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Vestas and Micon to merge
24 December, 2003
A new giant in the wind turbine business will be created if stockholders approve a merger of Vestas and NEG Micon.

Hatfield colliery goes into administration
22 December, 2003
After a sustained period of loss making operations Hatfield colliery, in Yorkshire, UK, has been put under administration. Accountants Ernst and Young have put the business put up for sale.

World's largest offshore windfarm proposed
22 December, 2003
If London Array has made plans to lease an offshore wind farm site in the outer Thames Estuary off the coast of Essex and Kent, UK. If built the farm would ultimately be, at 1000 MW, the world's largest offshore scheme.

IEA criticises trans-Asian pipeline plan
22 December, 2003
The International Energy Agency, has suggested that Russia's plan to build a pipeline to supply oil to China or Japan may fail because it has not found enough reserves to justify the investment.

US energy bill talked out
22 December, 2003
Democrat members duly carried out their threat to block by filibuster the US government's energy bill in Senate.

Russia to drop out of Kyoto agreement
22 December, 2003
Russia will not ratify in its present form the Kyoto Protocol designed to reduce global warming because it "places significant limitations on economic growth".

Regenesys runs out of time
22 December, 2003
RWE is to close down its Regenesys regenerative fuel cell project. The prototype energy storage facility had been running into difficulties with the engineering of a large scale version.

The fusion race is on
22 December, 2003
The European Union has chosen Cadarache in France to be its candidate for the ITER site, while Canada has withdrawn from the bidding altogether.

Squeeze on BE tightens
22 December, 2003
Delays in re-opening Heysham 1 and Sizewell B power stations have dealt another blow to British Energy's finances.

The reforming of Enel
22 December, 2003
As part of its preparation for partial privatisation Enel is to sell a large electricity distribution network in northern Italy to ASM Brescia.

New cable service in the Straits
22 December, 2003
Nexans and Pirelli are to build the 115 million Euro, 30 km, high voltage submarine link connecting the Spanish and Moroccan grids.

Areva-Siemens gets the EPR contract
22 December, 2003
The Areva/Siemens consortium has been awarded the contract to build an EPR nuclear power plant in Finland.

Step change in simple cycle efficiency
22 December, 2003
GE has unveiled its latest simple cycle gas turbine, flagged as the world's most energy efficient turbine of its kind with thermal efficiency rated of 46%.

Three Gorges share sale flooded with offers
25 November, 2003
An initial public offering (IPO) in China's Three Gorges project attracted a flood of applications, enough to oversubscribe by almost 70 times the number of shares available.

Blackout will have far reaching effects
25 November, 2003
A study measuring the economic impact of the North American power blackout in August has concluded that the event will have far-reaching, long-term implications for business and organisations in the affected region.

Russia-South Korea link
25 November, 2003
Russia, North Korea and South Korea have finalised plans in principle to build a several hundred km 500 kV transmission line from Vladivostok to South Korea.

Indebted ABB announces restructuring plan
25 November, 2003
ABB has announced a programme to strengthen its capital and financing structure. The programme comprises a proposal to issue new shares worth $2.5 billion.

European regulators get together
25 November, 2003
The European Commission is to set up a European Regulators' Group to assist the further development of an internal market for gas and electricity.

FirstEnergy takes major share of the blame
25 November, 2003
The joint task force interim report into the August 14 US blackout has been published. It points the finger at FirstEnergy and MISO.

Solid basis for cell growth
17 November, 2003