Has Alistair Darling forgotten that he is no longer the Cabinet secretary in charge of Trade and Industry (or the Department for Business & Enterprise as his former ministry is now called)? The Chancellor generated some cheap publicity yesterday with the news that he has summoned Britain's energy regulator to explain why millions of households are about to be hammered by rises in gas prices. But last time I checked, energy matters were still the responsibility of Secretary of State John Hutton and his ministerial sidekick, Malcolm Wicks (Comment) - The Telegraph
Gas companies are to introduce regional pricing - charging some householders up to £100 a year more for using the same amount of energy as those in other parts of Britain, it has been disclosed - The Telegraph
A row has erupted in Brussels over proposals to introduce a carbon tax on goods entering the European Union from countries that fail to take measures to curb carbon dioxide emissions - The Times
The chancellor has made a surprise intervention in the row over soaring gas and electricity prices for millions of consumers, with up to 24m homes facing double-digit percentage rises in the coming weeks - The Guardian
Energy islands could use power of tropics, says innovator. Architect of Cameron's green makeover launches ambitious new plan - The Guardian
A massive drill broke through a mountainside above Loch Ness yesterday, marking a significant step in the development of a major hydro-electric scheme. The tunnel-boring machine, measuring 650ft in length, emerged from the ground at the site of the Glendoe project, near Fort Augustus, in the morning - The Press & Journal
Taxpayers will escape having to pay any part of the bill for dealing with waste from a new generation of nuclear power stations, the government insisted on Monday. Instead the full cost of waste disposal and decommissioning will be met from nuclear generators' revenues, it said – Financial Times
British Energy , the nuclear power generator, outperformed yesterday amid talk that it could be a takeover target for a European utility company. Its shares jumped 6 per cent to 571p - the best performer in a weak FTSE 100 - with EDF, Eon and RWE mentioned as potential predators. – Financial Times
When last month's cold snap reached its low point on 17 December, it sparked the single biggest day of demand for natural gas in nearly two years, as people turned up their radiators. Yet, rather than triggering a similar spike in the gas flowing from Europe via the Interconnector - the undersea pipeline that links European gas producers via a terminal in Zeebrugge, Belgium to Bacton, Norfolk - the desperately needed gas from the continent was piping in at just 12% capacity - Independent
British Energy , the nuclear power generator, outperformed yesterday amid talk that it could be a takeover target for a European utility company. Its shares jumped 6 per cent to 571p - the best performer in a weak FTSE 100 - with EDF, Eon and RWE mentioned as potential predators. – Financial Times
When last month's cold snap reached its low point on 17 December, it sparked the single biggest day of demand for natural gas in nearly two years, as people turned up their radiators. Yet, rather than triggering a similar spike in the gas flowing from Europe via the Interconnector - the undersea pipeline that links European gas producers via a terminal in Zeebrugge, Belgium to Bacton, Norfolk - the desperately needed gas from the continent was piping in at just 12% capacity - Independent
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