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The Race Bank offshore wind farm near Grimsby has been officially opened. The installation off
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"On the surface, Defra seem to be saying that biomass burning has air quality issues"
Summit Power said its Caledonia Clean Energy Project could be built as soon as the early 2020s with a strike price of just £80 to £90/MWh (2012) over a 20-year contract.
The Nuclear Industry Association chief executive, Tom Greatrex said the Brexit transition period would be “crucial” to the sector, which depended in turn on whether the UK is able to strike a trade deal with the EU.
Northumbrian Water Group’s (NWG) chief executive and the former chairman of Dong Energy UK were among the utilities leaders recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for 2018.
The government has announced that key building blocks of the UK’s post-Brexit nuclear safeguarding regime have been assembled.
The government has announced that onshore wind farms in the Scottish islands will be able to compete for CfD (contracts for difference) subsidies.
Drax has switched off one of the three remaining coal units at its power station in Yorkshire as it prepares to convert the unit to run on biomass.
Wales’ first minister has launched a last ditch bid to rescue plans for a pioneering wave power plant in Swansea Bay.
Since then, the government steered clear of bankrolling nuclear power. This has reflected the Treasury’s
Labour has called for no trade-off between government backing for a nuclear power station in north Wales and a pioneering tidal lagoon plant in Swansea.
Greg Clark has signalled a shift in the government’s long-standing block on direct investment in nuclear energy as he announced the next phase of talks on Horizon’s Wylfa Newydd plant.
The Crown Estate has received applications for an additional 3GW of generating capacity by extending existing windfarms.
Greg Clark is due to make an announcement this evening on nuclear power in which he is expected to give the go ahead for plans to build a new atom plant in north Wales.
SES Water has switched to renewable electricity for all its treatment works, pumping stations and offices in a move it describes as a “major step forward” for its environmental commitments.
The government is making a “historic mistake” by rejecting the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project, Ed Davey has warned, following reports of its imminent demise.
A funding deal for the proposed Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant in North Wales will be outlined by ministers next week, according to reports in the Times and Financial Times.
Over the early May bank holiday weekend, National Grid gave one of its newer acronyms
Claire Perry wants to bring the next round of global climate change talks in 2020
The Scottish government has granted planning permission for the country’s largest solar PV project.