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January 2009

Solid foundations for the future!

28 January 2009

Who nicked the building - or am I holding this the right way up? All right, the suits in hard... ...more »

Tags: Severn Trent

Incandescent about light bulbs

28 January 2009

Spare a thought for EDF Energy. Apparently it is not best pleased about moves to end its energy services company... ...more »

Tags: EDF Energy

Sometimes it's not good to bottle things up...

28 January 2009

The potable stuff from Welsh Water has played a role in exposing a scam involving bottled water, a businessman called... ...more »

Tags: Welsh Water

Nuts on the loose

28 January 2009

It may or may not be getting a tad hairy in the south of Scotland. Disconnector muses thus on learning... ...more »

Tags: wind

Not such sterling work on the ETS, after all

21 January 2009

You may be sick of items about the credit crunch, but the following might make you smile. Wryly. As The... ...more »

Tags: Emissions

Is that really such a a hot idea?

21 January 2009

Disconnector would like to award a cringe trophy this week. It goes to the Welsh Water call handler who suggested... ...more »

Tags: Welsh Water

It's not fat, it's art!

21 January 2009

And now for something which readers of a sensitive nature may prefer to pass over. Anglian Water is sponsoring an... ...more »

Tags: Anglian Water, FOG

Chilled wine with your dinner?

21 January 2009

Now, the great man has heard of quiet dinners, but what follows beggars belief. Water officials were left "baffled" after... ...more »

Tags: South West Water

Across dressing...

21 January 2009

People using the Humber Bridge recently were astonished to glimpse Scooby Doo, a pink flamingo, an Easter Bunny, a chicken... ...more »

Tags: RWE

A cool appraisal of price rises

21 January 2009

It hardly seems likely that anyone will have tried to get through the start of the year's cold snap without... ...more »

Tags: National Grid, tariffs

In a spin over UFOs

14 January 2009

This is the wind turbine damaged by a UFO (as The Sun has suggested, wonderfully). Last week, the redtop sparked... ...more »

Tags: Ecotricity

Everything counts in large amounts

14 January 2009

Finally, a cautionary tale from water watchdog Ofwat. Last month, the regulator published the snappily titled document Capital expenditure for... ...more »

Tags: Ofwat

All in the line of duty...

14 January 2009

Last summer, anti-climate change activists set up a camp in Kent and tried to shut down Eon's Kingsnorth power station.... ...more »

Tags: electricity generation, Eon UK

Hallelujah for National Grid's engineers

14 January 2009

It's not every week that gas engineers are mentioned in the same breath as iconic balladeer Leonard Cohen. But Denise... ...more »

Tags: National Grid