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  • Billionaire Buffett buys Exxon stake

    Billionaire Buffett buys Exxon stake Posted on 18 November 2013 by Vicky Ellis American billionaire Warren Buffett’s firm has bought a $3.45billion (£2.1bn) stake in oil and gas giant ExxonMobil according to reports. ExxonMobil’s shares rose when news broke that Berkshire Hathaway had taken the multi-billion dollar punt at the end of last week. In […]

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  • Repeated calls for Chancellor to tackle rising business bills

    Repeated calls for Chancellor to tackle rising business bills Posted on 18 November 2013 by Tom Grimwood The manufacturers’ organisation EEF has called on the Chancellor to do more to tackle rising energy bills for businesses, echoing a similar petition by the CBI last week. Speaking ahead of George Osborne’s Autumn statement due in December, […]

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  • Energy Live 2013 highlights

    Energy Live 2013 highlights Posted on 15 November 2013 by Priyanka Shrestha Vicky Ellis takes you through the day at Energy Live 2013 including all the headline speaker sessions and views from some of the 450 who attended. Leave a Reply Article source: http://www.energylivenews.com/2013/11/15/energy-live-2013-highlights/

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  • US supplier to switch off eight coal-fired power stations

    US supplier to switch off eight coal-fired power stations Posted on 17 November 2013 by Tom Grimwood A large American energy company is to close eight of its coal-fired power plants – taking 3GW of coal capacity offline. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) which provides power to around 9 million people in the south east […]

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  • Chancellor ‘should focus on prices’ to keep Britain competitive

    Chancellor ‘should focus on prices’ to keep Britain competitive Posted on 16 November 2013 by Tom Grimwood The Chancellor should focus on the cost of energy in his Autumn statement to safeguard the competitiveness of British businesses, according to CBI Director-General, John Cridland. In an open letter to George Osborne published today he said rising […]

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  • US to oppose separate UN climate change ‘reparations’

    US to oppose separate UN climate change ‘reparations’ Posted on 16 November 2013 by Tom Grimwood US negotiators have been told to oppose calls for a separate mechanism to pay for climate change ‘reparations’ at the UN climate change talks in Warsaw, according to an internal State Department memo seen by The Hindu. The issue […]

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  • Tesla opens its first electric car showroom in Britain

    Tesla opens its first electric car showroom in Britain Posted on 15 November 2013 by Tom Grimwood American electric car company Tesla Motors has opened its first showroom in Britain at the Westfield Shopping Centre in London’s White City, it’s reported. The Model S (pictured) being sold at the store has a £49,000 price tag, […]

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  • Costs for decarbonisation ‘should come from general taxation’

    Costs for decarbonisation ‘should come from general taxation’ Posted on 15 November 2013 by Priyanka Shrestha Some of the social and industry policy obligations that the UK is trying to deliver for decarbonising the power sector should come from “general taxation” rather than be levied through the Energy Bill. That’s the view of Doug Parr […]

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  • Queen to visit Co-op HQ – the world’s most environmentally friendly building

    Queen to visit Co-op HQ – the world’s most environmentally friendly building Posted on 14 November 2013 by Vicky Ellis Today the Queen will visit the Co-operative Group’s headquarters which has just been declared the most environmentally-friendly building in the world. The 14 storey Angel Square building in Manchester is powered by a generator under […]

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  • London SMEs could save £360,000 under ‘FoodSave’ scheme

    London SMEs could save £360,000 under ‘FoodSave’ scheme Posted on 14 November 2013 by Priyanka Shrestha Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in London will be offered help on cutting food waste and using renewable energy generation to maximise their profits under a new initiative. Called ‘FoodSave’, the scheme will support more than 240 SMEs […]

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