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More than five months have passed since the announcement of a potential sale of Ascendant to Algonquin Power & Utilities Company. Since that time there has been no effort by the potential Canadian buyer to clearly state what benefits it may offer to ...

To value risk in insurance, we start by identifying vulnerability. One area of vulnerability that could impede the future development of Bermuda is the heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels. This reliance exposes Bermuda to fluctuations in prices, ...

Shareholders of Ascendant Group Ltd have approved a takeover attempt by a Canadian utilities group. They gave overwhelming backing to the bid from Algonquin Power and Utilities Corporation, in a meeting held at the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club yest...

Dear Sir, The advice from Sir John Swan and Michael Murphy to Ascendant shareholders in their opinion in August 6 edition of The Royal Gazette was apt. The more so because of its timing, although I doubt the shareholders will subordinate their potent...

We would like to endorse and commend the Regulatory Authority of Bermuda for its decision in the recently released first Bermuda integrated resource plan to reject liquefied natural gas as an option and for committing Bermuda’s electricity generation...

A petition for the Government to legislate a renewable energy target in Bermuda has been backed by hundreds of people. Stuart Kriendler, the managing director of green energy firm BE Solar, one of the main supporters of the petition, said more than 7...

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 ...

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...

The use of wind power to generate electricity is off the table until a feasibility study is done, the head of Bermuda’s energy watchdog has said. But Denton Williams, the chief executive of the Regulatory Authority of Bermuda, said that soon-to-be re...

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...

Since our last report in late January on the Ascendant developments, its inflated stock price, its lack of interest in including renewable energy in the Integrated Resource Plan, many new developments have occurred. Our principal concern is that em...