subject: Scotland Approves Major Power Transmission Line Upgrade, an Industrial Info News Alert [print this page] Author: Market Wire Author: Market Wire
GALWAY, IRELAND--(Marketwire - January 7, 2010) - Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) -- Scotland's bid to become a renewable energy powerhouse in Europe took a giant step forward as the government granted permission for energy companies to build a controversial 220-kilometer electricity transmission line. Scottish and Southern Energy plc (OTC:SSEZY) (SSE) (Perth, Scotland) and ScottishPower (Glasgow, Scotland) have been given the green light to upgrade the existing 132-kilovolt (kV) overhead electricity transmission line with a 400-kV line between Beauly, near Inverness, and Wharry Burn, near Stirling. ScottishPower was granted permission to upgrade to the high-voltage transmission line between Beauly and Denny, near Falkirk, to 400 kV. The project will cost an estimated 350 million ($558 million), and work could start as early as this summer. For details, view the entire article by subscribing to Industrial Info's Premium Industry News at http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showNews.jsp?newsitemID=154323, or browse other breaking industrial news stories at www.industrialinfo.eu. Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy related markets. For more than 26 years, Industrial Info has provided plant and project opportunity databases, market forecasts, high resolution maps, and daily industry news. For more information send inquiries to europe@industrialinfo.co.uk or visit us online at Industrial Info Europe (http://www.industrialinfo.eu). GALWAY, IRELAND--(Marketwire - January 7, 2010) - Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) -- Scotland's bid to become a renewable energy powerhouse in Europe took a giant step forward as the government granted permission for energy companies to build a controversial 220-kilometer electricity transmission line. Scottish and Southern Energy plc (OTC:SSEZY) (SSE) (Perth, Scotland) and ScottishPower (Glasgow, Scotland) have been given the green light to upgrade the existing 132-kilovolt (kV) overhead electricity transmission line with a 400-kV line between Beauly, near Inverness, and Wharry Burn, near Stirling. ScottishPower was granted permission to upgrade to the high-voltage transmission line between Beauly and Denny, near Falkirk, to 400 kV. The project will cost an estimated 350 million ($558 million), and work could start as early as this summer. For details, view the entire article by subscribing to Industrial Info's Premium Industry News at http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showNews.jsp?newsitemID=154323, or browse other breaking industrial news stories at www.industrialinfo.eu. Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy related markets. For more than 26 years, Industrial Info has provided plant and project opportunity databases, market forecasts, high resolution maps, and daily industry news. For more information send inquiries to europe@industrialinfo.co.uk or visit us online at Industrial Info Europe (http://www.industrialinfo.eu).About the Author:
