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Drax has announced plans to trial carbon capture and storage (CCS) on one of the three biomass units at its power station in Yorkshire.
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Hospitality giant Whitbread has announced plans to extend its existing solar programme to a further 70 hotels nationwide. It claims the move will mean Whitbread-owned hotel chain Premier Inn will have more solar panel sites than any of its UK competitors.
Leading industry voice, the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA), has announced its new president as Elaine Lancaster of Groupe Atlantic UK & ROI Division.
Ed Davey has branded “deeply alarming” Claire Perry’s description of shale gas as “low carbon energy” after the government unveiled moves to “fast track” planning approval for onshore extraction of the fuel.
The rules governing the support of renewable projects should be changed to provide a dedicated pot for wave and tidal projects, the government has been told.
Lloyds Bank has announced it will dedicate £100 million worth of cheap loans to help small businesses take advantage of supply chain opportunities related to the construction of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
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“Renewable energy” is taken to mean energy from sources that are non-polluting, sustainable or carbon neutral by 43 per cent of respondents to a recent survey.
Anesco has revealed plans to build around 300MW of new battery storage over the next three years, quadrupling the size of its existing portfolio.
Electricity consumers will be out of pocket by £1.5 billion due to a change in the rules for the latest Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction, parliament’s spending watchdog has concluded.
The government has been urged to reverse collapsing investment in low carbon energy by reviewing the regime for supporting the sector before the next round of Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions takes place in 2019.
The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) has failed to provide value for money for the £23 billion that it is set to cost taxpayers, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has concluded.
The UK is unlikely to need any new baseload gas generation to fill the gap left by the planned closure of coal plants, WWF and Sandbag have claimed in a new report.
Severn Trent will make its energy usage data public, so experts and enthusiasts can look for ways the water company could make energy savings in the future.
Scottish Power has introduced its first tariff to enable customers to charge their electric vehicles (EVs) at home.
Green MP Caroline Lucas has called for an “urgent debate” in parliament to clarify whether the government is offering package of financial support for Hitachi-backed plans to build a new nuclear plant on the Isle of Anglesey.
Some of England’s most historic sites are set to become more energy efficient as Ecotricity has launched a partnership with English Heritage.
Solar’s share of the generation mix surged to a new record high on Sunday (6 May) as the UK was soaked in sunshine over the bank holiday weekend.
Three of the companies in the supply chain for the stalled Swansea Bay tidal lagoon power plant have gone bust while the government has been dithering over whether to back the project, its promoter has revealed.
TEN years after the passing of the Climate Change Act, Energy UK is launching a far-reaching project looking ahead to the next decade.