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A US-based company has joined forces with Bermuda partners in a bid to buy a majority share in power firm Belco. But Belco owners Ascendant Group said that the company is not for sale — and it has no interest in selling. Several sources told The Roy...

The island’s energy sector will be under the spotlight at the Bermuda Energy Summit next week. The summit, which will take place next Thursday, will focus on the integrated resource planning process that the Regulatory Authority will carry out in the...

Electricity created by residential solar panels can now be more easily stored for later use, such as when the sun goes down or during a power outage. A new generation of lithium-ion batteries that are totally sealed and wall mounted in a similar fash...

The imposing bulk of the construction vessel Seabed Constructor loomed into view on Thursday morning as it entered Bermuda’s waters for the second time this year. The multi-purpose offshore construction vessel, complete with helicopter landing deck, ...

Fuel company Rubis will not be fined for a failure to report a gasoline spill at its St George’s gas storage plant inside the legal deadline. A government spokeswoman said yesterday that under the Clean Air Act 1991, failure to report a spill withi...

New opening hours commence tomorrow at the Tynes Bay Waste Treatment Facility. The public has been reminded that the facility’s operating hours are 7am to 6pm from November 1. Other hours remain the same, a spokeswoman said: Saturdays from 7am to 7pm...

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...

Profit has risen at Watlington Waterworks for the first half of this year. Increased sales of water, partially as a result of the early summer drought and increased demand from tourism activities around the America’s Cup, helped lift the company’s fi...

The Progressive Labour Party will explore all options of alternative energy with a view to protecting the island’s environment and ensuring its sustainability. Walton Brown, the minister responsible for the environment, also told The Royal Gazette he...

Radioactive material produced in Europe has been identified in the waters around Bermuda, although researchers have said the material presents very little danger. According to research by the Geotraces project, material produced by nuclear reprocessi...

Massive changes in the energy industry could be good for Bermuda as the island looks to reduce its reliance on oil-fired electricity generation. And the growth of liquefied natural gas as a fuel, combined with huge reserves in North America, makes it...