Conventional generation

First Green Investment Bank funds for Northern Ireland

Iconic Inverkip chimney demolished

Energy production falls 10.7% despite rise in consumption

Blythe Harbour biomass power station gets green light

European Investment Bank commits to phasing out coal power investment

Vattenfall to restructure and write down £3bn

Lords to launch shale gas and oil inquiry

Analysis: Electricity Market Reform

Capacity market will drive away biomass developers

The introduction of a capacity market will devalue biomass power plants and drive developers from the UK, industry figures have warned.

The big fight

Decc ends subsidy to dedicated biomass power

Dedicated biomass power plants will no longer be eligible for subsidies, under the draft Electricity Market Reform delivery plan set out by government on Wednesday.

Davey looks to hydrogen to store surplus wind power

Energy secretary Ed Davey has insisted that the coalition government is looking at not just batteries but advances in "hydrogen technology" so it can "store wind power when it's not needed on the grid".

Let’s get serious

Europe in danger of losing race to commercialise CCS

Europe must urgently find extra support for carbon capture and storage (CCS) or lose all claim to lead the world on climate action, a regulatory expert has warned.

White Rose the sole CCS project in Europe’s NER300 competition

The UK's White Rose Project is the only carbon capture and storage (CCS) scheme submitted for the latest round of European funding.