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UK battery start-up Britishvolt to build £200m test facility in West Midlands
Britishvolt has announced plans to invest more than £200 million in a new facility in the West Midlands to test manufacturing methods that will be used at its planned gigafactory in Northumberland. It has partnered with warehouse developer Prologis for the Hams Hall facility in Warwickshire which is expected to help the company rapidly ramp […]
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ExxonMobil to sell shale assets in Texas to BKV for $750m
ExxonMobil has announced it is selling its operated and non-operated shale gas assets in Texas for $750 million (£596m). It has signed an agreement with subsidiaries of BKV Corporation for the sale of the Barnett Shale gas assets, with additional payments contingent to future natural gas prices. They are part of ExxonMobil’s gas resources in […]
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Baby salmon tagged to keep tabs on climate change
The Environment Agency is tagging more than 4,000 salmon and 900 sea trout smolts to understand how climate change is impacting the environment. The fish are set to be monitored to gauge how changes to the environment are shaping their biology, specifically being tracked in their migration from the River Tamar out to sea. Marine […]
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Scottish Government seeks views on circular economy proposals
The Scottish Government has launched consultations on proposals designed to significantly cut waste and increase reuse and recycling rates. Key proposals set out in the Circular Economy Bill and Waste Route Map include banning the destruction of unsold goods to ensure products never end up in landfills or are incinerated when they could be used […]
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Baby salmon tagged to keep tabs on climate change
The Environment Agency is tagging more than 4,000 salmon and 900 sea trout smolts to understand how climate change is impacting the environment. The fish are set to be monitored to gauge how changes to the environment are shaping their biology, specifically being tracked in their migration from the River Tamar out to sea. Marine […]
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Scottish Government seeks views on circular economy proposals
The Scottish Government has launched consultations on proposals designed to significantly cut waste and increase reuse and recycling rates. Key proposals set out in the Circular Economy Bill and Waste Route Map include banning the destruction of unsold goods to ensure products never end up in landfills or are incinerated when they could be used […]
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New York announces 2GW of new solar and energy storage projects
New York has announced awards for 22 large-scale solar and energy storage projects that are expected to add more than 2GW of capacity. The projects – the state’s largest land-based renewable energy procurement to date – will deliver green electricity to power more than 620,000 homes for at least 20 years and cur emissions by […]
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RWE to buy 1.4GW gas-fired power plant from Vattenfall in €500m deal
RWE is buying a gas-fired power station with a capacity of 1.4GW in the Netherlands from Vattenfall in a deal worth €500 million (£428m). The Magnum gas-fired plant, located in Eemshaven, consists of three combined cycle gas turbines and is also ‘hydrogen-ready’, which means it could partly run on hydrogen. It can be made technically […]
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EU countries slash plans for fossil-fired electricity by a third
European countries have slashed their plans to source electricity from fossil-fired power stations by a third. That’s according to new analysis by think tanks Ember and CREA, which suggests recently announced policies will see nearly 595TWh of fossil fuel generation in 2030. That’s a steep drop from plans published two years ago for 867TWh in […]
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Russia’s Gazprom cuts off gas supply to Denmark’s Ørsted
Russian gas producer Gazprom has cut off supplies Denmark’s Ørsted following its failure to pay in roubles. The Danish company said Gazprom Export has halted the supply of gas after the Russian firm demanded payment in roubles, despite being under no obligation to do so under the contract. However, since there is no gas pipeline […]
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