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  1. Swimmers empowered by sewer spill data as bathing season starts


    Water company data has allowed coastal water quality alerts to take off, as the 2012 bathing season officially begins this week...

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  2. Event Horizon: Npower and Eon divided over downgrade risk


    Did credit rating company Moody's affect the decision of Eon-UK and RWE Npower to walk away from the Horizon nuclear new-build project and put it up for sale? ..

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  3. Ofwat opens debate on water retail vs water wholesale


    Ofwat is throwing open the debate on what counts as a retail service, in preparation for the development of a competitive market...

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  4. Ofwat sets out principles for future price limits


    Ofwat has assured water companies it will implement change incrementally as it set out its principles for setting future price limits today. ..

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  5. April rains bring drought relief but no end to hosepipe ban


    Yorkshire, southwest England and the Midlands are no longer in drought following the wettest April since records began, the Environment Agency announced today...

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  6. Southern Water under threat of credit rating downgrade


    Southern Water's could face a downgrade to its credit rating if it fails to tackle weak cash flow, Standard & Poors has warned...

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  7. Co-op creates new fixed tariff to win all sections of Which? Big Switch


    Co-op Energy has won the first Which? attempt at collective switching. The firm won the reverse auction by bidding its normal variable price tariff but created a new fixed rate tariff that it will now offer to its existing 25,000 customers, but not the general public...

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  8. RWE Npower operating profit falls but firm predicts steady full year


    Operating profit for the first quarter fell by 31 per cent to £244 million, Npower said today...

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  9. Japanese firm buys 20% of Bristol Water for $68 million


    Capstone Infrastructure has sold a 20 per cent stake in Bristol Water to Japanese-owned Itochu for around $68 million (£42 million)...

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  10. Ebitda up at Iberdrola


    Iberdrola posted higher first quarter earnings despite a decline in its home market. Scottish Power's parent company posted earnings before interest, taxes, deductions and amortisation (Ebitda) of €2,365 million, up 4.1 per cent...

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Europe

  1. European Commission to prompt innovation in water technologies


    The European Commission wants to launch a pan-European partnership aimed at increasing innovation in the water sector. ..

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  2. Energy efficiency directive 'will fail' without mandatory smart meter minimum spec


    The metering industry has called for the proposed European Union (EU) energy efficiency directive (EED) to set mandatory requirements for smart meters to provide minimum functionalities and energy consumption and cost information...

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  3. Distribution system operators need incentives for smart grids and renewables


    If distribution system operators (DSO) are to invest three or four billion Euros into infrastructure and technologies to integrate renewable energies and create smart grids, there have to be incentives to mitigate the inherent business risk, according to Ari Koponen, vice chair of Eurelectric's DSO ..

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  4. Lords: water costs must rise to tackle urgent scarcity threat


    Government must allow the cost of water to rise to tackle scarcity, according to a Lords committee report published today...

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  5. ACS share sale a sign of turning tide in Iberdrola power struggle?


    Scottish Power parent company Iberdrola may feel the tide has started to turn in its long running battle to limit the influence of major shareholder ACS. ..

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  6. Nudge, don't force firms to be energy efficient, says International Energy Agency


    Industry is more likely to improve its energy efficiency if government conservation schemes are consensual rather than mandatory. That is the conclusion of a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and Institute for Industrial Productivity (IPP)...

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  7. Battle joined over efficiency directive


    The European Parliament and member states are fighting the final battle over the European Efficiency Directive articl..

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  8. French focus on Channel wind share


    If France succeeds in its €10 billion bid to create a national offshore wind sector and supply chain, how will t..

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  9. 'Virtual' hub to help join GB and European electricity markets


    Nord Pool Spot, the Nordic operator of several European energy trading markets, is to develop and operate a 'virtual hub' to help the join the GB energy market with others in Europe. ..

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  10. EDF/Dong and Iberdrola win bids for France's €10 bn offshore wind plan


    The French government has announced winners for four out of five tenders for offshore wind farms that will generate up to 3GW. A consortium led by EDF and Dong won three of the contracts, and the fourth was won by a consortium led by Spain's Iberdrola. The fifth tender, which had just one bid from G..

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