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Solar panels could be installed on more buildings across the City of Hamilton. A project to put 210 solar panels at the City’s work depot on Laffan Street is nearing completion ahead of deadline. Now, the City says it is considering similar options a...

Denton Williams is the new chief executive of the Regulatory Authority of Bermuda. The appointment comes three months after Mr Williams resigned as chief operating officer at Ascendant Group, parent company of Belco. The controversial departure of Mr...

Dear Sir, Has anyone noticed that the wind has been blowing in Bermuda at between 15 and 35 knots almost every day and night, for the past three months, as well as for the past year and for the past 50 years — throughout each year. How is it possible...

In reviewing the treatment that the Government, Ascendant Group and the Regulatory Authority of Bermuda have offered the retail solar panel installer to date, we think it is important for the public to be aware of the history so that clear decisions ...

For centuries, Bermudians have been independent, innovative and resilient in our use of renewable resources. Although many of us take it for granted, our rainwater collection system is a model for the rest of the world on how to gather and use a scar...

It is sometimes good to look beyond the shores of our tiny island to gain some perspective on important issues such as energy. The excellent article in the Deloitte Insight titled Global Renewable Energy Trends — Solar and Wind Move from Mainstream...

The Regulatory Authority of Bermuda received about 800 responses from a public consultation on Bermuda’s blueprint for power generation in the future. The six-month consultation period on the Integrated Resource Plan ended on November 30. A spokeswom...

If Belco’s integrated resource plan proposal is anything to go by, the utility is steering a Titanic-like course through a sea of ice. Iceberg No 1: energy efficiency and conservation. Belco has built its financial projections on the assumption that...

A vision for a majority renewable energy supply in Bermuda has received overwhelming support in a six-month public consultation. An extended deadline for submissions is tomorrow. The submission by BE Solar’s parent company, Bermuda Engineering Comp...

Dear Sir, I cannot let Dennis Pimentel’s opinion (The Royal Gazette, November 23, 2018), regarding his company’s Integrated Resource Plan for Bermuda’s future electricity supply, go without a rebuttal. Mr Pimentel’s defence of Belco’s plan for Bermud...

As I do periodically with regard to technical matters concerning the future and economic wellbeing of the island, I was recently discussing with my good friend, Mike Murphy, an issue that affects every one of us: Bermuda’s future energy policies. Whe...

The world is unmistakably moving towards a future that involves more environmentally sustainable methods of generating electricity. There is an opportunity for Bermuda not just to become more environmentally active, but also for all Bermudians to bec...