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Renewables will overtake fossil fuels in 2020 to become the “dominant” source of power in
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Hitachi is on the verge of putting its plans for a new nuclear power project on hold, according to Japanese press reports.
The final round of public consultation on EDF’s plans for a new nuclear power station in coastal Suffolk is due to kick off today (4 January).
Electricity generation in the UK fell to 335TWh in 2018 – the lowest level since 1994
The government has announced its intention to resume collecting capacity market payments from suppliers during the current standstill period.
Change is usually accompanied by uncertainty. Driven by the need to decarbonise, the energy industry is in the midst of a radical transformation. Whilst the end goal is clear, the route there is still being plotted out.
China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) has announced plans to accelerate its new power station at Bradwell to fill the gap in the nuclear pipeline created by the recent demise of the Moorside project.
The chair of the House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy committee has written to Richard Harrington, who has responsibility for the nuclear industry in his portfolio as minister for business and industry, for more details about the government’s post-Brexit plans for the nuclear industry.
Greater direct government intervention in backing nuclear projects would expose the sector to the risk of competing with other spending priorities for investment, a senior official has claimed.
Windfarms generated a record amount of electricity on Wednesday (28 November), according to National Grid.
But while the unexpected victory of “the little guys” over what has been termed in
The energy industry was already in turbulent waters. Suppliers were gearing up for the fast-approaching
Three workers have been injured following an accident at EDF Energy’s Heysham 1 nuclear power
Business and energy secretary Greg Clark will know the feeling. Last week, he was in
The government could have stopped Toshiba from pulling the plug on its plans for a
“We are on the cusp of extraordinary transformations in electricity that will knock the socks off anything we have seen in the past ten years.”
