If you are involved in gas, electricity or housing, this conference is not to be missed… These are momentous times for domestic combined heat and power. As the insecurities and uncertainties in traditional forms of power generation became all too apparent during

Twelve manufacturers have formed a company to manage the recycling obligations set out under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive. The European law makes manufacturers responsible for discarded electrical and electronic consumer products and should come into effect in August 2005.

The mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, has installed photovoltaic panels on his home to promote his Draft Energy Strategy, which calls for the Capital's homebuilders, businesses and homeowners to use solar power. The strategy, which comes into force next month, outlines targets

An ION enterprise energy management system from Power Measurement is monitoring electricity production at Airtricity's Corneen wind park in Ireland. Located on the Slieve Rushen Mountain in County Cavan, the site's two 1.5MW wind turbines produce 3MW of clean electricity for the

Scottish and Southern Energy has announced its preferred route for a 400kV electricity transmission line, which must be built between the Highlands and the Central Belt of Scotland if the company is to meet government targets. SSE says construction of the line

Ofgem has abandoned its plan to charge firms for energy lost in transmission because it would have had no time to secure approval for the idea. A judge last month threw out Ofgem's attempt to introduce the changes because of a procedural

Almost 40 shops and restaurants at the £200m Castlepoint Shopping Park in Bournemouth are using Greenings cable ladder for their electricity supplies. A 700 metre network of galvanised steel ladder, in widths from 150mm to 600mm, distributes power from a handful of

Electricity firms will not be prosecuted for the power cuts that hit south London and Kent on 28 August and the West Midlands on 5 September. The energy minister, Stephen Timms, said findings from an investigation will be passed on to the

Barrow council’s Gillian Beckingham has been charged with seven counts of manslaughter over the 2002

Merlin Power Management has simplified refuelling telecom mast generators situated in inaccessible locations with a specially commissioned refuelling buggy – a John Deere Gator 6×4 with low ground pressure tyres. Fitted with a specially built welded aluminium fuel container carrying 450 litres