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The chair of Parliament’s climate change watchdog has backed the government’s sceptical approach towards the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon.
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The UK was home to more than half of new offshore wind capacity in Europe
Investment in small scale low carbon projects is waning due to uncertainty over the future
The government should end its de facto “policy ban” on mature renewables to help cut
EDF says replicating the design of Hinkley Point for Sizewell, and wind's rising integration costs, will enable nuclear to be competitive - if the financing can be got right. Tom Grimwood reports.
Coal generation has been routed in the latest capacity market auction, with nearly 2.8GW dropping
SSE has begun talks with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over the planned merger
The cost of nuclear power could be slashed to “well below” £70 per MW/hr if
Following the death knell of the collapsed Carillion, formerly one of the UK’s major infrastructure players, there has been renewed interest – and concern – about infrastructure investment. Nigel Hawkins investigates.
Low carbon energy projects will be able to benefit from up to £10 million-worth of support from a £60 million Scottish government fund launched earlier this week.
Communities will be offered up to £2.5 million per annum if they agree to seriously
Small modular reactors could play a “crucial role” in the decarbonisation of the energy system, according to a new report from Policy Exchange.
If the UK is to meet its future emissions reduction targets, it will have to decarbonise heat. A Utility Week roundtable, held in association with the Energy Systems Catapult, considered how.
The Clean Growth Strategy is key to translating the government's ambitions to tackling emissions, but many worry the document is short on practical plans for how to do this. David Blackman reports.
The new chair of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has identified tackling carbon emissions as
First power has been generated from the second and final stage of the Walney Extension
Offshore wind capacity could reach 30GW by the 2030s with the right support from the
Pensions funds and other institutional investors could be brought in to help fund the proposed Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk, according to the new boss of EDF Energy.
A £6.5 million EU grant has been awarded to pump naturally-heated water from an old
Published this week, the CCC report said the strategy contains a ‘welcome recognition’ of the