Experts at Cornwall Insight have warned that the UK government is on course to miss its target for decarbonising the power sector by as much as a decade. The goal,
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EnergyPathways PLC has outlined the critical importance of domestic gas storage infrastructure as the United Kingdom grapples with declining capacity and heightened requirements for energy security amid the transition to
Households across Britain can expect to see energy bills rise by £116 annually by 2030 to cover a substantial £90 billion investment intended to expand the national electricity grid and
Britain’s largest oil producer, Harbour Energy, is preparing to halve its investment in the North Sea amid fierce criticism of Labour’s so called punitive windfall tax. Executives confirmed plans to
Greenpeace is poised to take the Crown Estate, which finances the royal household, to court, alleging that it is inflating the price of wind power by capitalising on its exclusive
A leading trade body, Offshore Energies UK, has suggested the United Kingdom could meet up to fifty per cent of its domestic energy requirements until 2050 if the current tax
Greg Jackson, the founder of Octopus Energy, has secured a notable government advisory position just weeks after a public divergence with Ed Miliband over energy pricing strategy. Jackson is set
Ed Miliband, the UK Energy Secretary, is under mounting scrutiny for withholding details of a net zero cooperation agreement signed with China earlier this year. Despite growing demands for transparency,
A new nuclear power plant at Sizewell C in Suffolk is set to commence construction, now estimated to cost £38 billion. This figure represents a significant increase from earlier cost
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, recently visited Aberdeen, the heart of the UK’s oil and gas industry, to welcome a defecting Conservative councillor into his party. This is the
Fossil fuel reserves in the North Sea are depleting at an accelerated pace, leading to inevitable job losses across the sector. A new report suggests that a permanent windfall tax
In a groundbreaking development for Britain’s renewable energy sector, former Tesco chief Sir Dave Lewis is spearheading an extraordinary venture to construct the world’s longest undersea power cable, connecting Morocco’s
The UK government has approved a significant battery storage project with connections to China after a national security review. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden has greenlit the
The Drax power station in North Yorkshire has come under scrutiny following a report from the climate thinktank Ember, which revealed that the biomass-fuelled plant was the UK’s single largest
