Japan's stock market is gripped by panic selling as the stricken nation's central bank resorts to emergency measures for the second successive day, pumping eight trillion yen (£61 billion) into money markets... more
Market round-up: It might not be all doom and gloom for the British taxpayer next year — if the City’s banking boffins have done their sums right... more
Plans to build a £1 billion coal-fired power station in Kent were shelved as owner E.ON blamed lower demand for electricity because of the recession... more
Britain’s carbon capture and storage sector will be able to sustain 100,000 jobs by 2030 and make up to £6.5 billion a year, the Energy Secretary claims... more
Ofgem said it had strong competition among bidders looking to run the £1 billion-plus transmission contracts that will bring the electricity generated by offshore wind farms into Britain's grid... more
Energy analysis: The decision by E.ON this month to abandon plans to build a new coal-fired plant at its existing site at Kingsnorth in Kent was seen as a huge victory for the Green lobby... more
After Sir Crispin Davis saw sense (or was made to) and withdrew his candidature for ITV chairman, there should be no excuse for the beleaguered broadcaster’s board to push on and appoint Sir Michael Bishop... more
Energy: The scramble for the British nuclear industry has intensified as it emerged that another French heavyweight is bidding to build new multi-billion-pound reactors in the UK... more
National Grid indicates it could be on the verge of turning the tide of industrial history by bidding for a major chunk of Germany's electricity market... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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