Npower crowned 'Energy Supplier of the Year'

npower has once again proven its credentials as an award-winning energy
company, by picking up the 'Energy Supplier of the Year' at the inaugural
Energy 'Buying & Supplying Excellence' Awards.

The award, voted for by business customers, celebrates the UK supplier that
has performed outstandingly in customer service, relationship management and
product offerings over the past year.

The Energy 'Buying & Supplying Excellence' Awards were created to recognise
excellence by energy procurement specialists, and the energy brokers and
utility suppliers that support them. The awards were presented at a ceremony
at The Langham Hotel in London on 25th November 2010.

David Cockshott, director of industrial and commercial markets at npower,
who accepted the award, said: "Being named 'Energy Supplier of the Year' is
a fantastic achievement for npower and a testament to everyone's hard work
and dedication over the past year.

http://www.easier.com/81158-npower-energy-supplier-year.html

Fears over record gas bills in cold weather

Households face the possibility of further rises in their energy bills,
after the cold weather that has struck the country caused gas prices to rise
to the highest level for 18 months.
The National Grid has reported a significant increase in the demand for
power as many parts of Britain have been experiencing unprecedented low
temperatures for this time of year. Demand for gas yesterday was 25 per cent more than it was at this time last
year and the third highest daily amount on record, as households and
businesses turned up their thermostats. The surge in demand caused concern in the wholesale markets, with the price
of gas jumping 11 per cent to 62p per therm - the highest level in 18
months. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/8174586/Fear
s-over-record-gas-bills-in-cold-weather.html

North East-based renewable energy centre Narec will reveal details of its involvement on a new £6m project

North East-based renewable energy centre Narec will reveal details of its
involvement on a new £6m, pan-European project at a major industry event
next week. The nationally-focused organisation, which pioneers clean energy technology,
will tell market leaders from across the UK about its Europe-wide work at
the Solar Flair 10 conference in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.

The conference, organised by the County Durham Development Company (CDDC)
will bring together key figures from the photovoltaic technology industry,
as well as executives from industries that could play a lead role in the
nation's solar energy drive in the coming years.

Blyth-headquartered Narec has recently been enlisted to help develop several
European projects that, when combined, are valued at over £20m.

The latest of these is a contract for its photovoltaic division to work on
20Plus - a three-year project worth around £6m to nine project partners that
span six countries.

Dr Alex Cole, business development manager specialising in PV technology at
Narec, will give further details of the project at Solar Flair 10, as well
as explaining his work with crystalline silicon PV technology.

Speaking ahead of the event, Dr Cole said: "In the 20Plus project, major
European industry and research institutes have come together to develop the
next generation of crystalline silicon solar cells with efficiencies over
20% and thicknesses less than 100 micro metres, thus reducing cell cost and
PV energy payback time.

http://www.realwire.com/releases/North-East-firm-to-unveil-European-success-
story-at-solar-conference

Prompt electricity hits new 22-month high on cold weather

UK spot power prices surged to their highest level in 22 months Wednesday on
the back of a cold weather forecast and bullish UK gas prices, said traders.

At midday Wednesday, UK OTC power for next-day delivery was trading GBP15.50
above Tuesday's closing level at GBP70/MWh in base, with the peakload
contract GBP26 higher than Tuesday at GBP91.25/MWh. This is the contract's
highest level since January 8, 2009, Platts data show.

Block 5--the contract corresponding to the evening period when demand is the
highest--was heard trading at GBP125/MWh, according to a source.

On the N2EX wholesale power exchange, day-ahead base was also up more than
GBP15 day-on-day at GBP70.36/MWh.

"The weather is very cold and the nuclear plants are not running," a source
said. "There's certainly a risk premium factored into these prices...the
oil-fired plants haven't run for a long time...it's a necessary safety net."

http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/ElectricPower/8242674

French LNG Gas Injections...

French liquefied natural gas injections in the week ending Sunday rose by
26.2% year on year to 4,235.1 GWh, as gas demand surged on the back of
freezing temperatures, the latest data from gas grid operator GRTgaz showed
Monday.

LNG injections into the grid were boosted by a rise in gas sendouts from the
Mediterranean Fos Tonkin and Fos Cavaou terminals, where combined flows rose
by 46.8% on the year to 3,065.9 GWh.

At the Montoir de Bretagne facility, on the Atlantic coast, flows fell by
7.7% to 1,169.1 GWh.

http://www.lngworldnews.com/france-lng-inputs-up-26-2-on-year/

Cancun climate summit: UK paying large proportion of global fund to help poor countries

via telegraph.co.uk

Fact and Figures about Global Warming

Fact and Figures about Global Warming

There are many facts and myths surrounding global warming but there is no
debate in the scientific world that human evolution has contributed to it.
In this article you will find facts and figures that prove human kind are
contributing towards climate change. In the last 50 years, Alaska's
temperature has gone up around twice the rate of the rest of the world.

Fact and Figures about Global Warming
This could very well be because Alaska is close to one of the biggest
producers of green house gases countries.

Aviation is considered responsible for about 3.5% of climate change, but
that figure could reach 15% by 2050 as air travel increases.

If China eventually uses as much paper as the U.S. currently does, it will
need twice as much as the entire world now produces. Imagine how many trees
will have to be cut down to produce that much paper.

Read More -
http://www.catalyst-commercial.co.uk/blog/latest-news/global-warming-fact-an
d-figures/