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  • Monday, 22 July, 2024
    UK set to miss 2030 clean power targets, experts warn

    Analysis by Cornwall Insight points to scale of challenge in transitioning electricity system away from fossil fuels

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  • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
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    Supply chain squeeze threatens to blow UK wind power plan off course

    Disruptions in the sector are forcing some green energy developers to defer key projects

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  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
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    The reality for the power sector is that improvements will take some time

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  • Monday, 15 July, 2024
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    Octopus and EDF say shifting the charges to gas bills would encourage families to invest in new cars

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  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
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    Labour urged to boost budget for new offshore wind projects

    Power generator RWE says government risks securing ‘less than half’ of new capacity needed under current support scheme

    Tom Glover
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
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    The risky holes in Keir Starmer’s green plan

    Big questions surround the new government’s admirable but detail-light goals

  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
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    GB Energy has opportunity to lead on new tech, says Labour donor

    Eco-entrepreneur Dale Vince stresses he would not seek support for his own projects from planned state-owned company

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  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
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    Bulk of UK onshore renewable energy projects fail to get beyond planning stage

    Analysis shows challenges country faces in hitting clean energy targets

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  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Octopus to repay £3bn of Bulb nationalisation costs

    Treasury set to recoup almost all of what was forecast to be UK’s costliest bailout since 2008

    A digital advertisement of Octopus Energy is seen on a digital screen along the street
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Nuclear energy
    Sellafield nuclear waste site pleads guilty to IT security breaches

    UK state-owned operator accepts cyber security was ‘not sufficiently adhered to’

    Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site in Cumbria
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Simon Edelsten
    Why my enthusiasm for energy stocks is fading

    State involvement in the sector is a good reason for investors to tread carefully

  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
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    Labour proposes to ease planning restrictions on onshore wind farms

    Party wants to allow more turbines as part of plan to boost renewable power if it wins election

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  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
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    Opposition to ‘monster pylons’ puts Scotland’s energy transition at risk

    Resistance to grid expansion in Aberdeenshire becomes big election issue

    Tracey Smith, of Save Our Mearns action group stands in front of a sign that reads “Stop Monster Pylons Save Our Countryside”
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
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    Oil and gas jobs dominate Scotland’s election battle

    SNP claims Labour’s tax plans threaten to turn Aberdeen into ‘an industrial wasteland’

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  • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
    Energy boss calls for urgent reforms to hit UK green targets

    Scottish Power chief executive warns planning delays and skills shortages are holding back green transition

    Keith Anderson
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Carbon trading
    Traders place record bets ahead of UK election on carbon credits price jump

    Move driven by expectations of a newly elected Labour government adopting stricter approach to big polluters

    Emissions rising from smokestacks
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    John Browne
    The next UK government faces tough choices on green energy

    This election is a chance to put substance behind the empty rhetoric that too often passes for climate policy

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  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
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    GB Energy: can Labour’s plan to become a ‘superpower’ pay off?

    Labour’s proposed state-owned energy company promises to create jobs and cut bills — but critics call the idea a ‘gimmick’

    Ed Miliband, shadow energy secretary
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
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    Labour vows energy plan will deliver ‘massive prize’ for Scotland

    Party says new state-owned power company based in Scotland will create jobs and billions of pounds of investment

  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    British energy bills unlikely to fall in medium term, Ofgem warns

    Regulator’s chief backs more ‘targeted support’ for households as renewable network expansion raises costs for consumers

    Mark McAllister
  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    UK household energy price cap to fall 7%

    Regulator Ofgem to lower cap for July to September after falling wholesale energy prices

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  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
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    National Grid plans £7bn capital raise to strengthen electricity network

    London-listed group announces £60bn investment programme over next 5 years

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  • Saturday, 18 May, 2024
    Nuclear energy
    Pension funds need ‘compelling’ returns from UK nuclear projects to invest

    Potential investors tell Jeremy Hunt regulatory clarity also essential before backing new power plants

    How Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk is expected to look
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    Peter Mandelson
    The green transition can kick-start a revival in UK manufacturing

    In the race to meet global demand for climate-friendly tech and products, government needs to nurture potential winners

    A silhouetted person walks up a road with wind turbines and a sunrise in the background
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    Scottish economy
    Sumitomo lined up for Shetland subsea cable contract

    Japanese group and Van Oord Offshore Wind set to install electricity cables between islands and Scottish mainland

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