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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...

Over the year-end holidays, Sheila Manderson, one of the island’s most well known-former chief executives at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, was back with her husband for a visit from her California home near Napa Valley, where they are well settl...

The biggest solar-power system in Hamilton is being installed. The City of Hamilton is covering the roof of its works depot in Laffan Street in Pembroke with 210 solar panels, covering 3,765 square feet at a cost of $286,000 to save money and help pr...

A solar farm at the airport could affect the handling of emergencies, a former firefighter has claimed. Karl Outerbridge, who served with the airport fire service for several years, said the area earmarked for the power plant could be needed to keep ...

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 ...

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...