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The think tank said the UK is unlikely to remain a full participant in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) over the long term.
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Alex Harrison, energy partner at Hogan Lovells, assesses the challenge of achieving critical mass in
Two-thirds of people in Britain are in favour of changing government policy to allow more onshore wind farms to be built where they have local backing.
It’s once again the time of year when National Grid gazes deep into its crystal
The future bill for decommissioning the UK’s fleet of offshore wind farms has been estimated in a new study at between £1.28 billion and £3.64 billion.
The Austrian government sought to overturn the decision on the basis the promotion of nuclear power does not constitute a common interest of member states, and the reactor technology being used at the Somerset plant is not new.
Figures released by My Grid GB show the steady decline of energy produced by coal, with 210 hours powered without coal in 2016 and 624 in 2017.
By law the government is required to reduce emissions in Wales by at least 80 per cent by 2050, compared to levels in 1990. There are also interim targets for 2020, 2030 and 2040.
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Richard Harrington, junior business and industry minister, was grilled by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee yesterday (10 July) on whether the government’s new draft nuclear waste disposal guidance should permit such facilities in national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty.
One of the UK’s leading energy academics has cast doubt on whether carbon capture and storage (CCS) can be relied upon to facilitate the mass conversion of the heating system to hydrogen.
In its latest quarterly update on the UK’s steps to exit Euratom, the EU-linked nuclear safeguarding regime, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) says 13 safeguards officers are being trained by the Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR) with another due to join the organisation shortly.
The developer behind plans to build a £1.3 billion tidal lagoon plant in Swansea Bay has accused the government of distorting figures used to justify its decision not to back the scheme.
The regulator assessed a total of 116 amendments - four suggested by itself and the rest by industry stakeholders.
Foresight Solar Fund has raised more than £48 million through a share placing to help fund the acquisition of 18 operational solar assets in the UK.
The government should agree support for only one more new nuclear power station before 2025, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has advised.
By backing the conversion of natural gas to hydrogen the government could be in “danger” of supporting technologies that make “minimal or no contributions” to the UK’s climate change objectives, a new cross-party inquiry has warned.
A £500 million energy fund has been launched in London to help hospitals, universities and
The uncertainty surrounding Brexit is already having an impact on energy suppliers, nine months ahead of the UK’s planned departure date from the European Union, Lawrence Slade has warned.
Greg Clark has set a target to slash greenhouse gas emissions from the central government estate by the end of the decade.