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British Gas

Centrica buys Solar Technologies

LONDON (ShareCast) - Centrica (LSE: CNA.L - news) has paid £2.8m in cash for Solar Technologies Group, allowing British Gas to install solar photovoltaic (PV) technology in the UK. Solar Technologies is one of British...

Ceres Power says fuel cell module meets target; posts FY loss

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Ceres Power Holdings Plc., the AIM-listed alternative energy company, said its 1kW Fuel Cell Module has achieved performance, size and weight targets on schedule. The module is part of Ceres...

BRITISH GAS LAUNCHES GREENEST ENERGY TARIFF

9 August 2007: British Gas has announced it is launching two new green energy tariffs, Zero Carbon, which will be the greenest tariff available on the domestic market and Future Energy. Briti...Source: ONE AT ALL - PROJECT

Credit crunch: Do you have cash to burn?

by JAYNE ATHERTON - UK Energy Saving suggests turning off the tap, lowering the thermostat by 1 and filling the kettle with only the water you need. The Energy Saving Trust will give you a home energy check, which may...

An audacious distributed energy model

I think it was in Bangalore a few years ago when I had this sort of Eureka moment. Watching Reliance Industries [Get Quote] chief Mukesh Ambani unveil his gas-based distributed energy model last week in Mumbai, I had a...

Market overview: Footsie down 103 (ShareCast)

LONDON (ShareCast) - 1515: Footsie are also in the blue. FTSE 100 down 103 at 5,093. 1355: Footsie has slumped further into the red as investors bite their nails over the prospects of the US $700bn mortgage bailout being...

Power giants 'owe millions to customers'

Britain's 'big six' energy giants should be made to pay back millions of pounds to customers using pre-payment meters, says the Government's new consumer watchdog. Consumer Focus says the 5.9m households with the meters...

BE investor declines to sell to EdF amid growing concerns

One of British Energy’s biggest investors has so far declined to sell its stake to EdF, believing that the French company’s £12.5bn takeover bid may yet fail regulatory hurdles. By Russell Hotten, Industry Editor M&G,...

Protesters condemn British Gas price rises

Sep 29 2008 by James McCarthy, South Wales Echo PROTESTERS descended on the headquarters of British Gas to condemn the company for its price hikes. The People Before Profit Charter set up the demonstration outside the...

Whitehall keeps its say on BE

Ministers retain rights on nuclear plant sale. By Dominic O’Connell and Danny Fortson MINISTERS are to keep a “special” share in British Energy (BE) that will give them the power to block the sale of its nuclear-power...