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Owner of a Hamilton shopping mall and office complex expect a solar panel installation to save them $17,000 a year in electricity costs. And Washington Properties (Bermuda) Ltd, owner of Washington Mall, says it will pass on those savings to tenants....

Paget Service Station has reduced its Belco bill by more than a third since switching on its solar panel installation four months ago. The panels, which were installed by Bermuda Alternate Energy Ltd, solar division of the BAC Group of Companies, hav...

The introduction of liquefied natural gas to Bermuda could risk an accidental leak which might result in a catastrophic event — far more catastrophic than diesel, gasoline or heavy fuel leaks, according to Greenrock. As such the environmental group i...

The public consultation period on the draft National Fuels Sector Policy for Bermuda draws to a close on Friday, according to Grant Gibbons. The consultation period was opened by the Department of Energy on June 15, with the public invited to submit ...

A bid to end a deadlock over Belco buying solar-generated energy has been launched by the Regulatory Authority. The authority, now responsible for supervision of the electricity sector, wants to hear the views of the public and interested parties on ...

Four hi-tech all-electric BMW i3 hatchbacks were yesterday handed over to America’s Cup defenders Oracle Team USA. Jimmy Spithill, the Oracle skipper, said: “We’ve got the best rides in Bermuda — I think there are a lot of jealous people on the islan...

Bermuda College is set to launch a weeklong solar panel installation course after 15 students completed a successful pilot class. Joseph Weeks, co-owner of the company Combined Engineering Technologies, will offer the programme to certified electrici...

The Rubis Warwick Gas Station will get some of its electricity needs fuelled by a newly installed array of 64 solar panels. Be Solar installed the panels, the latest example of a commercial venture investing in alternative energy to trim its Belco b...

A Bermuda firm is offering “bifacial” solar panels that produce electricity from both their upper and lower surfaces. Be Solar says the SolarWorld BiSun panels can generate between 10 per cent and 25 per cent more power than conventional panels, help...

Plans by Belco to adjust its rates for customers who install solar power are to be reviewed. The utility company made its request to the Energy Commission on August 15 to change its rates for residential net metering and commercially renewable energy...

An open call has been issued to prequalify companies seeking to participate in the tender process to build a solar power facility on land adjacent to L.F. Wade International Airport. The Bermuda Government is seeking a six megawatt AC solar power pho...

Bermuda is continuing to explore and implement renewable and “cleaner” energy options, and is seeking to have renewable sources meet 35 per cent of the island’s electricity needs by 2025. That aspiration was reiterated by Grant Gibbons, the Minister ...