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Plans to build Swansea’s pathfinder tidal power project face “genuine challenges”, according to Wales’ first minister, who has emerged in recent months as the project’s key champion.
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Parliament’s public spending watchdog has cast doubt on whether the privatised Green Investment Bank (GIB) will continue to support the government’s clean energy policy goals.
Eon could cut up to 5,000 jobs as it expects to make synergies of €600 to €800 million as part of the major asset swap with RWE, which will see Eon acquire Innogy.
‘No credible scenario’ exists for hitting the UK’s 2050 decarbonisation targets without continued reliance on
Eon is set to acquire Innogy from RWE, in a far-reaching asset swap that will see Eon concentrate on retail and networks, while RWE focuses on renewables and other forms of generation.
A £15 million fund designed to promote the production and distribution of energy from renewable resources in Greater Manchester has launched today (9 March).
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with EDF Energy to provide heat exchangers for the nuclear island systems at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset.
John McDonnell has confirmed the backing of Labour’s front bench for plans for a £1.5 billion tidal barrage project in the Mersey.
Imperial College London (ICL) researchers have urged caution to those basing future energy decisions on “over-optimistic models that predict that the entire system could be run on renewables by the middle of this century.”
SP Energy Networks has launched a £15 million green economy fund to support initiatives focused on decarbonising Scotland’s heating and transport.
The government has enshrined the embargo on onshore wind farms in its new national planning
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has presented the case to Ofgem for a new 220MW transmission link between the Orkney Islands and the Scottish mainland.
Smartest Energy is hoping to benefit from the demand-side response (DSR) market after signing a deal with Origami Energy to use its smart grid platform.
"Offshore wind has the potential to be the backbone of a future world that runs entirely on green energy"
8 years ago
Greencoat UK Wind has grown the value of its portfolio to over £1.4 billion after investing more than £500 million in wind generation in 2017.
Renewable energy supplier Good Energy, which has had an advert banned for claiming its electricity contains no carbon dioxide, has said it can sometimes be “difficult to manage simplicity against detail”.
The boss of Drax Power says he is confident the company will be able to secure capacity market contracts for new gas turbines, despite the record-low price in the latest auction.
A groundbreaking tidal power project planned for Swansea Bay can be delivered on the same terms as the Hinkley Point nuclear power station, a Conservative MP has claimed.
Drax Group has seen a rise in earnings despite the loss of £5 million due a fire at its Yorkshire power station which led to the temporary shut-down of two biomass units.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has dismissed an appeal by SSE and EDF Energy against an Ofgem decision on the transmission charges levied on generators.