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Renewable heat from fracking wells?
Renewable heat from fracking wells? Mar 30, 2015 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil, Sustainability Environment 0 Shale gas oil rigs. Image: Thinkstock Fracking firm Cuadrilla has signed an agreement with Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) to look into generating renewable heat from disused oil and gas wells. Backed by a £55,000 grant from DECC, the project […]
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Scottish green energy centre wins EU funding
Scottish green energy centre wins EU funding Mar 30, 2015 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance, Sustainability Environment 0 Aerial shot of the Guardbridge site. Image: University of St Andrews. Funding from the EU will allow work to start on a new green energy centre in Scotland. The Guardbridge Energy Centre biomass plant – which will use […]
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Sun seeking Brits buck solar slide
Sun seeking Brits buck solar slide Mar 27, 2015 Sumit Bose Infrastructure Generation 0 Image: Thinkstock The UK bucked the trend as solar installations across Europe dropped by a third last year. In Europe only 7GW of solar capacity was installed in 2014. The UK made up 2GW of that figure and here installations were […]
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£4m fund to refuel gas-powered trucks
£4m fund to refuel gas-powered trucks Mar 29, 2015 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil 0 Image: Thinkstock The UK Government is providing £4 million of investment to fund gas refuelling points for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) across the UK. It is inviting gas retailers and other interested parties to bid for a share of the […]
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Two coal mines to close as government refuses aid
Two coal mines to close as government refuses aid Mar 27, 2015 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil 0 The Kellingley coal mine. Image: UK Coal Two of the last three UK coal pits are to close by the end of the year. Energy Minister Matthew Hancock confirmed the government would not provide £338 million of […]
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UK faces EU court over wastewater
UK faces EU court over wastewater Mar 28, 2015 Priyanka Shrestha Policy Legislation, Sustainability Environment 0 Aerial view of a wastewater treatment plant. Image: Thinkstock The European Commission is referring the UK to Court over poor wastewater collection and treatment. It said 17 localities do not meet stringent standards, posing a threat to human health, […]
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The Daily Market Report – 27th March 2015
The Daily Market Report – 27th March 2015 Mar 27, 2015 Priyanka Shrestha Market Report 0 Find out what’s influencing gas supply, power prices and what you should watch out for in the new daily market report on the energy market from the optimisation desk at npower. The npower Optimisation Desk team use technical terms […]
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EDF Energy bags £1bn UK supply contract – again
EDF Energy bags £1bn UK supply contract – again Mar 27, 2015 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance 0 The supply contract covers iconic buildings including the National Gallery. Image: David Henderson/ Thinkstock EDF Energy has won the largest annual electricity contract in Britain. The UK Government’s Crown Commercial Service, the largest energy customers in the country, […]
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UK and Norway ink €2bn interconnector deal
UK and Norway ink €2bn interconnector deal Mar 26, 2015 Priyanka Shrestha Sustainability Environment 0 The UK and Norway have signed an agreement to build the world’s longest interconnector. The 730-kilometre power cable, which will link the two nations’ electricity markets directly, has a planned capacity of 1.4GW – enough to power nearly 750,000 UK […]
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Editorial – was Longannet’s fate sealed long ago?
Editorial – was Longannet’s fate sealed long ago? Mar 26, 2015 Sumit Bose Coal, Gas Oil, Latest Blogs 0 So it was a case of you take the high road and I’ll take redundancy. The awarding of the voltage balancing contracts by National Grid earlier this week has left two power stations in Scotland facing […]
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