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Guest Blog: Wayne Mitchell on fixing your energy costs
Guest Blog: Wayne Mitchell on fixing your energy costs Jun 13, 2014 Andrew Keogh Latest Blogs 0 A new opportunity to control energy costs While the commodity element of energy bills is not forecast to increase dramatically over the next decade, the share of policy-related costs is set to grow and push bills ever upward. […]
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Gazprom asserts Monday deadline for Ukraine gas bill
Gazprom asserts Monday deadline for Ukraine gas bill Jun 14, 2014 Vicky Ellis Coal, Gas Oil, Markets Finance 0 Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller. Image: Thinkstock Russian energy firm Gazprom has set Monday 16 June as the “final deadline” for Ukraine to pay its gas debt. Yesterday Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller confirmed it wants the $1.95 […]
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Iraq conflict ‘threatens OPEC oil supply’
Iraq conflict ‘threatens OPEC oil supply’ Jun 13, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil, Markets Finance 0 The escalating violence in Iraq threatens supplies from OPEC’s second largest oil producer, according to the daily market report from npower. “Repairs at the main pipeline from the Kirkuk oil field to the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan and […]
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Ofgem eyes E.ON over January prices rises
Ofgem eyes E.ON over January prices rises Jun 13, 2014 Vicky Ellis Policy Legislation 0 Image: Thinkstock Regulators are looking at whether E.ON UK’s price rise in January 2013 breached rules. Ofgem said today it is investigating the rise of an average 8.7% for the supplier’s dual fuel tariff. Suppliers are obliged to give a […]
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New UK gas store looks set to take first load
New UK gas store looks set to take first load Jun 12, 2014 Vicky Ellis Coal, Gas Oil, Markets Finance 0 The UK’s newest gas storage site at a salt cavern in Cheshire looks ready to take its first load. Stublach has told the market it wants to take 2 million cubic meters (mcm), according […]
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England vs Uruguay match to kick off UK power surge
England vs Uruguay match to kick off UK power surge Jun 12, 2014 Vicky Ellis Infrastructure Generation 0 Arena Corinthian, temporarily renamed Arena de Sao Paolo for the World Cup, is venue for England’s match vs Uruguay. England’s first football match in the World Cup versus Uruguay is predicted to cause the biggest UK surge […]
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Huge Chilean hydro plant rejected
Huge Chilean hydro plant rejected Jun 11, 2014 Vicky Ellis Low Carbon, Policy Legislation 0 Image: Thinkstock Chile has binned plans for a huge hydropower project in Patagonia. Two fifths of the country’s energy supply is hydropower but it won’t be getting five new hydroelectric dams as yesterday ministers rejected the HidroAysén project. The hydroenergy […]
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‘Britain should take a risk on nuclear energy’
‘Britain should take a risk on nuclear energy’ Jun 11, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Low Carbon 0 The UK Government should take a risk on nuclear power and utilise its domestic expertise rather than import resources from other nations. That’s the suggestion from Takuya Hattori, President of the Japanese Atomic Industry Forum (JAIF), who was one […]
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First Tesla electric cars cruise into UK
First Tesla electric cars cruise into UK Jun 10, 2014 Vicky Ellis Infrastructure Generation, Low Carbon 0 Image: Tesla The first five right hand drive electric cars from Tesla rolled into London on Friday, heralding the start of the firm’s plan to spread its electric roots across the UK. With prices starting from £50,280, including […]
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Dodgy face to face energy sales tackled by Aussies
Dodgy face to face energy sales tackled by Aussies Jun 10, 2014 Vicky Ellis Policy Legislation 0 Image: Thinkstock Sales agents who breach the rules when “face to face” selling are the focus of updated guidelines approved by Australian regulators. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission acted after concerns an existing code doesn’t make suppliers […]
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