GLG News by Utilities and Power Generation Industry Experts (EU)

Many current fuels and clean sources for power generation provide non-firm supplies. Coal remains the cheapest most cheaply and easily stored power generation fuel, and therefore must remain in the fuel misx of most generators.

Globally thaere is great demand for power generation equipment and skills for construction, testing and operation of new plant. Plant owners who delay orders or have consent delays imposed upon then risk joining the queue for key components and skills for manufacture and commissioning of new plant.

Throughout the boom period of BP's performance staffers have been incentivised by a target driven culture that has seen to be counter-productive to the overall group performance and image.

BAA owns and operates the three main London Airports at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stanstead together with the three main Scottish hubs at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. The final airport in the group is Southampton. As such BAA has for years enjoyed near monopoly for business and leasure travel to and...

Whilst Cape sized vessels are the work horses of bulk commodity shipping the overall bulk shipping market needs to be considered. Considerable bult commodity transport is carried in smaller Panamax and Handy sized vessels.

Bulk freight rates slumped to uneconomic lows in the second half of 2001. Typical rates for Cape Size vessels from South Africa to Europe fell to US$4.5/te, and from Australia to Europe to US$6.60/te. For Panamax vessels Australia to Europe fell to US$9.25/te and from South Africa to Europe US$6.5/te....

Phase 1 (2005-2007) could be described as a complete failure or merely a leaning experience. Phase 2 (2008-2012) will build on earlier phase, but there are doubts that individual staes have been stringent in the issue of emission allowances. Phase 3 (beyond 2012) is a great opportunity

Cancellation of the proposed TXU coal-fired plants may lead to a perceived lack of firm generation capacity that can be adequately filled by new reliable and safe nuclear plants. Being first in the queue to license new nuclear reactors, will put NRG in a powerful position. There are more than sixty...

Due to the global climate change the energy supply mix will change: energy efficiency and renewable energy are becoming the energy markets of the future. Those countries which first develop their technology in these areas will have the say on the global market and will experience substantial growth...

In view of the overwhelming evidence that emission trading has brought about a change in corporate attitudes by giving a cost to emitting, in addition to the vast volumes of greenhouse gas emissions that have been reduced as a direct result of emission trading, it is very difficult to empathise with...