Break-In At Vodafone Facility Overnight Results In Network Issues Today
The mobile phone company, Vodafone, is suffering from network issues today after a break-in last night.
Vodafone announced on Twitter that a break-in at one of their technical facilities had resulted in damage done to some of their equipment.
The break-in at Vodafone’s Basingstoke exchange centre has resulted in some customers experiencing technical problems including temporary loss of voice, sms and internet services. Vodafone said on Twitter that they were ...
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Middle East Tensions Threaten To Spread To Saudi Arabia And Push Crude Oil Prices Higher
The tensions in the Middle East have continued to push up crude oil prices with concern mounting that unrest could spread to Saudi Arabia – the world’s top oil producer.
Crude oil prices have risen 2% as concern grows that tension in the Middle East, currently affecting Libya, will spread to Saudi Arabia.
Brent Crude rose to $114.50 in early trading while U.S. light crude rose to $99.50. Now protests in ...
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Good Energy’s Delabole Wind Farm Officially Reopened By Chris Huhne
Utility Exchange has been reporting on the upgrade of Good Energy’s Delabole wind farm which has just been re-opened by the Energy Secretary, Chris Huhne.
Delabole in Cornwall is the UK’s first commercial wind farm which opened in 1991 and after being re-developed it’s just re-opened.
Delabole originally had ten turbines when it was opened in 1991 but Good Energy has taken these down and replaced them with four ...
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Massive Space Storm Due Could Mean Power Cuts Lasting Months
After the concerns over the effects of the solar flares which hit Earth at the end of last week, scientists have warned that the Earth is due a massive space storm which could result in power cuts lasting for months.
Scientists have warned of billions of pounds of damage which could be caused by a massive space storm which is due – in fact overdue – to affect power grids ...
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Tesco Delays Installation Of Sources Of Renewable Energy
Tesco has delayed its plans to install solar panels as sources of renewable energy on its distribution centres around the country according to a number of reports.
Tesco has responded to news that the Government is to review its renewable energy subsidy by delaying its solar panel programme.
The supermarket giant had plans to install solar panels at its distribution centres around the country. It’s thought that Tesco was set ...
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BP Announces Sale Of North Sea Assets
BP is selling a number of its assets in the North Sea and the Wytch Farm onshore oilfield in Dorset.
BP has denied that its sale of North Sea assets is a move away from UK exploration but has announced that it will sell around 15% of its production assets in the North Sea which are mainly mature gas fields. BP says these mature gas fields have “limited growth ...
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Energy Bills Will Rise By 15% – 25% In The Next Ten Years Energy Bosses Tell Energy Select Committee
Energy bosses have been giving evidence to the Energy Select Committee and have told them that energy bills are likely to rise in the next few years.
The bosses of five of the big six energy companies have told the Energy Select Committee that they expected wholesale energy prices to rise and therefore energy bills would increase too over the next ten years.
British Gas’s Phil Bentley suggested that prices ...
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BP Signs £4.5b Oil & Gas Deal With Indian Energy Company Reliance Industries
BP has signed a £4.5 billion deal with an Indian company which will see BP become a major player in the Indian oil and gas market.
The deal will see BP take a 30% stake in a number of oil and gas blocks operated by Reliance Industries. Some of these are offshore blocks. Reliance Industries is an energy business run by the richest man in Asia, Mukesh Ambani.
Along with shares ...
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Drilling Begins In Search For Sources Of Renewable Energy Below Streets Of Newcastle
Engineers are searching for sources of renewable energy by drilling under the city of Newcastle.
Engineers are searching for renewable energy in Newcastle by drilling a bore hole below the city in the hope of finding geothermal energy.
A team of engineers from Newcastle and Durham Universities is planning to sink a bore hole 2,000 metres below the city centre with the hope that they will be able to find ...
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Apple iPhone No Longer In Top Five Most Popular Handsets
The Apple iPhone 4 is no longer one of the top five most popular handsets with HTC now owning the top three spots.
Mobile Tracker research showed that in February the iPhone had fallen to 6th place in the list of most popular mobile handsets while HTC’s Desire, Desire HD and Wildfire were in the top three spots. The Mobile Tracker rates which mobile phones are the most popular ...
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