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Danvers blast company sues National Grid

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

One of the companies involved in an explosion that leveled a Danvers neighborhood three years ago has sued National Grid.

Today: Banks 'came close to meltdown'

Radio 4 - Today (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

The Bank of England has revealed for the first time that it lent Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and HBOS £61.6bn in emergency funding during the banking crisis last year. The huge sum is four times the value of the National Grid, and was kept hidden from the public. Treasury Minister Lord Myners discusses the secret loan, and chief economics correspondent Hugh Pym comments on the implications for...

NGCP forges MOA with PAGASA for utilization of weather equipment

Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

MANILA, Nov. 25 (PNA) — The country’s operator of transmission highway, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), has forged an agreement with the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA)to share the Storm Tracking Alert and Relay System (STARS) that will be utilized during emergencies caused by severe weather conditions.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute New Online Power Systems Management Master of Science Degree

EIN Presswire (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

/ EIN Presswire / Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is proud to offer a Master of Science degree in Power Systems Management to corporations worldwide. This specialized program combines essential topics in power systems engineering with technology-focused business courses. ONLINE Program Starting Spring 2010 The WPI Power Systems MS degree will be delivered 100% online starting spring 2010. All...

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5 companies to pay for Newtown Creek cleanup

Queens Crap (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

From the Daily News : Five polluters are on the hook for a proposed Superfund cleanup of Newtown Creek, federal officials said. The corporations - oil companies Exxon Mobil, Chevron and BP; gas company National Grid, and mining company Phelps Dodge - are working on a deal to pay for the investigation phase of the cleanup. The group had been in talks with the state since Attorney General Andrew Cuomo...

The Hillbillies

A View from Rural Wales (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

This lady's name is Linda Rowe, and she lives in the village of Kerry, in Montgomeryshire. She is the lead singer with The Hillbillies, and as well as having a strong voice, has strong opinions - especially in respect of the damage that wind turbines and associated power cables inflict on the landscape. I'd not met Linda until this weekend, but when she told me her name, I remembered that I'd been...

Is the wind power bubble about to burst?

Marmalade Sandwich (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

I have no expertise in energy. But I have been reading one or two things about it recently which interest me. Take this quote from Professor Ian Fells , from an article in the Express : “For a long time I have thought that the wind power bubble would burst. I think that’s starting to happen. Ed Miliband tells people that to oppose wind farms is morally indefensible, but as more people start...

National Grid Again Rejects High Costs of Offshore Wind

Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

National Grid for the second time has turned down a proposal from a Rhode Island offshore wind developer that wants to sell the electricity retailer energy from a yet-to-be-developed wind farm. National Grid says the price to purchase renewable energy from New Jersey-based Deepwater Wind is too high, reports the Providence Journal. Deepwater is seeking to [...]

Energy: GE's bid for Areva arm poses questions, CIC buys 20%...

Arts Reader (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

If this email is not displayed correctly, please click on the following link or open your browser and paste the link into the address field: http://view.ed4.net/v/KC2844/H4A00/F6OKVB/L9EJY/ Energy Friday November 20 2009 FT.com - Energy GE's bid for Areva arm poses questions The sale of Areva's power transmission and distribution subsidiary sparks speculation about whether France really is ready to...

Five companies clean up Newtown Creek

NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Five corporations - oil companies Exxon Mobil, Chevron and BP; gas company National Grid, and mining company Phelps Dodge - are working on a deal to pay for the investigation phase of the proposed cleanup of Newtown Creek.

NGCP official: Mindanao needs additional power plant

Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov. 20 (PNA)--A top official of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) disclosed that there is a need to construct an additional power plant to cater to the electricity needs of Mindanao.

National Grid insulates itself against regulatory shocks

Times Online (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

National Grid is Britain’s biggest utility. It is also the best-performing — over the past six months at least. Shares in the electricity transmission and gas distribution group, which is also a big player in the US, have gained more than 6 per cent since May — against a 3 per cent slide in its blue-chip sector.

Government gears up £30m to promote charging points

Times Online (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Electric cars and unreliable wind power could bring down Britain’s electricity network, National Grid said as the Government launched a £30 million grant scheme to promote the installation of charging points for plug-in cars.

Investment Column: Buy your own piece of the National Grid

The Independent (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

It's hardly boom time, but there have been tentative signs of activity in the capital markets, helped by the recovery in equity prices over the past few months. It's deal activity that generates the real fees and if M&A, flotations and the like show a sustained revival it would be a shot in the arm for the stock. But even without that, some 96 per cent of 2009 revenues are now committed, and the...

National Grid's profits still powering ahead

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

NATIONAL Grid is on track for another year of "strong performance" after reporting a 16 per cent hike in interim profits.

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