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Vestas – the preferred supplier to five wind projects in South Africa
Vestas, the world leader in wind energy, has been chosen as the preferred supplier to build five wind energy projects in South Africa with a total capacity of 297 megawatts.
read more... 30/05/2012
SSE hit by doorstep sales halting and derivatives losses
The UK energy supplier Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) posted 87% drop in its annual pre-tax profits, from £2.1bn to £268.5m, blaming its loss on doorstep sales halting and derivatives losses, after it was convicted for mis-selling.
read more... 17/05/2012
British Gas rejects the Big Switch Scheme
The energy giant, British Gas has said that it would not take part in so-called Big Switch scheme which is aimed to help consumers negotiate better tariffs on gas and electricity bills. This campaign was proposed by consumer group Which? and aims to sign up as many households as possible and then attempt to negotiate cheaper energy tariffs from major suppliers on their behalf.
read more... 04/04/2012
Npower reveals a 34% profit jump on higher energy bills
One of the “Big-six” energy suppliers Npower has recently revealed a 34% increase in its annual profits on higher energy bills.
read more... 07/03/2012
Competition in German retail energy
Here are the latest planned changes in electricity and gas prices and news on users switching suppliers in Germany, a market of 40 million households supplied by 1,100 power and 770 gas companies:
read more... 23/02/2012