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The latest Roc bands strongly favour coal-to-biomass conversion over new dedicated biomass plant. Richard Bowen analyses the decision
12 years ago
SSE today warned of heightened risk that the lights could go out as it announced plans to take 2,000MW of generation capacity offline in the next financial year.
A dash for gas would help the UK to lower its carbon emissions, but only in the short term top academics have warned.
The Cockenzie coal-fired generation plant in East Lothian has shut down its four turbines for the last time today.
EDF Energy has withdrawn a threat to sue climate change activists for £5 million, on condition they steer clear of the energy company's sites in future.
Didcot A coal-fired power station has two weeks left to run before it shuts down for good, RWE said on Wednesday.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) should get the same kind of subsidies as renewable power generation as soon as possible, according to an industry expert.
Centrica reinforced Ofgem boss Alistair Buchanan's recent warnings of a looming capacity squeeze following its financial results announcement on Wednesday.
CCS needs to get off the drawing board and into action. Tore Amundsen explains the role a leading test centre in Norway is playing
EDF is suing activists for £5 million over disruption caused when they halted construction of West Burton gas power plant for a week last October.
Nigel Hawkins says we should bring forward utility capital programmes to help grow our struggling economy
Centrica’s abandonment this week of its plans to build new nuclear power plants came as
The UK's poor performance and deployment of renewable generation has contributed to the capacity crunch the country faces in 2015, according to the Renewable Energy Association (REA).
Drax pre-tax profits plummeted by 44 per cent from 2011 to £190 million in 2012, according to preliminary results published today.
SSE is on track to increase the dividend per share at the end of the financial year, according to an interim statement issued today.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) has given climate change minister Greg Barker ministerial responsibility for planning decisions, a move that means he will determine EDF's Hinkley Point C nuclear power station application.
A carbon capture pilot project at RWE Npower's Aberthaw coal-fired power station has captured its first tonne of CO2.
13 years ago
