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Hitachi’s nuclear reactor starts design assessment

The design assessment for Hitachi-GE's advance boiling water reactor (ABWR) has officially begun.

13 years ago

Eon resubmits Rampion windfarm plans

Plans for the Rampion offshore windfarm off the Sussex coast have been resubmitted by Eon to the Planning Inspectorate.

13 years ago

London Array now at full capacity

The London Array offshore windfarm has reached full capacity after the 175th and final turbine was commissioned at the weekend.

13 years ago

Final three named in £2.8 million energy from waste competition

Three companies have made the shortlist of a £2.8 million competition to design the "most economically and commercially viable, efficient energy from waste gasification plant possible".

13 years ago

Davey plays it cool on nuclear negotiations

EDF's Hinkley Point C proposal is not the UK's only new nuclear power option, energy secretary Ed Davey insisted yesterday.

13 years ago

Bentley Motors to install UK’s largest rooftop solar array

Bentley Motors is set to install the UK's largest rooftop PV array on its factory in Crewe.

13 years ago

Zeal for the convert

13 years ago

Nuclear technology gets £31 million fund

Government announced £31 million of funding to develop nuclear technology and a long-term nuclear energy strategy today.

13 years ago

Cornish marine energy gets £2 million European funding boost

Developers of marine energy devices in Cornwall have been given a £2 million funding boost.

13 years ago

Greencoat wind fund oversubscribed

Investors have flocked to buy shares in six windfarms formerly owned by energy companies RWE and SSE, in a vote of confidence for the continued profitability of the sector.

13 years ago

SSE steps up capacity crisis alarm with plans to close 2,000MW of generation

SSE today warned of heightened risk that the lights could go out as it announced plans to take 2,000MW of generation capacity offline in the next financial year.

13 years ago

Renewables ‘beating shale gas in price drop race’

Renewables will beat shale gas to lower power prices in the UK, according to an analysis from bank Citigroup.

13 years ago

Hinkley Point C given planning go-ahead

EDF Energy has been granted planning permission for its Hinkley Point C new nuclear plant have been approved by the government.

13 years ago

Majority of Scots happy to host windfarms

Nearly two thirds of Scottish people are happy to host large scale wind projects, a YouGov poll has revealed. Just one in five oppose the idea.

13 years ago

Independent Scotland could make ‘transformational’ energy policy

Independence for Scotland would clear the way for transformational energy policy. That was the Yes Scotland argument at a Scottish Renewables conference on Monday.

13 years ago

Hayes opposes plans for Britain’s largest solar farm

Energy minister John Hayes is fighting a solar farm planned by Peterborough City Council for a site next to his constituency.

13 years ago

Home truths

13 years ago

Fair shares

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Heads up

13 years ago

Happy days for old nuclear

It's a gloomy outlook for many as chancellor George Osborne gears up to announce more cuts in his third Budget speech on 20 March. However, Megan Darby spots some rays of sunshine for utilities

13 years ago

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