Joint UK venture for EDF
EDF Energies Nouvelles and EDF Energy have come together to form a new joint venture firm called EDF Energy Renewables. Each of the two companies will own fifty per cent of the new outfit. EDF Energy and EDF Energies Nouvelles will ...
by Tessa Clarke June 11th, 2008
Decision on wind farm gets backing
Prior to a public to be held for another wind energy project in a neighbouring area, there have been calls for a decision to be made concerning a planned Northumberland wind farm. A public inquiry was held in 2007 to look ...
by Emma Young June 11th, 2008
EDF likely to win bid
EDF, the government-controlled energy utility of France is likely to get the go ahead to take over Britain’s number one nuclear energy generator within a span of two weeks. The deal is likely to be announced in the course of the ...
by Lynnette Adamson June 9th, 2008
Fire at substation causes blackouts
In the south eastern parts of London, hundreds of households and thousands of people were left without electricity after a fire broke out at an electricity sub-station. The fire was in Sydenham park and the London Fire Brigade was notified at about twenty one minutes past seven in the morning
by Emma Young June 9th, 2008
Area suffers blackouts
A couple of households in East Huntspill close to Burnham-On-Sea have been experiencing severe and recurring electricity blackouts. The power distribution company responsible for the area, Western Power Distribution made a confirmation that indeed there had been an electrical fault which ...
by Emma Young June 9th, 2008
Electricity market to be liberalised
The electricity market in Northern Ireland is set to be liberalised and this could be good news for electricity users since it would encourage competitive practises and lead to a reduction in prices. This became clear after the firm which ...
by Emma Young June 8th, 2008
Power cuts affect learning
In a village in Suffolk electricity outages have caused chaos and frustration to the point that one high school which is prepared its students for O level and A level exams is struggling to ensure that learning is not discontinued. In Stowupland which is close to Stowmarket the power crisis has
by Tessa Clarke June 8th, 2008
Huge investment in energy needed to avert crisis
The chief executive officer of E.ON UK has said that Britain will experience electricity outages more frequently and severely than what has previously been the case unless a lot of additional many new electricity generating stations are developed fast enough. Paul ...
by Justin Becks June 8th, 2008
Shipbuilders urged to take advantage of wind energy explosion
Calls have been made for the shipbuilding sector in the North East to get ready to exploit the economic advantages that would come about as a result of the wind energy boom in the region. The New and Renewable Energy Centre ...
by Emma Young June 7th, 2008
Wind energy to beat nuclear energy
Leaders in wind energy in the United Kingdom have said that in the next five years the amount of energy that is generated from wind will surpass that generated from nuclear sources. Figures given by the British Wind Energy Association show that the installed wind energy generating capacity in the United
by Samantha Donovan June 7th, 2008
Energy firm forms subsidiary
The share price of Ramco Energy which is based in Scotland went up after Ramco Energy made the announcement that it had formed a subsidiary which would be solely responsible for the generation of energy from wind sources. ...
by Jenson Brayshaw June 7th, 2008
