Daily Debrief

Regulator approves bumper investment package to upgrade the UK's grid and better shield customers from volatile energy bills

This programme supported innovation in hydrogen BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) technologies with £31 million in funding.

Funding is first step in programme UK energy regulator says will add £108 to British households’ bills

We're seeking views on extending the UK Emissions Trading Scheme beyond the end of Phase I.

Government-backed clean energy investment vehicle publishes first strategic plan, setting out how it intends to deliver 15GW of capacity and mobilise £15bn of private finance

A demonstration combining tidal power, battery storage, and hydrogen production has been completed at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, Scotland.

Move to wean Europe off Russian gas has meant it is now increasingly exposed to cleantech supply chain dominated by China, says energy chief at consulting firm Aecom

State-owned entity wants to back 15GW and mobilise £15bn private finance

Ofgem says the investment will help lower reliance on imported gas and make wholesale energy cheaper.

PDi has supported Shell in delivering the Victory Gas Field development West of Shetland, helping bring new domestic gas into Britain’s grid. The Victory project is a single well subsea tie back located around 47 kilometres north west of Shetland, connected into the Greater Laggan Area network and routed to the Shetland Gas Plant before […]

RWE and TotalEnergies have signed an agreement with ARC marine for the supply of 66 Reef cubes® at a section of the future OranjeWind offshore wind farm.

Responding to Ofgem’s RIIO3 final determination on grid investment, Energy UK’s chief executive Dhara Vyas said: “Increasing investment in the infrastructure that transports energy across the country is vital to ensuring our networks remain safe, secure and reliable and are equipped to meet the demands of our energy system over the coming decades. “That this… Read more

Decision raises questions about project’s future and fuels concern over declining industrial base

A state-of-the-art electrolyser manufacturing facility near Hamburg operates at a fraction of its potential. Industrial robots assemble proton exchange membrane electrolysers with precision, yet Quest One’s plant remains understaffed after cutting 20% of its German workforce earlier this year. The reason is stark: demand for the equipment needed to produce green hydrogen has failed to [...]

Energy-from-waste (EfW) facilities have vast but underutilised potential to power the UK’s growing supply of heat networks, according to an Environmental Services Association (ESA) report published this month. This supports […]