Report from: GOV.UK The Business and Energy Secretary announces further measures to help secure the UK’s energy independence. Business and Energy Secretary Grant Shapps today launches a landmark package to invest now to help secure Britain’s energy independence. Today the government is driving forward plans to build a secure energy future, creating cheaper, cleaner energy…
Report from: Energy Live News The measure aims to limit Russia’s earnings from oil exports The G7 has today announced its plan to impose a price cap on purchases of Russian oil. The coalition which includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US has decided on implementing this measure to “reduce Russian revenues and…
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Report from: Sky News Scotland's biggest offshore windfarm, Seagreen, has started generating electricity, its operators have confirmed. The North Sea site will be the world's deepest fixed-bottom wind farm and is expected to have 114 turbines producing electricity by July 2023. Standing 16 miles off the Angus coastline, the first turbine powered up on Monday…
Report from: BBC News People are being warned of the consequences of not paying their energy bills, as a campaign to refuse payment gathers supporters. The Don't Pay group, which is demanding a reduction of bills to an affordable level, says more than 80,000 people have pledged to cancel their direct debit payments from 1…
Report from - GOV.UK Fourth round of Contracts for Difference scheme secures almost 11GW of clean energy - enough to power around 12 million homes. A record amount of renewable energy has today (7 July 2022) been secured through the biggest ever round of the UK government’s flagship auction scheme. The fourth round of the…
Report from - GOV.UK Future fusion energy facilities will continue to be regulated by the Environment Agency (EA) and Health & Safety Executive (HSE), the UK government has confirmed today. In October 2021, the government opened a consultation to seek views from the public, industry, academia and other stakeholders after publishing a Green Paper on…
Report from - Energy Live News The money was reportedly handed back to the Treasury in the last financial year The UK did not spend almost a quarter of a billion pounds on projects that would help it reduce emissions, accelerating its net zero journey. An investigation by the Independent has found that some £241…
Report from: Energy Live News The pursuit of cheaper, cleaner and more secure energy has been put at the heart of the government’s plans An Energy Bill has been put forward today to support the country’s efforts to ensure “cheaper, cleaner and secure” energy. The Prince of Wales delivered the Queen’s Speech after Her Majesty…
Report From - Energy Live News EDF, Drax and Uniper have reportedly been asked to keep their coal-fired power stations open longer The UK might see the lifetimes of its coal-fired power stations prolonged after new government plans. The move follows concerns that Russia might squeeze energy supplies in retaliation to Western sanctions. Although at…
Report from - Current News So, what’s the big deal with smart meters? For most people it can be easy to think of them as the in-home display - just a little box that sits in your home and tells you your energy consumption at any given point. And that’s true – it is part…
