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Scottish Hydro-Electric and National Grid have unveiled proposals for a £700m subsea electricity link between Peterhead and County Durham by 2018, in order to distribute energy from a number of wind and tidal projects. 18-Mar-2009 Scottish Hydro-Electric is to upgrade Stonehaven's electricity network at a cost of £0.8m, and will also add fibre-optic cable for a new telecoms link. 24-May-2000 Scottish Hydro-Electric is planning to shed about 70 jobs at its IT facilities in Perth, and some of the work will be transferred to offices in Havant. 17-May-2000 Scottish Hydro-Electric has dropped plans to relocate 130 staff from its Millburn Street office in Aberdeen to a new site at Westhill, and will instead move them to existing offices at Dyce and Ashgrove. 27-Jul-1999 Scottish Hydro-Electric is to recruit up to 200 staff in Aberdeen, Inverness, Perth and Dundee, following the launch of a new contracting company to carry out street work contracts. 06-Apr-1999 Scottish Hydro-Electric has awarded an £8m contract to a consortium led by Weir Group for the refurbishment of the Errochty and Trinafour power stations. 22-Mar-1999 Scottish Hydro-Electric has put on hold a £300m plan to double the size of its Keadby power station in North Lincolnshire, due to the government moratorium on new gas-fired stations. 22-Dec-1998 Scottish Hydro-Electric has had its plans for a £200m 770MW gas-fired power station at Keadby, Lincolnshire, blocked by the government. 11-Dec-1998 Scottish Hydro-Electric has agreed a weather-related electricity supply contract with Enron of the US, in which it will receive cash if the temperatures are lower than set levels during the winter. 09-Nov-1998 Scottish Hydro-Electric is to close its meter testing and refurbishment division in Aberdeen with the loss of 13 jobs. 28-Oct-1998 Scottish Hydro-Electric has announced plans for two more combined heat and power plants - a £35m plant in Stoke in partnership with Michelin, and a £3.7m facility at the proposed Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. 26-Oct-1998 Scottish Hydro-Electric is to merge with Southern Electric, to create a £4.8bn group based in Perth called Scottish & Southern Energy. 02-Sep-1998 Scottish Hydro-Electric has awarded a £180m contract to Siemens Power Generation for the refitting of its Peterhead power station, which is being converted from sour gas to natural gas. 23-Feb-1998 Scottish Hydro-Electric is planning a £220m project to upgrade its Peterhead power station, enabling it to use North Sea gas instead of high-sulphur sour gas. 11-Dec-1997 Scottish Hydro-Electric is to offer Air Miles to new and existing customers from next year. 12-Nov-1997 Scottish Hydro-Electric has announced plans to invest up to £800m in various projects over the next five years, including an expansion of its generating capacity in England and Wales and a £200m upgrade for its gas-fired power station near Aberdeen. 13-Jun-1997 Scottish Hydro-Electric is withdrawing from the general commercial and industrial gas market by selling its stake in Vector Gas to Quantum Gas Management. 28-May-1997 Scottish Hydro-Electric has acquired the remaining 50% of the Keadby power station from United Utilities for £253m. 01-Mar-1997 Scottish Hydro-Electric is expected to acquire the remaining 50% of the Keadby power station on the River Humber from United Utilities in early 1997. 23-Dec-1996 British Gas has made a £294m provision to cover potential losses on long-term contracts to supply gas through the interconnector to continental Europe and to Scottish Hydro-Electric. 29-Nov-1996 Scottish Hydro has had to drop plans to buy British Gas' business in Scotland and parts of northern England as British Gas was said to be unable to complete the deal while facing major regulatory and commercial pressures. 30-Sep-1996 Scottish Hydro-Electric is to construct a £52m 130MW combined heat and power station at Runcorn for ICI Chemicals and Polymers. 17-Sep-1996 Scottish Hydro-Electric is planning to acquire more power stations, and aims to set up alliances with supermarkets in order to expand into the domestic electricity market. 14-Jun-1996 Scottish Hydro-Electric, Dominion Energy and Mission Energy have been chosen as the final bidders for the National Grid's pumped storage business. 21-Nov-1995 British Gas is offering Scottish Hydro a stake in its proposed Seabank gas-fired power station near Bristol, which it hopes to get operational by 1998. 30-Oct-1995
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