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E.on given community award for work with schools

Saturday, July 10, 2010

ENERGY company E.on has been rewarded for its work with two Notts primary schools.

The company won a community innovation award at the recent Business in the Community awards for its Energy for Children programme.

The scheme has seen the firm send volunteers into...

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Hydrogen cars are tempting to drivers

Wednesday, July 07, 2010

HYDROGEN fuel-cell powered cars could soon be common place on Derbyshire roads, according to a new poll. About 70% of people quizzed by Derby car...

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Road to close for major project to replace gas pipes

Monday, May 31, 2010

A MAJOR road through Duffield will be closed for two months as metal gas pipes are replaced in a £300,000 project. National Grid is spending the...

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Fire Service files strong objection to new E.on offices in Nottingham

'TOO DOMINATING': An artist's impression of the proposed new E.on building on the site of the old Nottingham City Council Treasury building. It is next to the Guildhall, right.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

AN objection to a £30 million redevelopment of part of the Guildhall site for energy group E.on has been submitted by the Notts Fire and Rescue...

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Eurotunnel role for Hewitt

Friday, May 28, 2010

Former Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt has been accepted as a director of Eurotunnel. The company said a large majority of its shareholders had voted...

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Severn Trent boss gushes as profits start to grow

Saturday, May 29, 2010

WATER company Severn Trent has returned to growth after reporting profits up by almost a fifth. In its annual results published yesterday, the firm,...

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Power station to have 110-metre crane

Saturday, May 08, 2010

Ratcliffe-on-Soar: One of the world's tallest cranes is being brought to the power station. Standing 110 metres, it will be used as part of E.on's...

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'Big three' say bills can be reduced

CUT BILLS: The Toyota car plant at Burnaston has reduced its energy use by 34% and at least half was from staff ideas.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

TOYOTA, Bombardier and Rolls-Royce say that investment in a range of energy-saving measures is helping them to manage rising power costs. Last week,...

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Water industry needs "pragmatic" regulation, says water chief

Thursday, April 22, 2010

SEVERN Trent has called for more flexible regulation of the water industry, to meet the challenges of the next 20 years. Severn Trent chief executive...

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Saved plant's energy subsidy

CLOSURE PLANS: The Celanese factory at Lanaken, Belgium, which is partly powered by wind turbines. Left, the Spondon plant which is facing closure.

Thursday, May 06, 2010

SUBSIDIES from the Belgian government for wind power may have contributed to the plan to close Celanese Acetate in Spondon. Last week, the Celanese...

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