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  1. Ed Davey is new energy secretary


    Ed Davey, MP for Kingston & Surbiton and former minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs is to replace Chris Huhne as energy secretary...

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  2. Huhne charged with perverting course of justice - and quits


    Energy secretary Chris Huhne has been charged with perverting the course of justice by the Crown Prosecution Service. Huhne is accused of persuading his then wife Vicky Pryce to claim that she was responsible for one of his speeding offences...

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  3. Energy Innovation Centre given £30 million to fund smart grid entrepreneurs


    A technology incubator has been given almost £30 million by energy regulator Ofgem to bring smart grid technologies to market. ..

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  4. Barker says feed-in tariffs will rise for microCHP


    Energy and climate Change minister Greg Barker said today that higher subsidies for micro combined heat and power (microCHP) under the feed-in tariff scheme would soon be raised...

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  5. Finnish nuclear developer mulls new EPR


    Finland could invest in a second EPR nuclear power plant, despite the time and cost overruns that have dogged its first project at Olkiluoto...

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  6. EU goes to World Trade Organisation over Canada's feed-in tariff protectionism


    The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is establishing a disputes panel to rule on whether feed-in tariff systems can limit their subsidies to electricity produced by locally-made technology - or whether such conditions break global commerce rules. ..

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  7. Moyle interconnector on watch for downgrade after technical faults


    Ratings agency Moody's has said it may downgrade the company that owns and operates the Moyle electricity interconnector between Scotland and Northern Ireland. The agency said recent technical outages and a change in market conditions would be the reason for any downgrade...

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  8. Energy firms 'must copy supermarkets'


    Energy companies should look at supermarkets if they want to keep their customers, who want discount vouchers, bundle packages and loyalty schemes, a survey found...

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  9. EU state aid rules no problem for EMR pillars, suggests Hendry


    Energy minister Charles Hendry has claimed that key elements of the government's electricity market reform (EMR) are on schedule, would not fall foul of European Union state aid rules and that National Grid will not unduly influence policy decisions. ..

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  10. MPs roast the UK's carbon floor price policy


    MPs have attacked the Government's decision to set a unilateral carbon price floor...

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