Return to profit won’t halt UK Coal closure

Published: 27/04/2012

BRITAIN’S biggest coal producer yesterday said talks about closing one of the country’s largest mines were ongoing despite its first annual profit in four years.

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Oil driller Xcite unveils fundraising plans

Published: 27/04/2012

OIL explorer Xcite Energy revealed on Friday that it is in talks with banks to fund the further development of the Aberdeen-based firm’s Bentley field in the North Sea.

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All Energy Conference

Dates: 23/05/2012 to 25/05/2012

Location: Aberdeen

All Energy Conference

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Oil price increase helps to send Shell’s profits into overdrive

Published: 26/04/2012

ROYAL Dutch Shell pumped up profits in its first trading quarter, with the energy major revealing on Thursday that surging oil prices outweighed the headwinds of lower US gas income.

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Subsidy cuts could pull the plug on community green energy schemes

Published: 07/02/2012

COMMUNITY scale green energy projects could be put out of business by Scottish Government plans to slash subsidy support for onshore wind and hydro schemes, the SNP has been warned.

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£100m boost for renewable energy projects in Scotland

Published: 11/11/2011

AN EXTRA £100 million will be made available to support green energy projects in Scotland after a deal was stuck between Holyrood and Westminster.

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Has Ian Marchant’s plan to appease the regulator and help customers backfired?

Published: 16/10/2011

When Scottish & Southern Energy chief executive Ian Marchant stood up at the Policy Exchange’s energy pricing debate, he knew his speech would be followed closely by media and consumer groups already delighted with the course he was steering for t...

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