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New interconnector pushes power imports to record high

New interconnector pushes power imports to record high

The opening of the 1GW Nemo Link interconnector with Belgium has pushed power imports into Great Britain to a new record high, according to the latest Electric Insights report from Drax.

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Subsidy cuts divert investment from renewables to batteries

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Clark cuts procurement target for delayed T-1 capacity auction

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Judges’ holiday likely to impact capacity market verdict

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Renewables face five-year set back with charging reforms

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Letter from the Editor: Let battle commence

The war for the world has begun, battle lines have been drawn and utilities are

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Britain powers past one week in latest coal-free run

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Siemens to spin off gas and power business

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Letter from the Editor: Capturing the mood on carbon

Then came the shock weekend resignation of the country’s ­“fracking Tsar” just six months into

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‘Ramp up’ policies to achieve net zero emissions, says CCC

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Decarbonisation by 2050 can be achieved at ‘very low cost’

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Perry calls for ‘consensus around change’ to decarbonise economy

Colleagues will be aware that public concern about climate change has grown to levels never

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AES sells off coal and gas plants in Northern Ireland

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Britain notches up another coal-free record over Easter

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Drax shareholders revolt over executive pay increase

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Protesters gather outside Drax AGM

A protest, led by Biofuelwatch, has been held today (17 April) outside Drax’s annual general meeting (AGM) in London. Campaigners gathered to protest the company, whose power station they claim is the UK’s single biggest emitter of C02, for the “disastrous impacts of its biomass, coal and gas burning on climate, forests and communities.”

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Government adviser calls for £1bn investment in nuclear innovation

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Capacity market: what next?

In the latest developments in the challenge to the capacity market, Tempus Energy has launched

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Clark gives consent to 1.7GW gas plant in Teesside

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Campaigners urge energy secretary to block new gas turbines at Drax

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