Humber Hub Blue: Lincolnshire H2 plant for Shell and Uniper
Two fossil-legacy energy giants are to co-operate on a blue hydrogen plant at the Killingholme gas power station in Lincolnshire.
Uniper, the hydrocarbons-based generation business...
Cambo revived, as Ithaca Energy pays £ 1.5 billion for owners Siccar Point
The controversial Cambo oil and gas field 75 kilometres west of the Shetlands re-emerged as a probable extraction operation today, as Ithaca Energy bought...
Sustainably sustaining power
Balancing the need for emergency power with the climate emergency
Today, most critical installations’ power protection comes from the proven combination of static UPS (uninterruptible...
Aberdeen City Council and BP to develop city hydrogen hub
Aberdeen City Council and BP have signed an agreement to form a joint venture partnership that will deliver a scalable green hydrogen production, storage...
Boost to British nuclear and steel industries as Sheffield Forgemasters joins the Sizewell C...
Through this new strategic partnership, Sheffield Forgemasters will join the Sizewell C Consortium, an organisation representing more than 200 businesses across the nuclear and...
Envisioning a net zero power system in 2035
A new interactive report, produced by Regen for National Grid Electricity System Operator, takes a detailed look at a ‘day in the life’ of...
Announce hydrogen “big punt” to free the UK from Putin’s gas
Mike Foster, chief executive of the trade body Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA), has today called upon the Prime Minister to free the UK...
Frack Britain back to the future, demands backbencher, as oil hits $130 a barrel
The Conservative leader of the hard-right Net Zero Group this morning announced a co-ordinated call for a revival of Britain’s fracking industry, in response...
Green Heat Networks Fund to offer £288 million for hot and cool pipes
Energy ministry D-BEIS today advertised its intention to seek bids from heat network operators, eager to extend low carbon heat and chills to homes...
Ofgem green-lights nine SP Energy Networks projects towards Net Zero
SP Energy Networks has been given the green light to progress with £1.2m worth of projects to help tackle some of the UK’s biggest...
New Ford & Stanley brand reflects UK sustainability focus
Talent services company, Ford & Stanley Group has kept pace with national environmental activities with the expansion of both its dedicated environmental technology recruitment...
Want long duration grid-focused batteries? Then put a Cap and Floor on balancing, Aurora...
Radical reforms to power trading rules are needed, if Britain is to achieve necessary expansion of long-duration power storage on route to Net Zero...
What will the world be like if hydrogen is the solution?
]A new, free-to-read book, ‘Touching Hydrogen Future. Tour around the globe’, sets out the changes we can expect if hydrogen projects currently under consideration...
Government doubles up on CfD auctions, as Kwarteng presses pedal to the metal
Joy has broken out in Britain’s renewables sector, in reaction to D-BEIS committing yesterday to double its frequency of Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions...
BP’s $ 7.6 bn profit renews calls for windfall tax
BP today followed its hydrocarbon ‘sister’ Shell last week in announcing record sky-high profits, renewing politicians’ calls for a reluctant chancellor to impose windfall...
Renewables-supporting Brits reject scrapping ‘green taxes’ to fend off price hikes
A poll of 2,000 Britons released today gives the lie to beliefs propagated by MPs and newspapers on the Conservative right that the public...
Half night, half day: WPD’s Equinox prizes flex uses of low carbon pumps in...
Britain’s biggest distributed network operator is pumping over £15m into unlocking the flexibility offered by low carbon residential home heat. Ground- or air-sourced pumps...
ENA oversees flexibility & collaboration in 2022’s Open Networks programme
Britain’s energy networks have unveiled ambitious plans for 2022 to transform the way the UK’s energy networks operate through its industry-backed Open Networks programme.
Marshalled...
Smart meters: Britain tops 17 million, saves half million tonnes of CO2 each year
The UK’s installed base of smart, remotely addressable meters passed the 17 million milestone in 2021, overseers at the Data Communications Company (DCC) announced...
Q&A: Steve Tigar, entrepreneur and CEO of loveelectric
Modern Fleet talked to Steve Tigar an entrepreneur and CEO of loveelectric, a new ethical fintech aiming to make low-cost electric car leasing a...