http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/ Energy news for executives in the UK. Covering issues in oil and gas, fossil fuels, nuclear power, renewable energy. The Government's public health safety watchdog has warned that energy saving lightbulbs can emit levels of UV radiation sufficient to damage skin http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Energy-saving-lightbulbs-could-damage-skin_8493.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Energy-saving-lightbulbs-could-damage-skin_8493.aspx Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:41:38 GMT Energy Digital UK Oil slid by more than a dollar to below $88 a barrel on Thursday, as a series of bold rescue moves by policy makers around the world failed to lift fears the global economy was heading for a meltdown. http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Oil-back-below--90-on-demand-worries_8253.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Oil-back-below--90-on-demand-worries_8253.aspx Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:21:31 GMT Energy Digital UK Kazakhstan is interested in acquiring stakes belonging to both Britain's BP and Oman in a key Caspian Sea pipeline pumping Kazakh crude to the Black Sea, a senior Kazakh official said on Wednesday http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Kazakhs-interested-in-both-Oman-and-BP-stakes-in-CPC_8260.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Kazakhs-interested-in-both-Oman-and-BP-stakes-in-CPC_8260.aspx Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:00:21 GMT Energy Digital UK Nuclear power operator British Energy said its power output in the first half fell against the same period last year due to repairs at two of its UK nuclear stations, although it met management expectations. http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/British-Energy-H1-output-falls-but-meets-expectations_8119.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/British-Energy-H1-output-falls-but-meets-expectations_8119.aspx Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:14:45 GMT Energy Digital UK Millions of British consumers are missing out on the full benefits of energy market competition as the best price deals are not open to them, a UK energy regulator has said http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Millions-of-Britons-missing-out-on-best-energy-prices_8161.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Millions-of-Britons-missing-out-on-best-energy-prices_8161.aspx Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:42:29 GMT Energy Digital UK Gordon Brown’s government reshuffle has seen the creation of a new energy and climate department headed by Ed Miliband http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Government-launches-new-energy-and-climate-department_8052.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Government-launches-new-energy-and-climate-department_8052.aspx Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:31:29 GMT Energy Digital UK North Sea Energy has sealed a US$12,000,000 funding arrangement with Gemini Oil & Gas Fund II, LP for the development of the UK's Jacky oilfield http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/North-Sea-Energy-in-arrangement-with-Gemini_8024.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/North-Sea-Energy-in-arrangement-with-Gemini_8024.aspx Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:54:37 GMT Energy Digital UK Northern Ireland will face spiralling energy costs following electriciy and gas bill increases http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Northern-Ireland-energy-hike_8005.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Northern-Ireland-energy-hike_8005.aspx Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:18:28 GMT Energy Digital UK It has been announced that he world's largest tidal-powered energy farm could be built in British waters http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Largest-tidal-energy-farm-for-UK-_7977.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Largest-tidal-energy-farm-for-UK-_7977.aspx Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:44:17 GMT Energy Digital UK A campaign urging Welsh people to save energy is being launched by the assembly government http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Climate-change-campaign-for-Wales_7958.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Climate-change-campaign-for-Wales_7958.aspx Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:33:39 GMT Energy Digital UK The UK's energy gap is continuing to grow with a deficit of over 6 million tonnes of oil equivalent (mtoes) between the production and consumption of primary fuel in the second quarter of 2008 http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Energy-gap-growing_7934.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Energy-gap-growing_7934.aspx Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:24:52 GMT Energy Digital UK Britain risks power shortages and a jump in electricity costs this winter due to corroded wires and other repairs at nuclear reactors and pollution rules that keep coal plants idle http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Power-shortage-concern_7910.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Power-shortage-concern_7910.aspx Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:30:12 GMT Energy Digital UK Energy giant Electricité de France has agreed to buy British Energy for £12 5 billion in a deal that will see it develop the UK's next generation of nuclear power stations http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/British-Energy-in-EdF-acquisition_7864.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/British-Energy-in-EdF-acquisition_7864.aspx Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:46:29 GMT Energy Digital UK Energy users could save hundreds of pounds by swapping from a standard to an online tariff http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Substantial-energy-savings-for-online-tariff_7852.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Substantial-energy-savings-for-online-tariff_7852.aspx Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:04:07 GMT Energy Digital UK Millions of families will not be able to benefit from the Government's recently announced £1 billion energy efficiency scheme http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Questions-arise-over-fuel-poverty-scheme-_7826.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Questions-arise-over-fuel-poverty-scheme-_7826.aspx Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:55:07 GMT Energy Digital UK EDF, the French energy company, is close to a deal to buy British Energy without making big new concessions, EDF sources said last night http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/EDF-British-Energy-deal-close_7792.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/EDF-British-Energy-deal-close_7792.aspx Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:33:27 GMT Energy Digital UK Business Secretary John Hutton is set to tell an industry meeting today that building new reactors is indispensable http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Support-for-new-nuclear-plants_7764.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Support-for-new-nuclear-plants_7764.aspx Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:15:37 GMT Energy Digital UK A new report from energy analysts has claimed that securing the country's supply of electricity is more important than tackling climate change http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Electricity-welfare-a-priority--says-analysts_7745.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Electricity-welfare-a-priority--says-analysts_7745.aspx Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:52:09 GMT Energy Digital UK Plans have been drawn up by one of Scotland's top power providers to capture carbon dioxide emissions and transport the waste gas for permanent burial in rocks beneath the North Sea http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/CO2-plan-for-ScottishPower_7716.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/CO2-plan-for-ScottishPower_7716.aspx Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:22:48 GMT Energy Digital UK The government's plans to make utilities cut their customers' energy use rather than pay a windfall tax on profits has come under scrutiny http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Mixed-response-to-energy-package_7694.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Mixed-response-to-energy-package_7694.aspx Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:59:35 GMT Energy Digital UK The £1 billion Government package to aid UK households insulate their homes has been criticised for being insufficient to reverse soaring bills http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Energy-bill-help--not-enough-_7666.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Energy-bill-help--not-enough-_7666.aspx Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:39:19 GMT Energy Digital UK Toyota have begun testing TMC-produced plug-in hybrid vehicles on public roads http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Toyota-begin-hybrid-vehicle-testing_7648.aspx http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Energy/Toyota-begin-hybrid-vehicle-testing_7648.aspx Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:29:38 GMT Energy Digital UK