Category: Energy

Tony Nicholls, chief executive of the Oil and Pipelines Agency which operates the UK’s largest integrated oil pipeline and storage system, has been appointed managing director of Manx Gas. He succeeds Alan Bates who, after more than five years at the helm of the Island’s gas utility, has left to become managing director of Guernsey [...]

Isle of Man News, 22 March 2010 – Staff at Friends Provident International (FPI) have been making their workplace more environmentally friendly through a series of energy saving initiatives that have significantly reduced C02 emissions at the Company’s Castletown headquarters. Since July 2009, FPI has been cutting down on its energy consumption by, among other [...]

Isle of Man News, 15 March 2010 – PERMANENT repairs by Manx Gas to a large diameter gas main outside the Villa Marina on Harris Promenade in Douglas are likely to be completed by Thursday. “A temporary repair was carried out as soon as the source of the gas escape was located to ensure public [...]

Isle of Man News, 8 December 2009 – e-Go’s electric cars have been getting high level attention in the Isle of Man, with Government ministers taking the opportunity to drive them and express their support for e-Go’s vision. The Honourable Tony Brown MHK, Chief Minister of the Isle of Man Government took the opportunity to [...]

Isle News, 17 September 2009 – Manx Gas is to significantly reduce its tariff for Natural Gas customers for the second time in less than a year. From the 1st October 2009 all natural gas tariffs will be reduced by 0.5 pence per kWh. This reduction will result in Natural Gas domestic central heating customers [...]