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Work to demolish old generators and buildings at power firm Belco has started, the company announced. The firm will take down buildings and remove material which is too hazardous or out-of-date to use. Wayne Caines, Belco’s president, said the projec...

Electricity from Bermuda’s first large-scale solar farm has started to feed into the island’s electricity grid, power firm Belco revealed yesterday. A Belco spokesman said that the six-megawatt solar farm – on a disused runway at the airport called t...

Changes to Bermuda’s electricity grid will be needed to attract a range of new power technologies, the home affairs minister said. But scenarios being reviewed would not allow a new generation company to hook-up to the island’s present electricity gr...

Wave power has the potential to meet all the island’s electricity demand, the home affairs minister said today. Walter Roban added a move to wave generation would also lead to cheaper bills for consumers. Mr Roban was speaking as he announced an agre...

Significant generation of electricity – independently of Belco – is being investigated by the island’s Regulatory Authority. But the scenarios up for review would not allow an entity generating its own power to hook up to the island’s electricity gr...

Damage to utility poles has caused outages in two separate parishes, Belco confirmed today. Shelly Leman, the managing director of transmission distribution and detail, said that a commercial truck hit a pole on Serpentine Road, Pembroke around 10.30...

Belco has launched its apprenticeship programme, which provides an earn-as-you-learn opportunity for successful applicants. The company said that the programme has been redesigned to give worthy applicants an opportunity and the best chance of succes...

Power bills in Bermuda are set to rise this month with Belco blaming significantly increased costs for fuel. The company said the Fuel Adjustment Rate rose by about 23 per cent - from 13.486 cents per kilowatt hour to 16.61 cents per kilowatt hour - ...

The deadline for a public survey on solar energy has been extended by two weeks, the Government said today. A spokesman for the home affairs ministry said the closing date would be August 20 instead the original August 6. He added: “This survey is vi...

Belco will talk to the public about its efforts to reduce emissions at its Pembroke plant at an online forum on Thursday. A spokesman for the energy provider said the forum, to begin at 5.30pm, will “include updates on the company’s sustainability st...

The Department of Energy has launched a new public survey to collect information about the public interest in solar energy. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, encouraged the public to complete the online survey to help the Government design ...

Belco roadworks on Harrington Sound Road in Hamilton Parish will be suspended during Cup Match to improve ease of access to the cricket match in St George’s. The news came as Belco thanked drivers for their patience saying that the company was aware...