Energy Crisis
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| Originally published | 2005 |
| Authors | Ewan McLeish |
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| ID | 2940450 |
About Energy Crisis
Emerging challenges of the 21st Century such as the need to find alternative energies are explored in a balanced, international, and provocative way with a good combination of in-depth facts, statistics and real world consequences.
Cause of eerie pink glow over Howden revealed by local business
... So why are people only seeing the pink lights now? Mr Denham said: " Because of the Energy Crisis we had to invest heavily in LED lights...
Campaigners call for more energy support for vulnerable households
... " Separately, Philippe Commaret, managing director for customers at EDF, has pledged to ensure that some 250,000 of the company s customer households who are struggling with high costs see their standing charges - the fixed daily amount you have to pay for energy, no matter how much you use - fall to where they were before the Energy Crisis...
Blackouts less likely this winter says National Grid
... Chances of the lights going out were almost back to where they were before the Energy Crisis, it said...
Energy firms warned against paying dividends
... Regulator Ofgem said firms " must learn the lessons of the Energy Crisis" adding " a return to the practices we saw before isn t on the table"...
Energy bills fall as new price cap comes into force
... And while bills remain higher than before the Energy Crisis, it is great news that people will see them drop...
Crisis-hit Pakistan strikes $3bn IMF bailout deal
... Pakistan s economy, which was already struggling after years of financial mismanagement, has been pushed to the brink by a global Energy Crisis and devastating floods that hit the country last year...
Warning energy bills to stay high for foreseeable future
... Centrica chief executive Chris O Shea said while he believes the worst of the Energy Crisis is over, risks remain...
When will we start seeing energy bill deals again?
... That is £426 a year less than what they pay now, although still far higher than what we saw before the Energy Crisis...
Cause of eerie pink glow over Howden revealed by local business
By Linsey Smith and Kevin ShoesmithBBC News
A strange, pink glow illuminating The Skies over East Yorkshire has led people To Believe they had seen the Northern Lights .
Some even thought The Mystery hue was the hallmark of extra terrestrials.
But the earthly reality is a little less exciting. . Unless you're an avid gardener, that is.
Bursting The Bubble , Nick Denham, Managing Director of The Business behind The Glow , explained: " It's LED lights used for growing plants. "
Mr Denham's company is the UK's biggest plant propagator, turning seeds into young plants which are then shipped off to growers, before eventually supplying The Nation 's supermarkets.
The Plant Raisers firm, which employs up to 100 people, has been at its Howden premises, off the M62, for years.
So why are people only seeing the pink lights now?
Mr Denham said: " Because of the Energy Crisis we had to invest heavily in LED lights. But it means The Light is pink and not white that people saw before. "
Lighting was needed to " manipulate day-length" in order for The Firm to maximise plant growth, he explained.
Ruby Hilson, an amateur astronomer who lives nearby, described the First Time she saw The Illumination .
She Said : " I was like, whoa what on earth is that? "
" There was this massive pink light. It looked like a disc, " She Said .
" My brain initially went to 'it's a UFO'. But it wasn't moving.
" It obviously wasn't a UFO. "
Those who want To Believe may point out that the pink illuminations are visible on Some Nights and not on others.
Bringing us back to earth with a bump, Mr Denham said a curtain was drawn over the glasshouses when the temperature hits a certain point.
" If the outside temperature is above 12C (54F), there's a discussion about whether the curtain is on or not, " He Said .
As well as More Than halving his firm's energy bill, Mr Denham said the pink lights produced " far better" plants.
" It's been a really good move for us, " He Said . " Last September we were facing an increase of over £1m in our electric bill. We wouldn't have been In Business .
" We would've been finished. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com