Areva T&D Split Between Alstom & Schneider Electric
Areva Transmission and Distribution (T&D) has recently been put on the market for sale by its parent company. In a joint endeavor, Alstom and Schneider Electric are considering purchasing the company. Should the joint venture succeed the two companies would divide ...
by Samantha Donovan July 24th, 2009
EDF UK in network improvement programme
EDF Energy Networks has had a three hundred site Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition network finished by a subsidiary of General Electric, Satlynx. The new completed network upgrade in the United Kingdom for EDF Energy is part of a larger network enhancement ...
by Tessa Clarke July 4th, 2008
Energy experts not impressed with green energy strategy
As the green energy strategy awaits unveiling energy experts are accusing the government of being a latter-day convert. Experts say that the United Kingdom is playing when other nations in the world are already steps ahead in renewable energy generation. The ...
by Emma Young June 28th, 2008
Scotland to focus on hydro-electricity
While governments strategy for the whole of the United Kingdom regarding renewable energy is to have between thirty per cent and thirty five per cent of electricity being produced from renewable sources by the year 2020, the ministers in the ...
by Jason Drew June 28th, 2008
Higher bills to arise from shift to renewable energy
Home owners have been cautioned that the shift away from generation of electricity from fossil fuels to renewable sources will cause an increase in the electricity bills. The Business Secretary, John Hutton, has outlined proposals to move away from generation of ...
by Lynnette Adamson June 27th, 2008
Landowners offered money by wind farm developers
Developers of wind farm are offering land owners money as compensation for letting wind energy turbines to be set up on their property. In correspondence with landowners in Capheaton village close to Kirkwhelpington, in the Tyne Valley Scottish Power is giving ...
by Emma Young June 27th, 2008
Wind energy programme set for expansion
The government is set to unveil a huge expansion in the capacity of wind generation fro wind sources. There are plans to develop seven thousand wind energy turbines both offshore and on shore. The urgency of the matter is further heightened ...
by Emma Young June 27th, 2008
Doubling of bad debts for E.ON
Paul Golby, the chief executive officer of E.ON UK has revealed that as a result of customers having a hard time coping with the rising electricity and gas prices, bad debts had increased by more than double in the last ...
by Lynnette Adamson June 26th, 2008
Wind farms get approval
2 wind energy projects which have been proposed for South Ayrshire have received approval. The two wind farms will have a combined electricity generating capacity equivalent to the power consumption of one hundred and seventeen thousand households. One of the wind ...
by Jason Drew June 26th, 2008
Special energy prices for the poor proposed
Charity organisations have proposed that energy companies should hand out to retirees fifty sterling pounds in rebate on their electricity and gas bills this winter season as a way of assisting the fuel poor. This comes a week after reports indicated ...
by Emma Young June 26th, 2008
Power cuts likely if energy expansion is delayed
The United Kingdom is in danger of facing serious electricity shortages five years from now if the plans to develop new nuclear and renewable energy facilities are held up. This warning came from the Confederation of British Industries. The Confederation of ...
by Emma Young June 25th, 2008
