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Planned $4.9tn oil and gas investment ‘not compatible with climate goals’
A planned investment of $4.9 trillion (£3.8tn) in new oil and gas exploration and extraction over the next decade is incompatible with international climate obligations. That’s according to new analysis by Global Witness, which claims any fossil fuel production and use from fields not yet in operation or development will result in the Paris Agreement’s […]
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Cybersecurity ‘is already a major issue’
Cybersecurity is already a major issue for the energy sector. That’s what Mike Hughes, UK Ireland Zone President at Schneider Electric, told ELN Editor Sumit Bose in the latest Talking Energy interview. He said the digital revolution, increased connectivity and a wealth of new data brings a great deal of benefits but also presents potential […]
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Heike Hintze-Gharres
Heike Hintze-Gharres has a degree in from Goettingen University in Germany and worked as an agricultural economist and market information manager at the HGCA/AHDB (an agricultural levy board) for a number of years. Before joining United Biscuits (now pladis) she worked as a senior consultant for the metal, mining and fertilizer consultancy CRU in London. […]
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Apple quadruples recycling points for old iPhones
Apple has quadrupled the number of locations customers can send their old iPhone to be disassembled by its recycling robots. Customers can return their obsolete and damaged devices to Best Buy stores throughout the US, KPN retailers in the Netherlands or any Apple Store in either country. They can also send them in to the […]
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More than 600k electricity switches in March
More than 600,000 customers switched to a different electricity supplier last month. According to latest figures from Energy UK, around 615,503 customers changed providers in March – an increase of 29% compared to the same month last year. That brings the total number of switched to more than 1.4 million this year so far – […]
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Harman Shergill
Harman Shergill is a CIPS qualified Procurement Manager at Dunelm, the UK’s leading homewares retailer. He manages the broker relationship and is responsible for bringing in new energy initiatives into the company. Harman drives value through a varied range of work streams such as imports, logistics and recycling to name a few. He has worked […]
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Angela Knight
Dame Angela Knight is the former CEO of Energy UK. During her time at the helm of Energy UK Angela oversaw the industry through the EMR and major issues of pricing and public perception. Before joining Energy UK, Angela was Chief Executive at the BBA. Previously she was Chief Executive of the Association of Private […]
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Fortum Glasgow snaps up proposed South Clyde Energy Centre
Fortum Glasgow has bought the proposed South Clyde Energy Centre in Scotland for an undisclosed sum. The company, a joint venture between Fortum Oyj and Verus Energy, purchased it from Peel Environmental – the two companies have been working closely to bring forward the project, with plans for work to start on the site early […]
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‘Concreteberg’ weighing 105 tonnes blocks London sewer
A record-breaking ‘concreteberg’ weighing around 105 tonnes have blocked a Victorian sewer in London. Thames Water is gearing up to remove the rock-hard mass – the biggest the company has even seen – at the junction of Gosling Road and Hall Street in Islington, which is likely to cause traffic disruption for at least the […]
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ConocoPhillips to sell UK oil and gas business for $2.68bn
US energy giant ConocoPhillips is selling its oil and gas business in the UK to Chrysaor Holdings in a deal worth $2.68 billion (£2bn). It includes two of ConocoPhillips subsidiaries, which indirectly hold the company’s production and exploration assets as well as associated decommissioning liabilities. It will retain its London-based commercial trading business and its […]
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