It might sound like something more at home in a Stephen Spielberg film, but staff at a Powergen power station have discovered a giant prehistoric fish on site. Kingsnorth Power Station’s Nature Warden, Bill Jones, was called in to investigate when operations
Powergen has donated 20 computers to local charity ReCOM as part of a series of projects aimed at getting IT equipment to disadvantaged groups. Powergen had recently upgraded its equipment so was happy to find a good home for the redundant PCs. Don Leiper,
Powergen has today announced that it has bought out its joint venture partner, Siemens Project Ventures GmbH (SPV) – a subsidiary of Siemens Financial Services GmbH, to take full ownership of Cottam Development Centre (CDC). The company spent around £52.5m
If one in five UK households were to change to internet billing for their energy and banking needs, over 75,000 trees could be saved over the next five years1, according to UK’s largest integrated energy company, Powergen. In today's society being Internet
Almost a quarter of the UK’s small businesses admit to throwing open the windows at work when it gets too warm indoors during winter instead of turning down the heating, according to research by leading energy company Powergen. The survey found that 23%
Powergen, the UK subsidiary of E.ON, has today announced that it has completed its £1.146 billion acquisition of Midlands Electricity. The announcement comes after Powergen secured the right to purchase 100% of the bonds required to complete
Powergen Luxembourg Holdings Sàrl (“Powergen Luxembourg”) and Avon Energy Partners Holdings (“AEPH”) announced today that the Chancery Division of the High Court of England and Wales (the “High Court”) approved on January 14, 2003 a Scheme of Arrangement
Following the press release issued earlier today by energywatch regarding Age Concern Energy Services prices, Powergen would like to confirm that, as announced on 14 November 2003, price increases for Age Concern Energy Services customers do not come
Powergen’s Kingsnorth apprentice Bejay Makwana took the plunge in a big way when he decided to raise money for charity. Bejay was among a group of 15 people who abseiled down the side of Guy’s Hospital in London – from a height of 450ft. Bejay said: “I’ve
Energy sector companies who fund new technological developments and skills can quickly reap business benefits that far exceed their original investment, according to a new study by Power Technology, Powergen’s UK-based asset management and services consultancy
Ratcliffe Environment and Safety Team Leader, Chris Smith, her three-year-old daughter Laura and friends have waddled their way to raising nearly £2,000 for the Meningitis Trust. With help from Tracey Taylor and Angela Wildgoose, who both have daughters
Powergen Luxembourg Holdings Sàrl (“Powergen Luxembourg”), which is a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of EON and is incorporated in Luxembourg, announced today that it is extending its offer to purchase all of the outstanding notes of Avon Energy Partners
More than a quarter of MPs fancy themselves as the next Jamie Oliver, Basil Fawlty or David Dickinson according to research into the type of small business that MPs would most like to run if they left politics in 2004. The survey of over 100 MPs from
It’s all systems go for Powergen’s Scroby Sands offshore wind farm after the team sinking the turbine foundations worked through autumn and winter to get all 30 into the sandbank on schedule. Helped by the recent good weather, the offshore team on the