SIMEC Atlantis’ pellets-to-power plant snags in Welsh red tape, takes huge LSE hit
Marine-turbine-spinners to plastic-burners SIMEC Atlantis have accused a UK devolved administration with imperilling their bid to convert south Wales’ former coal plant at Uskmouth...
Octopus wraps arms around two allies, shows Will to go big on green H2
Octopus Energy’s recently formed green hydrogen leg today announced a partnership designed to inject major new UK capacity into the gas’ low carbon, renewably...
“Keep North Sea taps open”, urges UK gas group, as China buys energy ‘at...
Britain’s oil and gas industry has urged ministers to fight the gas price crisis by maintaining current production and approving new North Sea fields...
Aberdeen University votes to divest fossil fuels
A university famed for its expertise in assisting Britain’s production of fossil fuels voted this week to sell all its investments in the sector.
The...
Catch up on The Energyst’s introduction to power-as-a-service webinar
The Energyst and Vattenfall's webinar Preparing for net zero - is your electrical infrastructure ready? discussed power-as-a-service, exploring the transition to electrification, the implications for ownership, operations, maintenance...
Starmer: £ 28 billion every year to decarb Britain, plus a Clean Air...
Britain’s biggest opposition party has pledged to spend up to £ 28 billion every year this decade to strip carbon out of the UK’s...
Nuke plants big and small ‘earmarked for Wales’
The Government is considering Wales as a home for mini nuclear reactors and one giant one in an attempt to prevent further energy crises.
Rolls-Royce...
“Strip out gas to clean grid by 2035” – 13 big firms to Kwarteng
Major corporate energy users Thames Water, BT and the Co-op are among thirteen big employers today calling for 100% decarbonisation of Britain’s power by...
Drax targets 80% British sourcing of ‘world’s biggest’ BECCS project
Pellet-burning behemoth Drax is offering British suppliers the chance of contracts it values at ‘hundreds of millions of pounds’, in its bid to build...
Would you Adam’n’Eve it? East London to get Britain’s ‘biggest’ heat network
Four boroughs straddling the Thames in London’s East End are set to benefit from a district heat network of up to 500,000 homes by...
Green gas primes jobs bonanza, Energy Networks Association promises
Hydrogen projects now on or approaching Britain’s drawing boards could create at least 17,000 high-tech jobs in the nation’s industrial heartlands, research published this...
Breakthrough trains powered by community-owned solar await planners’ green signal
A world-leading initiative to power scheduled rail services from carbon-free electricity sold by a solar co-operative in a Sussex beauty spot faces a crunch...
Hydrogen ‘safe’ in 20% blends over Keele’s pipes, trial decides
Advocates of hydrogen blended with conventional ‘natural’ gas to lessen harms from the methane-dependent fluid, were today celebrating the success of Britain’s first test...
Cisco speeds up drive to 100% renewables, commits to Net Zero by 2040
Internet leviathan Cisco has pledged a speeded up deadline of 2024 to source every amp of electricity it uses worldwide from carbon-free generation. Before...
Carbon intensity at 181 gCO2/KWh across August’s grid, as power prices break records
Low power demand, CCGT outages and increased availability of French nuke-sourced imports push carbon intensity to a near-record low for electricity last month, National...
Bamford heir digs green hydrogen, seeks funds to backhoe projects
Bamford, heir to the JCB digger engineering fortune, is reported to be aiming for a £1 billion-sized pot. HyCap’s first investment round has already raised...
Watchdog eviscerates Sunak’s botched £1.5 billion Green Homes fiasco
The National Audit Office today delivers scathing criticism of the Johnson government’s botching of its programme to insulate 600,000 of Britain’s leakiest homes.
In February,...
No tax breaks? Forget Net Zero then, businesses tell Sunak & Johnson
New research released today by corporate energy retailer npower Business Solutions indicates that Rishi Sunak and prime minister Johnson need to be more generous...
Hydrogen pioneers ITM Power strengthen leadership
Sheffield-based ITM Power, the British shovel-maker hoping to strike it rich in the world’s gold rush towards clean hydrogen, has spent the summer strengthening...
Dutch ads watchdog bites into Shell’s ‘carbon offsets’ campaign
The Netherlands’ regulatory body for advertising has asked Royal Dutch Shell to withdraw its consumer promotion promising ‘carbon neutrality’ to drivers who pay extra...