Construction firm Multiplex to build own UK solar farm for dedicated PPA

International green building contractor Multiplex today pledged itself to the building of a new 15 MWp UK solar farm, as part of its plan...

Holyrood consults on green H2, as bank warns world “50% short of electrolyser capacity...

The world will fall short by as much as half in the electrolyser capacity it needs to meet by 2030 the planet's green hydrogen...

Shell moves single HQ to London, drops ‘Royal Dutch’

Fossil fuel supermajor Shell today announced proposals for its slimmed down structure, including a single headquarters and tax residence in Britain. Subject to approval sought...

Battery bonanza: Twenty-fold storage expansion to characterise the world in the 2020s, say Bloomberg

Energy practitioners all sense it. Now a leading consultancy is the latest to put numbers around the intuition: “The 2020s are the decade of...

Crisis latest:  Wholesale gas & electricity prices trend upwards, as Social Energy Supply &...

Pressure on wholesale gas and electricity prices intensified this week, as two more exiting licensees brought this year's toll of failed UK power suppliers...

National Grid half year results:  Pre-tax up 75%, op profit up 47%, capex up...

Britain’s privatised backbone system operator pleased investors today with strong results for the six months to September. Against a steady-state base of continuing activities, National...

Top Dogger! SSE and Equinor top out £9 billion moolah mountain of world’s No1...

‘Topping out’ is a term from building, celebrating the installation of a new structure’s highest, final element.  Porting the phrase this morning into wind...

Octopus to Canada’s civil servants: ‘Ta for your $300 million. More coming, eh?’

Christmas arrived early today for Octopus Energy Group, as Britain’s fast-growing generator-retailer commanding nearly 6% of domestic power accounts welcomed a $300 million equity...

Schroders buys three-quarters of green power asset managers Greencoat

International investment bankers Schroders have taken a 75% stake in renewables asset managers Greencoat Capital, at a cost initially agreed at £ 358 million. Global...

Nukes: French see Olkiluoto 3 feeding Finns’ grid ‘in January’; Rolls-Royce SMRs ‘fully funded’

The 12-year-delayed nuclear forerunner of Hinkley Point C is expected to be pumping power into its nation’s grid late next month, according to an...

2021 is solar’s best year yet in Europe, trade body finds

Solar PV deployment this year in the EU was the fastest in the technology’s history, industry advocates SolarPower Europe have calculated. Defying the continuing pandemic,...

“Magnetisable concrete” trialled for non-stop charging of EVs

The adapted concrete has a high magnetic permeability, thus lending itself to inductive charging as a vehicle passes above.  It would open the way...

Brits’ noses and bairns’ b*ms to be wiped clean, thanks to Octopus’ wind

Flexible renewables mega-developer Octopus has squirted ink onto paper, wrapping up a deal with paper-maker Kimberly-Clark, for supply of clean power from its Lanarkshire...

D-BEIS nixes Russian oligarchs’ 2 GW cross-Channel interconnector

Britain’s energy ministry has rejected a £1.2 billion plan by a major donor to the Conservative Party to build a 2GW power interconnector from...

Sizewell C: Kwarteng finds £100 million to lure investors

Prospects for Sizewell C, Britain’s second new nuclear mega-project, advanced today as energy secretary Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed £100 million of government cash to encourage...

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...

Brexit ‘far from over’ in energy sector, says new research      

Researchers at the UK Energy Research Centre have delivered their verdict so far on the effects which Britain’s quitting the EU has had on...

Germany suspends Nord Stream 2, in reaction to Putin’s Ukraine provocation

Chancellor Olaf Scholz this morning halted Germany’s licencing of the completed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in reaction to Russia’s recognition of two rebel...

Octopus’ KrakenFlex stretches leg into Hydro REIN tie-up

KrakenFlex, Octopus Energy’s flexibility platform driving its international expansion into support services, has struck a deal in Canada, likely to run on into three...

BP and Shell sever Putin ties, as Total retains them

Divestment by western fossil fuel majors from partnerships in Vladimir Putin's Russia stumbled onwards today, with observers questioning continuing involvement by TotalEnergies and Exxon. Shell,...