The heat is on to find a good price before the cold winter London Evening Standard Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:42 AM PDT The cold is creeping in and energy firms are responding to our need for heat by pushing up prices. SSE, the countryâs second-biggest provider, has warned customers it is putting up prices for both gas and electricity by 9% from October 15 â" adding £102 to the average annual bill. | Kingfisher looks to greener customers to spur growth Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:39 AM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Kingfisher , Europe's biggest home improvement retailer, is saving millions by cutting energy usage and avoiding waste, and is counting on equally green and cost-conscious customers to help it beat the economic downturn, its chief executive said. Speaking in Brussels, where EU officials are finalising a new EU law on energy efficiency, Ian Cheshire said Kingfisher's B&Q ... | Recast power debt not part of SLR holdings Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:30 AM PDT NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian banks, which take on the debt of state-run power distribution companies in an overhaul of the energy sector, cannot hold that debt as part of their mandatory government-approved securities, the government said on Tuesday. On Monday, the government announced a bailout of the power sector under which regional governments would take on half of power distributors' short ... | Asian energy boom threatens Montana ranches Everett Herald Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:22 AM PDT ROUNDUP, Mont. -- The big mining companies first came knocking on Ellen Pfister's door in the 1970s, ready to tap the huge coal deposits beneath her family's eastern Montana ranch. | Top French court to rule on Erika oil spill conviction AFP via Yahoo! Malaysia News Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:22 AM PDT France's top court is to rule Tuesday on the legality of energy giant Total's conviction for negligence in a 1999 shipwreck and oil spill that blackened much of the country's Atlantic coastline. The Court ... | Taiwan government to offer NT$10 billion loans to support green-energy industry Digi Times Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:20 AM PDT Taiwan government's National Development Fund (NDF) will offer 15-year loans totaling NT$10 billion (US$338 million) to finance exports of green-energy products, including solar, wind, LED lighting, biomass and electric vehicles, and related production equipment by Taiwan-based makers. | Turkey to begin Russia gas contract talks in new year Business Recorder Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:17 AM PDT ISTANBUL: Turkey will begin talks with Russia in the new year on transferring a further 4 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas contracts to the private sector after the initial transfer of 6 bcm of gas imports, Turkey's energy minister said on Tuesday. | FTSE steadies in cautious trade, oil shares up Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:17 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) -The FTSE 100 steadied in cautious trading on Tuesday, with concerns about global economic growth and the euro zone debt crisis prompting investors to buy defensive stocks, while energy stocks tracked higher oil prices. At 09:47 British time, the FTSE 100 index was flat at 5,840.80 points after closing 0.2 percent down in the previous session. The oil and gas sector rose 0.3 ... | | |
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