Peterhead

Scotland, somewhere near what Danish sailors call Peterhead, and then the < i > Valkyrie stretched out direct for the Faroe Islands, between

Voyage au centre de la terre. English Jules Verne 1866

Two major energy companies have combined forces to bolster the case to build the UK's first carbon-capture project at Peterhead power station near Aberdeen.

Shell and SSE join forces for UK's first carbon-capture project 2011

The Peterhead gas-fired power station is owned by SSE and was one of the first to be mooted for carbon-capture.

Shell and SSE join forces for UK's first carbon-capture project 2011

The Peterhead alliance was welcomed, if cautiously, by WWF Scotland, the Scottish Labour party and Friends of the Earth Scotland.

Shell and SSE join forces for UK's first carbon-capture project 2011

Shell and SSE said they would accelerate their planning and designs for Peterhead, to retrofit CCS equipment to one of its three 385MW combined gas cycle turbines.

Shell and SSE join forces for UK's first carbon-capture project 2011

Shell and SSE hope to bring carbon-capture to Peterhead despite the cancellation of plans at Longannet above.

Shell and SSE join forces for UK's first carbon-capture project 2011

If I want a scene on a Scottish trawler in the Denmark Strait, I'll find an old fishing skipper in the Scottish town of Peterhead and ask him to tell me what it was like.

How to Keep a Thriller Real 2011

Last week, one Faroese boat was blockaded at the quayside by angry local skippers in Peterhead.

Shetland trawlermen illegally caught £15m worth of herring and mackerel 2010

One charge, stealing fishing nets, broke the monotony, as no one in court could understand the Peterhead accents.

A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010

The bodies of eight people have been recovered after the Bond Super Puma came down about 15 miles off Peterhead.

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