Here's a tale to shiver your timbers. A wind turbine at the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy was blown over... ...more »

Going green - yup, it can be problematic. Take Southwell Community Primary School in Portland, Dorset. It did the decent... ...more »

Lack of precipitation is having a serious impact on the good folk of the Inner Hebridean island of Eigg. The... ...more »

Disconnector was gobsmacked about the following: a state-of-the-art loo in Dumbarton had its power cut off after the local authority... ...more »

Here's a tale of derring do at Wylfa power station in Wales. A seal was rescued at the nuclear plant... ...more »

The great man notes that National Grid has gone footie crazy with an amazing compilation of facts about energy use... ...more »

It has all gone a bit Pete Tong for oil and gas majors such as Shell and BP. Activists have... ...more »

Not sure if Chazza is impressed, cold or nervous about his proximity to Marine Current Turbines' SeaGen project installed at... ...more »

Now here's a salutary tale. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has just reported that its 246MW Monju nuclear reactor is... ...more »

A couple of days before the nation went to the polls, comparison site Energyhelpline.com called for a review of ­government... ...more »

Pictured is the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, which has benefited from two safety initiatives undertaken at Drax power station. These generated... ...more »

Last week, 18 people from Bristol and Bath were charged under the Malicious Damages Act of 1861 after they blockaded... ...more »

Disconnector is aware of the ancient ceremony of swan-upping so was intrigued to learn that EDF Energy Networks engineers are... ...more »

Two heads are clearly better than one for Npower volunteers Joe Briddon, Tim Howell, Daniel Steinert and Cath Smith. All... ...more »

For sheer political brass neck, Plaid Cymru must take the biscuit (to mix metaphors) for unbridled inconsistency and lack of... ...more »

Last week, the UK government abstained in a vote on a multi-billion dollar World Bank loan to South Africa to... ...more »

There were red faces and ruffled feathers in Cumbria as twitchers got the wrong end of the stick. Earlier this... ...more »

It has been getting a bit fraught on the mean streets of Cheadle in North Staffordshire. Engineers from Central Networks... ...more »

It is an open secret that all the major parties have their issues with energy regulator Ofgem and the way... ...more »

Spare a thought for three protest leaders in Mexico who've been jailed for contesting electricity charges. Not sent a final... ...more »

Part of a Chinese city was without power for four hours when a man performed a high-wire act on overhead... ...more »

It is only to be expected in the run-up to the election, but polls are proliferating like there's no tomorrow.... ...more »

It is all going rather pear-shaped in Somerset, where National Grid is having a devil of a time over plans... ...more »

A colleagues of Disconnector's was at a meeting about peak oil and energy security. One of the speakers was Brian... ...more »

Disconnector has highlighted the madness of certain individuals who risk life and serious blackouts in bids to thieve recyclable material... ...more »

The gestation period was long and the accreditation scheme was a couple of seasons late (it had been promised for... ...more »

Here's a brand new Disconnector award, for the most laboured joke of the week (number 1 in an occasional series).... ...more »

A few eyebrows were raised last week when the Crown Estate announced the location of its press conference about the... ...more »

And finally, Disconnector's quote of the week. As those close to the action know, the ­government is having a spot... ...more »

Disconnector is intrigued to see the verbal sparring prompted by a Utility Week web story about a poll for EDF... ...more »

Will bike-riding, Latin-spouting and tousled-haired mayor of London Boris Johnson ride to the rescue of National Grid? The great man... ...more »

To celebrate 1,000 days to go until London 2012, EDF Energy, the sponsor of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic... ...more »

Serial director Lady Barbara Thomas Judge (around 30 and counting) was embroiled in a bit of a stand-off recently when... ...more »

You win some, you lose some. The great man muses thus after learning that the Advertising Standards Authority has been... ...more »

Understandably, most of the media coverage of this week's publication of National Policy Statements has concen­trated on the naming of... ...more »

Red faces should be the order of the day at Scottish and Southern Energy. Last month, the company failed in... ...more »

Normally the fact that a patient is recovering in hospital would not make the headlines. Last week, though, was a... ...more »

Judge James Spencer is getting a bit annoyed. He presided over the trial of 29 people who took over a... ...more »

City traders enjoyed themselves last week by taking a position on both Eon and RWE on the grounds that their... ...more »

Labour Party Conference sessions are not what they were. By and large the conference is carefully choreographed and stage-managed, so... ...more »

Now here's an intriguing tale. A Glastonbury estate agent called Jules Bending has grabbed the headlines by, so he claims,... ...more »

RWE Npower recently donated 80 tonnes of pulverised fuel ash from its Didcot A power station to the local canal... ...more »

Dumfries Sheriff Court has been hearing how ScottishPower staff were intrigued by a surge in power use at an industrial... ...more »

Here's a turn-up for the books. US-owned Western Power Distribution (WPD) may, after all, be on the brink of winning... ...more »

It has not been the best of times for Eon UK. Last year the generator's Kingsnorth power station was targeted... ...more »

Revenge, they say, is a dish best served cold. The great man muses thus after learning about the former National... ...more »

Readers of a prudish disposition may wish to look away at this point. It has emerged that a power cut... ...more »

Well, dear readers, Disconnector thinks you know the answer to this one, but here we go: is Dale Vince, Ecotricity's... ...more »

We are constantly being told how much investment is needed in the UK's power distribution networks to bring them up... ...more »

Hull resident Mark Neadley got a slightly worrying text message recently from British Gas. It informed him that he owed... ...more »