… and Duncan turns state’s evidence
David Duncan, the Andersen accountant who headed the Enron audit, has pleaded guilty to obstructing justice and is co-operating with
NEPA privatisation delayed again
05 Apr 02The government's determination to privatise the national electric power authority by the end of this year has suffered a major
Energy companies not out of trouble yet
05 Apr 02WORLDWIDE • FINANCE Some of the major energy companies have seen their credit ratings drop worryingly as they struggle to
Centrica drops Enron purchase
05 Apr 02USA • M & A UK company Centrica has abandoned its $130 million takeover of NewPower, the loss-making US gas
Utilities ‘using nuke funds for acquisition’
05 Apr 02EUROPE • FINANCE The EU's energy commissioner Loyola de Palacio has proposed measures to ensure that government money earmarked for
Reactor starts
05 Apr 02WORLDWIDE • NUCLEAR India's national nuclear regulator has granted approval for start of construction of the National Power Company's Kudankulam
France wins further delays in liberalisation process
05 Apr 02Despite aggressive posturing by EU member states before the recent Barcelona economic summit, France has won a compromise. Gas and
It’s silly to oversell fuel cells
04 Apr 02'Fuel cells, which generate electricity by combining hydrogen and oxygen, are poised to become the leading energy sources of the
HYDRO RELICENSING
04 Apr 02Dear Editor, It's time to go on a war path. While the hydro industry has desperately tried to push legislation
BUJAGALI DAM IN UGANDA
04 Apr 02Dear Editor, The editorial in your January 2002 issue, on the Bujagali dam in Uganda, asserts: 'Former World Commission on