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.
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.
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...
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.
EIN Presswire (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
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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...
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...
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...
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 [...]
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.