GDF Suez initiated a bid for International Power
GDF Suez, the fifth biggest power producer in Europe, has made a takeover proposal for the FTSE 100-listed International Power, a move which will likely elevate political anxiety over the sale of the vital British energy infrastructure. GDF Suez is 35 per cent partly owned by the French government. It has
by Emma Young January 18th, 2010
Licences for nine UK offshore wind projects awarded
Successful bids for nine UK offshore wind projects have been recently awarded to energy companies. In total, turbines to be installed in the nine zones can produce at least 32GW of energy, a quarter of the country's required electricity. The consortium ...
by Justin Becks January 8th, 2010
Pensioners to lose £3,500 over boiler scrappage scheme
Low income families and pensioners that are currently receiving benefits from the UK government can now apply for aid under the Warm Front scheme in purchasing and installing a new boiler for their homes. However, if households choose to apply instead ...
by Jason Drew January 8th, 2010
Survey Results Highlight Best and Worst Energy Suppliers in UK
In the latest Which? Switch satisfaction survey, some of the biggest names in European energy received the lowest scores in a surprising turn of results. Npower scored the lowest on the survey for the third year in a row, earning ...
by Beth Williams September 25th, 2009
UK Utilities Fail to Cut Prices Despite Drop in Wholesale Market
A new report released by ICIS Heren has highlighted six of the UK's major energy industry players as failing to cut down prices in gas and electricity for their customers even though wholesale prices have been dropping rapidly. Energy utilities including ...
by Emma Young September 4th, 2009
NPower Tries New Way of Promoting Energy Efficiency
A new advert has just come out from nPower that aims to promote energy efficiency in a different way. This new ad promotes energy efficiency using the well loved film and TV stars Wallace and Gromit. The new ad from ...
by Justin Becks July 24th, 2009
Npower Chooses To Cut Electricity Bills
www.npower.org Following suit with many of the other UK energy provides, Npower is choosing to finally cut their prices. Although the power bills are being cut, gas customers are still going to be angered by the decision to level gas prices ...
by Lynnette Adamson March 18th, 2009
NPower Builds Log Fired Boiler
www.NPower.com The NPower's Green Energy Fund has now helped to build a brand new log fired boiler. This new boiler has been placed in Shropshire at Carding Mill Valley. This log fired boiler alone is expected to help cut down the ...
by Justin Becks March 4th, 2009
Npower Launches Little Green Fingers
Npower is one of the many leading energy companies that are found in the UK that strives to help raise public awareness of the energy problems the UK faces. However, unlike some other companies, Npower has tried to focus its attention on the world of tomorrow by informing young kids
by Jason Drew March 2nd, 2009
NPower Helping To Raise Public Awareness
NPower, the UK's largest electricity supplier, is doing its part to help encourage students to learn about energy. In a one day educational experience, NPower visited the Cramlington Learning Village in Northumberland to help over 50 students learn about science ...
by Samantha Donovan February 27th, 2009
