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Warm homes plan would create 50,000 jobs, compared with about 1,100 for Rosebank oilfield, thinktank finds Insulating Britain’s homes and investing in heat pumps would do more to cut the cost of living, create jobs and boost the UK’s economy than drilling for new oil, research suggests. The government’s £15bn warm…
Green transition and rising demand call for massive investment — and smarter operation
Sumitomo Electric UK Power Cables officially opens new £350m manufacturing facility at Port of Nigg in Scotland, promising to tackle critical bottleneck for UK’s 'electricity superhighway'
Energy network firms and their supply chains are planning to invest £200bn in upgrading Britain's grid over the next 10 years, driving economic growth and creating jobs in the process
Trial seeks to reduce SF6 gas leaks from electricity infrastructure, as part of National Grid's commitment to halve emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas by 2030
Importers of aluminium, cement, fertiliser, hydrogen, iron, and steel will soon face levies based on the carbon emissions associated with their products
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Partners take over bp pulse's EV fleet charging infrastructure, providing support to more than 1,000 business customers
Aldersgate Group and REA warn slow grid connections, high electricity costs, and tough lending environment for small operators are holding back electric HGV adoption
Open letter calls on government to open up priority energy datasets, arguing improved data access could cut bills and accelerate clean tech adoption
Parliament's Energy Security and Net Zero Committee argues Ministers should reduce electricity bill relative to gas in order to accelerate adoption of heat pumps and other clean technologies
Dogger Bank developers have applied to delay a transmission licence, which speaks volumes about the impact that blade failures have had on the commissioning programme
Motorists set to save up to £300 when installing EV chargers at home, as government slashes red tape as part of drive to deliver 'everyday fixes'
National Geothermal Centre sets out how UK could deliver heat, power and jobs through geothermal energy with government support
By David Pownall, VP of Power Systems, Schneider Electric UK&I Power is no longer simply a facilities consideration, or an overhead to be managed in the background. Rising costs, constrained […]
Campaign groups stress 'profound disappointment' at proposals to water down EV sales targets, as government prepares to close controversial ZEV Mandate consultation
Study argues pooling business rates generated from onshore wind farms is undermining efforts to maximise local economic gains from new projects
Oil giant's UK country chief quips he'd like to swap US and UK projects as global volatility makes valuing projects a tougher call
Maturing car and battery markets push the US carmaker and the Chinese battery maker deeper into storage – one betting on scope, the other on scale
The Welsh government says it is consulting on an "undergrounding-first approach" to electricity lines.
Ofgem has opened a tender process for the offshore transmission assets that will connect the 2.9GW Hornsea 3 wind farm to the UK power grid.
Chinese groups are racing to build a global supply chain as protectionist barriers rise
Some engineers at NESO blame net zero policy for troubles in new report after scorching heat put UK grid under severe pressure this summer
Thomas Hitch, Business Development Manager at iON+ Maximising the “lifetime value” of a battery asset is the overriding imperative for any asset manager in BESS. During the procurement and construction […]