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UK launches bid to revitalise its nuclear industry
UK Energy Minister John Hayes and Business and Enterprise Minister Michael Fallon have launched a new plan to revitalize the country’s nuclear industry. The Nuclear Supply Chain Action Plan, which the government developed in partnership with the industry, lays out initiatives to help ensure that the country’s supply chain is competitive and ready to deliver […]
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UK and Germany announce joint effort to help tackle climate change
As the United Nations climate negotiations (COP18) in Doha, Qatar move into the final hours, the UK and Germany have announced a joint venture to help partner countries take action against climate change. The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) […]
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UK ruling allows small emitters and hospitals to opt out of EU-ETS
The UK government has fulfilled the promise made earlier this year to allow small emitters and hospitals to opt out of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). The new regulations simplify the legal requirements for UK organisations covered by the EU ETS, replacing 13 previous sets of regulations with one single instrument. Under […]
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UK’s Green Investment Bank faces further borrowing delay
November was a bumper month for wind generation in the UK but future investment in renewables could be hit by a delay to the borrowing capacity of the government’s Green Investment Bank (GIB). Chancellor George Osborne has stipulated that the GIB will only be able to start borrowing in 2015/16 if the government is delivering […]
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British Airways signs up to ten-year fuel-from-waste deal
British Airways has signed up to purchase jet fuel produced from waste material in a ten-year deal worth $500 million in today’s prices. The fuel will be produced by the GreenSky London initiative with partner Solena, under a facility to convert approximately 500,000 tonnes of waste that would otherwise end up in landfill to low-carbon […]
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UK Chancellor’s Autumn Statement confirms a ‘dash for gas’
Despite widespread condemnation, the UK Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement yesterday opened up the way for a massive expansion of gas power. The government’s Gas Strategy outlines the need for up to 26 GW of new gas generating capacity by 2030 to replace retiring coal, older gas and nuclear power stations. Osborne and Energy Secretary […]
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EDF Energy extends life of UK nuclear facilities by seven years
EDF Energy has announced plans to extend the lifetime of its UK nuclear power stations at Hinkley Point and Hunterston for seven years. The Hinkley Point B and Hunterston B facilities in Somerset and North Ayrshire will now remain operational until at least 2023 and adds to the five-year extensions already granted to Heysham 1 […]
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UK pledges £1.5 billion to help developing world tackle climate change
Energy Secretary Ed Davey announced that the UK will provide £1.5 billion of ‘fast start’ finance to help developing countries tackle climate change on his arrival in Doha at the United Nations negotiations (COP18). The UK remains committed to providing its “fair share” of long-term global investment, confirmed the government, which aims to reach $100 […]
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Report puts wind up UK Chancellor’s Autumn Statement
As the UK Chancellor George Osborne makes his Autumn Statement, a report by Cambridge Econometrics for WWF and Greenpeace indicates that investing in offshore wind rather than gas would boost GDP by £20 billion. The Chancellor is widely expected to back a major expansion of gas-fired power stations in his Statement, going again the advice […]
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UK homes share £3 million to flick the switch on renewable heating
UK Energy Minister Greg Barker yesterday announced that 38 communities across the country have been awarded a share of £3 million to install renewable heating. The latest award under the Renewable Heat Premium Payment communities scheme, which was launched last summer to start new projects and support existing renewable heating schemes, will help around 1250 […]
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