, out of administration for £12m. 27-Feb-2004 KCA Deutag is planning to shed 64 jobs in its offshore drilling operations in the North Sea. 25-Feb-2004 Severn Trent has announced a £16m scheme to generate green energy from sewage at 30 locations in the Midlands, with CHP digesters being installed at sites including Derby, Alfreton, Burton and Uttoxeter. 25-Feb-2004 BG has acquired oil and gas fields off Mauritania from Hardman Resources for £78m, which could lead to the development of a new LNG facility. 20-Feb-2004 PowerGen is to shed up to 600 of the 4,700 jobs in its Central Networks distribution business, including 400 through the closure of offices in Birmingham and Walsall. 20-Feb-2004 Amec is considering plans to build a wind farm near Durness in Sutherland, with up to 160 turbines. 20-Feb-2004 British Nuclear Fuels has awarded a £3.5m contract to Kier to build a waste export facility at Sellafield nuclear power station. 19-Feb-2004 Scottish & Southern has won planning permission to build a £15m wind farm at Artfield Fell in Wigtownshire, and has also announced the £8m acquisition of the Spurness wind farm on the Orkney Islands. 17-Feb-2004 Viridian has expressed interest in bidding for a £270m Irish government contract to build two electricity interconnectors between Ireland and Wales. 16-Feb-2004 Scottish Power has won planning permission to build the £130m Black Law wind farm near Edinburgh. 16-Feb-2004 Banham Poultry is to seek planning permission for a £10m power plant fuelled by chicken waste at its site in Attleborough, which would create 20 jobs. 13-Feb-2004 ConocoPhillips has acquired Esso's stake in their jointly-owned Mayflower Oil Terminal in Plymouth, in order to become its sole operator. 13-Feb-2004 Wood Group is planning to shed about 35 of the 133 jobs at its Pressure Control subsidiary, affecting sites in Aberdeen, Peterhead and the Middle East. 11-Feb-2004 PowerGen is looking to set up small-scale wind farms across Yorkshire, and is inviting community groups to propose suitable sites. 11-Feb-2004 Melrose Resources is to raise £11m in a share placing to fund its oil exploration projects in Egypt and Bulgaria. 09-Feb-2004 Fortune Oil is to raise £32m from the sale of its 24% stake in South China Bluesky Aviation Oil Company, the supplier of aviation fuel across a network of Chinese airports, to China Aviation Oil. 06-Feb-2004 PowerGen has acquired sole ownership of Cottam gas-fired power station in Nottinghamshire, in a £52m deal with joint venture partner Siemens Project Ventures. 02-Feb-2004 RWE Innogy has agreed a £400m deal with Englefield Capital and First Islamic Investment Bank to finance its wind farms, which will enable its National Wind Power subsidiary to continue developing new sites. 30-Jan-2004 CMR Fuel Cells has secured an undisclosed investment from Conduit Ventures and Carbon Trust Investments to fund the commercial development of its fuel cell technology. 30-Jan-2004 Leicester City Council is seeking suitable sites for large wind turbines, each costing about £1m and capable of providing enough energy for 2,000 homes. 27-Jan-2004 International Power has won planning permission to build a multi-million pound flue gas desulphurisation plant at its Rugeley power station in Staffordshire. 22-Jan-2004 Centrica is to acquire offshore oil and gas assets in UK and Norwegian waters from ChevronTexaco for £61m. 20-Jan-2004 PowerGen is to combine Midlands Electricity and East Midlands Electricity into a new group called Central Networks, which is expected to lead to the closure of some offices and the loss of some of the 5,000 jobs. 19-Jan-2004 Fugro Survey is planning to shed 180 of the 570 jobs at its energy services business in Aberdeen. 12-Jan-2004 Bureau Veritas is to create a number of new jobs in Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth, having won a contract to provide verification and certification services on 42 of Shell's offshore installations. 12-Jan-2004 ExxonMobil International is planning to consolidate its central London and Leatherhead offices onto a single site, and is seeking a 200,000 sq ft property between Reading and Hammersmith. 12-Jan-2004 B9 Energy Services, along with its partners in the Wind Farm Developments consortium, has won permission to build a wind farm with seven turbines at Lough Hill near Omagh. 08-Jan-2004 Abbot Group has announced plans to shed an unspecified number of jobs at its offshore drilling operations in Aberdeen and the North Sea, prompting speculation that 150 jobs will be affected. 07-Jan-2004 Neath Port Talbot Council is considering plans from Western Bio-Energy, which is partly owned by Western Log Group of Cwmavon, to develop a wood-burning power station near the British Oxygen depot, with the creation of 20 jobs. 07-Jan-2004 BP is looking to sell 270 petrol stations in Malaysia and Singapore. 07-Jan-2004 Offshore Wind Power is looking to develop the world's largest wind power network off the Lincolnshire coast, which would involve the creation of hundreds of jobs in construction and manufacturing. 06-Jan-2004
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