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SSE eyes power plants

Scottish & Southern Energy is considering buying two power stations that EDF, its French rival, has been forced to sell

US joins rush to supply nuclear goods to India

Largest ever US trade mission travels to Delhi and Mumbai as nuclear supply embargo on the country is lifted

Furious EU protests after Russian gas cut off

Gas supplies to six countries cut off on coldest night of the year as row over Russia and Ukraine dramatically worsens

Gas supplies to Europe dry up as row deepens

Bulgaria, Austria and Czech Republic lost all or most of their gas supplies from Russia today, with Germany set to be next

Cuts feared as Russian row heats up

Payment dispute and theft accusations threaten to squeeze gas flows out of Ukraine as Vladimir Putin orders cuts to supply

Dale Vince: Hippy blowing in the wind

Dale Vince taught himself to build turbines while living as a dropout. Now his green Ecotricity group is big business

Industry breathes new energy into bankers

Utilities sector is continuing to hire as the economy slides into recession and bankers are flocking to jobs in the industry

RWE npower takes options at Wylfa

Energy supplier has secured options to buy farmland at Wylfa, Isle of Anglesey, near the existing Magnox power station

Key figure overlooked in ScottishPower merger

The man largely responsible for the integration of two utility companies has been overlooked in a board room reshuffle

Blackout fear as power plants face axe

A tenth of UK power plants could be forced to close by spring 2013 - two-and-a-half years ahead of schedule, new research shows

Npower fined after reporters’ exposé

Energy giant fined £1.8m after a Sunday Times investigation revealed that sales staff were routinely lying to customers

Shop’s £48,000 bill for Npower error

Business forced to pay £48,000 after the energy giant realised that it had failed to bill the company for more than three years

Money fails to reach fuel poverty families

Many vulnerable households are unaware of deals despite a multimillion-pound commitment by energy companies to help

Big Six to cut electricity and gas bills

After the collapse in wholesale energy prices, UK's energy suppliers are preparing to slash prices early in the new year

Thousands still face homes without gas

About 2,000 homes remain without gas after a mains explosion that set alight an electricity pylon in Lancashire