The company is said to be the biggest fuel supplier to the U.S. military, providing for more than 10% of needs.

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The main supplier of fuel to the Western Isles has written to customers offering to release them from contracts if they want to use another supplier.

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Blending of local and imported coal would have increased costs for power producers which source the fuel from the state-run monopoly supplier.

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Stornoway-based fuel station owner Gordon MacLennan has cut his prices after switching supplier.

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Furukawa Battery, the Tokyo-based supplier of power systems , is commercializing a magnesium fuel cell technology that generates electricity using salt water as an electrolyte.

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Ofgem is proposing to limit each energy supplier to no more than four core tariffs for each fuel.

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Tropical fruit supplier Fyffes has warned of higher banana and pineapple prices due to rising fuel costs and adverse exchange rates.

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British Gas, the UK's biggest energy supplier, announced that it would raise its charges for both types of fuel by an average of 6% on 16 November.

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