Centrica condemns Europe energy plans From Cripps Sears Centrica has dismissed the alternative energy unbundling plan suggested to the EU, saying it will... Centrica has dismissed the alternative energy unbundling plan suggested to the EU, saying it will not solve the problems of the current energy market, according to a source. Unbundling would mean a liberalised energy market, with non-liberalised markets having being blamed for the rise in energy prices in the UK.

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Centrica slams new energy unbundling proposal from 8 EU member states From Forbes LONDON (Thomson Financial) - British Gas owner Centrica has slammed the alternative energy unbundling plan put forward to EU energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs yesterday by France, Germany and six other member states, saying it goes no way to remedying the dominance of the old incumbents of Europe's energy markets.

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Alternative Energy and the Stimulus Debate From U.S. News Tax breaks for wind, solar, and alternative energy, as well as for consumers who would make energy improvements to their homes, will be part of the showdown in the Senate today over the economic stimulus bill. Those tax breaks were stripped out of the big energy bill that Congress passed and the president signed in December-losing in the Senate by one vote. Already, two influential Republicans who voted against the energy tax breaks in December now support the idea of putting them into the...

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RI nuclear plan needs further study: Gus Dur From Jakarta Post Tony Hotland and Ella Davison, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The debate continues on whether Indonesia should risk using nuclear energy, amid the search for urgently-needed alternative renewable and efficient energy sources to ease dependency on costly and depleting fossil fuels. A reactor exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in April 1986, in the former Soviet Union, and was the worst nuclear plant accident in history as explosions and the resulting fire sent a plume of highly...

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US Wind Power Generation Grows by 45 Percent in 2007 From Environment News Service Overturning all previous records, the U.S. wind energy industry installed 5,244 megawatts of power in 2007, expanding the nation's total wind power generating capacity by 45 percent in a single calendar year and injecting an investment of over $9 billion into the economy, according to the American Wind Energy Association, AWEA. The Senate Finance Committee Wednesday included an extension of the expiring tax credits for wind, solar, and other renewable energy technologies as part of its...

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