Press Releases

Sep 28, 2011 09:52 BST Scottish and Southern Energy Wave energy company Aquamarine Power took another major step towards the commercialisation of its Oyster technology with the announcement today 27 September 2011 of £7 million of new funding and a commitment of further investment in the company from its existing shareholders over the next two years.

Sep 26, 2011 09:13 BST Royal Dutch Shell Australia’s Arrow Energy Holdings Pty Ltd (“Arrow”) has today confirmed that it has entered into a Scheme Implementation Agreement (“SIA”) with coal seam gas company Bow Energy Ltd (“Bow”) under which Arrow has agreed to acquire all of the shares in Bow for a cash consideration of A$1.52 per Bow share. The offer values Bow at A$535 million.

Sep 19, 2011 08:55 BST Scottish and Southern Energy A 20-year-old SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy) employee from Trowbridge is proving she really is a bright spark by being named Apprentice of the Year at a top training college.

Sep 15, 2011 10:43 BST Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed a letter of intent with the Japanese airline Skymark Airlines to provide Trent 900 engines to power six Airbus A380 aircraft, including TotalCare® long-term engine service and support. The aircraft will enter into service in 2014.

Sep 14, 2011 14:01 BST Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a contract from India’s Cochin Shipyard to supply 60 water jets for a new fleet of 20 Fast Patrol Vessels for the Indian Coast Guard.

SEKAB signs partner agreement with Jubilant Pharmaceuticals NV Belgium  – New marketing, logistics agreement opens doors for European expansion

Sep 12, 2011 06:00 BST SEKAB SEKAB BioFuels & Chemicals AB has signed a partner agreement with Jubilant Pharmaceuticals, European subsidiary of an India-based global pharma company Jubilant Life Sciences which provides Life Science Products and Services across the value chain, serving its customers globally with its ground presence in India, North America, Europe and China.

Sep 09, 2011 13:46 BST Scottish and Southern Energy Turbines have started to be erected at SSE’s Gordonbush wind farm near Brora, Sutherland. The 35 turbine site will generate 70MW of renewable electricity. The wind farm is on course for completion by Spring 2012 with a construction cost of over £100m.

Sep 09, 2011 13:43 BST Royal Dutch Shell As part of the Tullow-operated joint venture, Shell today confirms an oil discovery in the Guyane Maritime permit approximately 150-kilometers offshore French Guiana.

Jun 27, 2011 08:25 BST Vattenfall Europe AG Dresden’s City Council yesterday gave the go-ahead for EnergieVerbund Dresden GmbH (EVD) to acquire a 21.3 per cent interest in ENSO, to date held by Vattenfall. This was earlier announced on April 13 and is in line with the continued implementation of Vattenfall’s new Group strategy.