Hurry to close ‘widening gaps between aspiration & execution’, NIC warns Johnson
The Johnson administration needs to hasten actions in updating Britain’s energy infrastructure, a high-powered set of independent government advisors has warned.
Gaps are opening up...
Gillian Williamson, first female engineering director at any DNO, takes up role
Electricity North West has made history by appointing Britain's first female engineering director at a distribution network operator.
Gillian Williamson, a chartered engineer, has made...
Every Shell director faces ‘world first’ legal suit over environmental risk
Environmental lawyers Client Earth are suing all 13 directors and non-executive directors of Shell, alleging personal and corporate breach of UK company law in...
Green search engine pinpoints solar PV platform with Euros 20 million
Environmentally-based web search app Ecosia – the internet minnow committed both to paying its taxes & to funding worldwide tree-planting– is investing Euros 20...
Labour commits to 40 GW of solar by 2030, plus Sizewell C & mini...
The Labour Party has sought to steal the Johnson administration’s clothes by putting out its own 5-point strategy to address energy security and the...
Octopus boosts asset base by 90%, buys into turbines in UK, France, Finland &...
To a pre-announced UK joint development deal with Wind2, embracing nine farms in Scotland and Wales, Octopus Renewables is adding a 14.1 MWp onshore...
300 MPs back local sales of co-ops’ power, want to bid ‘Do Zvidanya’ to...
Campaigners seeking rights for Britain’s 400-plus power co-operatives to sell clean electricity locally this week hailed a milestone on their road to victory.
Power for...
Foresight basks in the sun, plugs first battery into earnings 22% above expectations, NAV...
Leading PV and battery investor Foresight Solar Fund reaped its rewards today from international expansion and the UK solar boom, posting 2021 EBITDA earnings...
Shell ‘sorry’ for Russian trade, pumps country’s profits towards Ukrainian refugees
Oil supermajor Shell today announced its intention to exit petrol retailing in Russia and cease trading in the country’s oil and gas, as its...
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...
Cremz! Gore Street plugs into its first battery in continental Europe
First-moving energy storage fund Gore Street today extended its portfolio of amp hotels and coulomb crèches beyond the British Isles, buying 90% of an...
Speed up renewables’ roll out to loosen Putin’s gas chokehold, EU chief urges
Accelerating Europe’s deployment of clean power from wind, solar and geothermal heat must be the continent's priority, as it battles to ease Russia’s grip...
UK sanctions chill Gazprom; loses LSE fund-raising rights, & customers look elsewhere
The British government has stripped Putin-dependent energy giant Gazprom of its right to raise funds on London’s globe-spanning capital markets. Meanwhile its UK arm...
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,...
Schtum on prices, Centrica boss says UK gas supplies ‘unaffected’ by Putin’s Ukraine attack
British Gas’ eleven million consumers will face no interruption to gas supply after Vladimir Putin unleashed his duplicitous attack today on democratic Ukraine, Centrica’s...
New oil digs in North Sea ‘marginal’ in lowering UK consumer bills, say government...
New exploration licences granted by the government to boost declining North Sea oil production will have ‘at most a marginal effect’ in lowering bills...
D-BEIS primes first wave of LDES projects with £6.7 million
Two dozen hopeful ventures in energy storage are to benefit from competition prizes worth £6.7 million.
Energy ministry D-BEIS confirmed the wins yesterday across competing...
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...
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...