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Scrapped low-carbon projects ‘could have powered 20 million homes’

The opposition has calculated the potential energy from nuclear and renewables projects, which hit the buffers since the Tories won the 2015 general election.

6 years ago

Offshore wind deal negotiations ‘lengthy and confusing’

The offshore wind industry’s sector deal with the government was unveiled months after the industry said it was within weeks of signing it, according to a new report by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee.

6 years ago

Blustery conditions puts wind on top for electricity generation

More than one-third of electricity in Great Britain was powered by wind over the past week, data collected by Aurora Energy Research has revealed.

6 years ago

North West bids for funding to create UK’s first zero-carbon industrial cluster

6 years ago

Capacity market payments will be voluntary during standstill

7 years ago

MPs to examine impact of nuclear generation gap

7 years ago

Government to publish energy white paper ‘in early summer’

Pressed on the timing of the long-awaited policy paper last week during a debate on small modular reactors (SMRs) in the House of Commons, junior business minister Richard Harrington, said: “That will happen in the next few months—in early summer.”

7 years ago

Office for Nuclear Regulation appoints new chair

7 years ago

EDF loses 200,000 customers as operating profit drops

EDF Energy has posted a £172 million loss to its operating profit for the year ending 2018 as well as a loss of 200,000 customers.

7 years ago

Helm ‘amazed’ by lack of debate for price cap hike

Professor Dieter Helm has admitted he was "amazed" about the lack of debate over how big a proportion of policy costs contributed to the recent energy price cap hike.

7 years ago

Who will fill the nuclear gap?

7 years ago

Government open to Chinese involvement in reviving Moorside nuclear project

7 years ago

Chancellor ‘hopeful’ Hitachi will rethink Wylfa nuclear plant

Philip Hammond has expressed hope that Hitachi might still press ahead with its plans to build a new nuclear plant in north Wales.

7 years ago

National Grid awards Hinkley contracts worth £300m

7 years ago

Survey highlights fears over nuclear skills gap post Brexit

7 years ago

Political Agenda: “Energy secretary Greg Clark faces awkward questions”

Business and energy secretary Greg Clark revealed that, as well as taking a one-third equity

7 years ago

Energy UK backs government response to capacity market freeze

The boss of Energy UK has backed the government’s “common sense” response to the suspension of the capacity market, saying he is “confident that it offers a way out of this impasse”.

7 years ago

New onshore wind installations at lowest level since 2011

New onshore wind installations plunged by nearly 80 per cent last year to their lowest level since 2011, according to new figures.

7 years ago

Nuclear strategy in ‘meltdown’ after Wylfa suspension

7 years ago

Hitachi shelves plans for nuclear plants at Wylfa and Oldbury

7 years ago

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