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Scottish Power Renewables has submitted plans to Charnwood Borough Council to build a wind farm with four turbines at Queniborough in Leicestershire. 31-Dec-2009 Scottish Power Renewables has won permission from the Scottish government to build a further 36 turbines at its new Whitelee wind farm in East Renfrewshire. 21-May-2009 Scottish Power has unveiled plans for a new £500m 1,000MW gas-fired power station at its Damhead Creek site in Kent, with the creation of 50 permanent jobs. 12-Mar-2009 Scottish & Southern Energy is forming a joint venture with Scottish Power to build nuclear power stations on land being sold by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, and will bid for sites at Wylfa in Wales, Bradwell in Essex and Oldbury in Gloucestershire. 21-Jan-2009 Scottish Power is seeking permission to expand the number of turbines at its £300m Whitelee wind farm near Glasgow from 140 to 221. 19-Jan-2009 Scottish Power is planning to develop up to 2,400 offshore wind turbines around the UK, and will form a partnership with Vattenfall of Sweden to bid for a third round of licences being issued by the Crown Estate. 11-Nov-2008 Scottish Power is planning to invest more than £100m in the development of tidal power projects off the coasts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, and a new turbine factory will be built in Scotland. 29-Sep-2008 Scottish Power has unveiled proposals to install carbon capture and storage technology at the Longannet coal-fired power station in Fife, which would involve the transportation of waste carbon dioxide for permanent burial under the North Sea. 15-Sep-2008 Scottish Coal has won a £700m contract to supply coal to Scottish Power over the next five years, which will lead to the expansion of its open-cast mines in Scotland's central belt and the creation of at least 100 jobs. 03-Jul-2008 Scottish Power Renewables has submitted plans to Powys Council to redevelop Llandinam wind farm in mid Wales, by replacing the existing 103 turbines with 42 larger machines. 12-May-2008 Scottish Power is to run a £2.5m pilot project to store carbon dioxide from Longannet power station in Fife under the seabed in the Firth of Forth. 04-Dec-2007 Scottish Power has won permission to build a 213MW wind farm with 71 turbines at Harestanes in Dumfries & Galloway by 2010. 11-Sep-2007 Scottish Power has unveiled plans to start using cereal and willow crops to fuel Longannet and Cockenzie power stations by 2009. 20-Jul-2007 Scottish Power is considering plans to invest £1.5bn in the conversion of the coal-fired power stations at Longannet in Fife and Cockenzie in East Lothian to use clean coal technology. 18-May-2007 Scottish Power has submitted plans to Fife Council to build a £60m biomass power station in Kincardine by 2010, with the creation of 70 jobs. 27-Apr-2007 Scottish Power has acquired the five-turbine Wolf Bog wind farm project in County Antrim for £10m, and production is due to start in spring 2008. 20-Apr-2007 Scottish Power has acquired the Hatfield Moor gas storage site in South Yorkshire from Edinburgh Oil & Gas for £11m. 19-Dec-2006 Scottish Power, the Glasgow-based power generation and distribution group, is to be acquired by Iberdrola of Spain for £11.6bn. 29-Nov-2006 Galliford Try has won a £79m contract from Scottish Power to build the Whitelee Wind Farm at Eaglesham Moor near Glasgow. 19-Oct-2006 Scottish Power has sold the Knapton power station in North Yorkshire to RGS Energy of the US for £15m. 08-Aug-2006 Scottish Power has won planning permission to build a £300m wind farm with 140 turbines at Whitelee near Glasgow by 2009. 02-May-2006 Scottish Borders Council has approved plans from Scottish Power and RES UK for a £30m 35-turbine extension to Dun Law wind farm near Soutra. 19-Jan-2006 Scottish Power has acquired the Callagheen wind farm project in Northern Ireland, which will be fully operational by March 2006, for £18m. 15-Nov-2005 Scottish Power is to close the Longannet and Cockenzie coal-fired power stations in 2015, having decided not to install emission filters required by new European regulations. 14-Nov-2005 Alfred McAlpine has sold its 50% stake in Core Utility Solutions to Scottish Power for £10m. 07-Oct-2005 Scottish Power is to shed 450 jobs across the UK over the next 18 months, including 120 at the Cathcart business park in Glasgow and 90 in Bellshill. 07-Oct-2005 Scottish Power is planning a £60m cost-cutting campaign, which could affect hundreds of staff in Glasgow and Bellshill. 09-Sep-2005 Scottish Power is planning to spend £750m expanding its wind farm division, increasing capacity from 250MW to 1,000MW by 2010. 11-Aug-2005 Scottish Power is to sell its PacifiCorp electricity generation and supply business in the US to Berkshire Hathaway for £5.1bn. 25-May-2005 Scottish Power is to link up with the Co-op to develop a wind farm with eight turbines on a Co-op farm in Coldham, Cambridgeshire, by the end of the year. 11-May-2005 Scottish Power has won permission to set up a £20m wind farm with 14 turbines at Wether Hill in Dumfries & Galloway by 2006. 15-Mar-2005 International Energy Group has acquired the gas transport assets of Scottish Power for £15m. 27-Dec-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 Scottish Power has acquired the remaining 50% stake in the 400MW Shoreham Power Station from American Electric Power for £26m. 30-Sep-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 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 Scottish Power has bought the 800MW Damhead Creek power station in Kent from the creditors of Entergy for £318m. 03-Jun-2004 Scottish Power has won planning permission to build a £100m underground gas storage facility at Byley in Cheshire. 20-May-2004 Scottish Power has won planning permission to build the £130m Black Law wind farm near Edinburgh. 16-Feb-2004 Scottish Power has announced plans to invest £1.1bn in the expansion of its UK and US electricity and gas operations over the next 18 months, including a £208m gas-fired power station in Utah. 05-Nov-2003 Scottish Power has raised £430m through a convertible bond to help fund a £900m capital investment programme in activities such as generation, networks and gas storage. 18-Jun-2003 Scottish Power is planning to upgrade the Ben Cruachan hydro-electric scheme in the Highlands, at a cost of £18m. 20-May-2003 Scottish Power is planning to spend up to £800m developing wind farms across the country. 08-May-2003 Scottish & Southern Energy and Scottish Power have outlined multi-million pound investment plans to upgrade their transmission networks, allowing energy generated in the Highlands to be transmitted to the rest of the country. 16-Apr-2003 Scottish Power is considering plans to stop importing coal via Hunterston on the Clyde in order to set up its own shipping terminal at Burntisland, with the creation of up to 100 jobs. 19-Feb-2003 Scottish Power is to expand its US energy business with the £118m acquisition of Aquila's Katy gas storage facility and four other storage sites in Texas. 09-Aug-2002 Scottish Power has won permission from Argyll & Bute Council to build a £20m wind farm with 35 turbines at Cruach Mhor, Glendaruel, and local companies will now be invited to tender for up to £3m in contracts. 07-Jun-2002 Scottish Power has submitted plans for the development of a £70m wind farm on the site of an abandoned open-cast mine at Forth in South Lanarkshire. 24-May-2002 Scottish Power is planning to shed 500 jobs across Scotland and the north-west of England, including 200 at its Manweb customer sales and services division. 21-Mar-2002 Scottish Power has announced plans to sell Southern Water to a newly-created investment vehicle called First Aqua for £2.05bn, which is expected to lead to a follow-on sale to Vivendi of France. 11-Mar-2002 Scottish Power has submitted plans for the development of a £150m wind farm at Whitelee Forest near Glasgow. 23-Jan-2002 Scottish Power has announced plans to upgrade the electricity network in the Borders region at a cost of £11m, which will create about 100 jobs. 28-Nov-2001 Scottish Power has announced plans for the £1.9bn refinancing of its Southern Water business through the bonds market, having dropped plans to find a buyer. 08-Nov-2001 Scottish Power is expected to appeal against Cheshire County Council's rejection of its plans to build a £70m gas storage and processing plant at Byley. 22-Oct-2001 Scottish Power is forming a joint venture with Sainsbury to supply gas and electricity through supermarkets, starting with a trial in six stores. 18-Oct-2001 Scottish Power has won a £69m 20-year contract to supply power from its Seattle Wind Plant development to the city of Seattle's municipal electricity supplier. 15-Oct-2001 Scottish Power is looking to buy up to 2,000MW of power generating plant in England and Wales and is in discussions with a number of parties. 01-Oct-2001 Scottish Power has won permission to build a £10m electricity substation on a 20-acre site at Aldermans Seat Farm near Gretna. 29-Aug-2001 Scottish Power is forming a joint venture with Alfred McAlpine to provide household gas and electricity connections, which will involve about 500 staff and McAlpine's nationwide network of depots operated by Kennedy Utility Management. 06-Aug-2001 Scottish Power has announced plans to build a £150m windfarm at Whitelee Forest near Glasgow by 2003, which will involve the construction of 140 turbines. 01-Aug-2001 Scottish Power has sold its electrical appliance servicing business to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, which will secure the future of 140 of the 320 jobs in Cumbernauld and Castleford. 27-Jul-2001 Scottish Power is to sell 99 of its 156 electrical stores to Powerhouse and close the rest, in order to focus on energy generation and supply. 19-Jun-2001 Scottish Power, British Energy, BP and other UK energy groups are expected to benefit from US government plans for a major expansion of the power sector, which will include new nuclear plants and the exploitation of Alaskan oil reserves. 18-May-2001 Scottish Power is in discussions to acquire Portland General, the Oregon-based electricity utility, from Enron. 01-May-2001 Scottish Power has been approached by Enel of Italy about the possible sale of its Worthing-based Southern Water subsidiary. 19-Apr-2001 Scottish Power has agreed a £78m electricity and gas supply deal that will result in local authorities in the west of Scotland becoming the largest purchasers of green energy in the UK. 27-Mar-2001 Scottish Power has started testing wind speeds on the Ardeer Peninsula in Ayrshire with a view to setting up a 33-turbine wind farm, although a number of other sites are also being considered for the project. 13-Feb-2001 Scottish Power is to stop selling telecoms and financial services in order to focus on electricity, gas and water, which will involve pulling out of joint ventures with Thus and Royal Bank of Scotland. 02-Feb-2001 PowerGen has sold the Rye House power station in Hertfordshire to Scottish Power for £220m. 22-Dec-2000 Scottish Power is to revive plans to build a £400m gas-fired power station at Enderby in Leicestershire, which would create 40 jobs. 27-Nov-2000 International Power has bought a further 20% stake in the coal-fired Hazelwood power station in Australia from Scottish Power for £32m, taking its stake to 92%. 14-Nov-2000 Scottish Power has sold its Hamilton-based electrical contracting business to Alstom for undisclosed terms. 19-Jul-2000 Scottish Power is planning to make annual savings of £190m at its recently-acquired PacifiCorp business in the US, with 1,600 jobs being lost by the end of 2004. 05-May-2000 Scottish Power is planning to set up a new company called Calanais to provide a global e-business service for the utility sector, and it will employ about 600 people at offices in Glasgow and Chester. 02-May-2000 Scottish Power is linking up with United Utilities and Northern Electric to create an internet-based procurement operation, in order to combine their purchasing power and achieve savings of at least 10%. 06-Apr-2000 Scottish Power is planning to vacate its Borders depot in the centre of Galashiels and relocate most of the 70 administrative staff to new offices out of town. 09-Mar-2000 Scottish Power is planning to build a processing plant and underground natural gas store at Middlewich, in partnership with ICI Chlor-Chemicals. 03-Mar-2000 Scottish Power has won government approval to build a 45MW combined heat and power station at SmithKline Beecham's factory in Irvine, Ayrshire. 24-Feb-2000 Scottish Power is planning a £20m project to build 50 wind turbines and associated infrastructure at Campbeltown. 24-Feb-2000 Scottish Power is planning to open at least 12 electrical superstores this year. 31-Jan-2000 Royal Bank of Scotland is forming a £70m joint venture with Scottish Power to offer an all-in-one internet service, including utilities, banking, insurance and telephone. 12-Jan-2000 Scottish Power has secured final US regulatory approval for its £3.86bn acquisition of PacifiCorp. 25-Nov-1999 Scottish Power is to cut 450 jobs in its electricity distribution business over the next three years, in order to improve efficiency. 19-Nov-1999 Scottish Power is looking to sell its electrical contracting and technology businesses, which employ a total of 1,300 staff, in order to focus on energy and water. 14-Oct-1999 Scottish Power has confirmed plans to sell off a minority stake in its Scottish Telecom business by the end of the year, in order to raise funds for expansion. 18-Sep-1999 Scottish Power is to create 100 jobs at its call centre in Falkirk, in order to sell electricity and gas to consumers and small businesses and to pilot new initiatives such as e-business. 23-Aug-1999 Scottish Power is to install combined heat and power generators at five sewage works owned by its Southern Water subsidiary, in order to supply electricity to up to 5,000 homes in the south of England. 19-Jul-1999 Cap Gemini has won a £6.8m contract to supply IT support services to Scottish Power, in which it will manage the energy company's business-critical systems based in Glasgow. 21-Jun-1999 Scottish Power is forming an alliance with Blue Circle to sell pulverised fuel ash from its power stations to the construction industry. 17-Jun-1999 Scottish Power is planning to set up a Welsh language call centre in Caernarfon for its Manweb electricity business, creating 30 jobs. 07-May-1999 Scottish Power is considering plans to float up to 25% of its Scottish Telecom subsidiary, which could be worth about £1bn. 07-May-1999 Scottish Power has won approval from Argyll and Bute Council to build a £20m 30MW windfarm on the Mull of Kintyre, and is also looking at ten other potential sites throughout the country. 30-Apr-1999 Scottish Power is considering plans to seek a stock market listing for its Scottish Telecom business, which could be valued at up to £2bn. 08-Feb-1999 Scottish Power's attempt to acquire PacifiCorp for $11.8bn could be prevented or delayed by new legislation in Utah that would give the government the final say on the merger. 05-Feb-1999 British Nuclear Fuels has won approval from the industry regulator to continue using Scottish Power's power lines to transmit electricity to England, thereby securing the future of the Chapelcross nuclear plant on the Solway Firth. 31-Dec-1998 Scottish Power is to merge with PacifiCorp, the US electricity utility, in a £4.2bn deal, and the combined business will be named Scottish Power and based in Glasgow. 08-Dec-1998 Scottish Power is expanding the call centre operations of its Electricity Plus retailing division by moving into new offices in Castleford. 13-Nov-1998 Energy Direct is looking to recruit 200 sales people in Wolverhampton to sell gas and electricity on behalf of Scottish Power. 13-Nov-1998 Scottish Power could lose control over the power interconnector to England and hand it to the National Grid, as the electricity regulator has launched a consultation exercise to examine the issue of access. 30-Oct-1998 Scottish Power is said to have ended merger discussions with Cinergy in order to pursue other opportunities in the US. 01-Oct-1998 Scottish Power is considering plans to provide central heating for 80,000 council-owned houses and flats in Glasgow, in a £500m private finance initiative project in conjunction with the council and AHS Emstar. 24-Aug-1998 Scottish Power is said to be in preliminary talks with Cinergy Corp about a possible £4bn bid for the US electricity utility. 24-Aug-1998 Scottish Power is looking to expand in the US, where the energy market is said to be undergoing the same process of liberalisation as is happening in the UK. 23-Jul-1998 Scottish Power is considering plans to scrap its trading alliance with the AA, as the motoring organisation is said to be losing interest in selling financial services alongside energy products. 15-May-1998 The electricity regulator has announced proposals to force companies to demerge their supply and distribution activities so that they use separate management and accounting systems, but Scottish Power has hit back by claiming that this would force prices up. 14-May-1998 Scottish Coal has won contracts worth £400m to supply coal to Scottish Power, which will enable it to go-ahead with the £35m expansion of its Longannet complex in Fife. 12-May-1998 Scottish Power is still looking to acquire a US electricity company following the recent breakdown of talks to merge with Florida Progress. 07-May-1998 Scottish Power has pulled out of talks to acquire Florida Progress, the US electricity supplier, and is now looking for other potential targets in its attempt to become a large international player. 25-Apr-1998 Scottish Power's Scottish Telecom subsidiary is in discussions to acquire Demon Internet, the internet service provider, for about £66m. 09-Apr-1998 Scottish Telecom, part of Scottish Power, is to invest £35m in the installation of a 1,300km fibre optic and radio network in the Highlands and Islands region. 10-Mar-1998 Scottish Power is to start offering combined bills so that customers can pay for gas, electricity, water and telecoms through a single bill, and it will also offer a payment facility via the internet. 12-Feb-1998 Scottish Power is planning to convert the Hatfield Moors gas field in Yorkshire into a gas storage facility to provide protection against movements in prices, thereby ending BG's monopoly on UK gas storage. 11-Feb-1998 Union Energy, the energy company set up by the TUC, is linking up with Scottish Power to offer cheap gas and electricity to 7m trade union members from next year. 25-Nov-1997 Scottish Power has sold Greenhill Enterprises, the landfill and mineral extraction company acquired with Southern Water in 1996, to Haul Waste Group, the South West Water subsidiary, for £10.6m. 05-Nov-1997 Scottish Power and Seeboard are planning a joint venture £200m 500MW combined cycle gas turbine power station at Shoreham in Sussex. 28-Oct-1997 The government has removed conditions on a plan by Scottish Power to export electricity from Scotland to Northern Ireland, which will mean that the power lines can run on overhead pylons throughout its length in Scotland. 14-Oct-1997 Scottish Telecom, the Scottish Power communications business, is to combine its mobile services operation with the Scottish division of Martin Dawes Telecommunications enabling it to offer integrated fixed and mobile services and giving it access to Martin Dawes' advanced billing system. 02-Sep-1997 The Automobile Association is linking up with Scottish Power to offer domestic energy supplies to its 6m members. 19-Jun-1997 Scottish Power has been awarded a gas transporter licence by Ofgas, which will enable it to install gas pipelines as part of a "total utilities solution" for housing and industrial developments. 23-May-1997 Scottish Power has sold IT Southern, the computer services division of its Southern Water acquisition, to ICL for £10.8m. 15-Apr-1997 Offer, the electricity industry regulator, has ruled that Scottish Power and Hydro-Electric will be able to use the full capacity of the electricity interconnector between Scotland and England. 06-Aug-1996 Electrabel of Belgium has acquired a 1.5% stake in Scottish Power and may build the stake up to 5%. 16-Jul-1996 Scottish Power has bought a 15MW commercial windfarm near Douglas in Lanarkshire for £15m from the developer Trigen. 03-Jun-1996 Scottish Power has launched a £1.56bn bid for Southern Water, and if it succeeds it would become the country's largest multi-utility. 29-May-1996 Scottish Power plans to become a multi-utility by moving into telecoms and retail gas supply. 10-May-1996 Utilicorp of the US is pulling out of gas joint ventures with Midlands Electricity, Seeboard, and Scottish Power, but retaining interests in ventures with Norweb, Sweb and Eastern Group. 17-Apr-1996 Scottish Power is considering plans to build a £400m 1,000MW gas-fired power station near Leicester. 29-Jan-1996 Scottish Power is aiming to reduce costs by £63m a year following the purchase of Manweb, which is being reorganised from 10 districts into 3 regions. 19-Jan-1996 Scottish Power is planning 350 job cuts at Manweb in Chester, and will move the head office to a smaller building. 13-Dec-1995 Scottish Power and North West Water have sold their National Grid stakes for £376m. 12-Dec-1995
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