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The Ascendant Group sale must be approved under ministerial directions, home affairs minister Walter Roban said today. Mr Roban told the House of Assembly the Regulatory Authority must give consent to the licence transfer of the utility group, which ...

Ascendant Group has accepted a takeover bid worth around $365 million from a Canadian utility group. Yesterday’s announcement of the intended sale to Algonquin Power & Utility Corporation marks the conclusion of a four-month evaluation of “strategic ...

Having benefited from the expertise and history that Bill Jewell’s letter to The Royal Gazette dated May 7 provided on the complex subject of the past and future of Bermuda’s electricity supply and the need for maximising use of renewables in our rap...

A very timely opinion written by Bill Jewell, a retired former senior engineering manager at Belco, appearing in the May 7 Royal Gazette clearly demonstrates in shocking clarity Belco’s disregard for even considering renewable energy alternatives in ...

Belco held an official launch ceremony for its new Battery Energy Storage System, which the company believes will cut fuel and maintenance costs by $2 million a year. The huge lithium batteries at the heart of the Bess provide Belco with reserve capa...

Crowds lined the streets of Hamilton to watch as a giant engine for the new Belco North Power Station was transported through the city. The 280-tonne machine inched its way to the construction site on the back of a remote-controlled transporter, whil...

Giant engines and equipment needed to build the new Belco North Power Station has arrived in Bermuda on a massive cargo ship. The cargo of Jumbo Shipping’s Fairlane, moored at Front Street in Hamilton by the Number One Car Park, included four massive...

I was interested to read recent exchanges between Bermudian supporters of renewable energy who identified the availability of wind data from various sources. I share a real concern at the talk of the Regulatory Authority of Bermuda finalising the int...

As the Bermuda Electric Light Company (BELCO) prepares to receive new generators for its North Power Station (NPS), the Company today notified the public about traffic delays that will be necessary for the engines’ transportation. Canal Road will be...

The statements by home affairs minister Walter Roban to The Royal Gazette last week only re-emphasise the need for the Bermuda legislature to act now to amend the 2016 Electricity Act to require the island’s first integrated resource proposal to be r...

A union leader has warned the owner of power firm Belco not sell the company to Canadian investors. Chris Furbert, president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, highlighted rumours heard “through the grapevine” that Sean Durfy, the Canadian chief execut...

An energy plan will include a mix of ways to generate power, the Minister for Home Affairs has signalled. Walter Roban said the energy blueprint would take elements from all eight energy generation proposals submitted to the Regulatory Authority of B...