Guernsey plans 30MW project
A preliminary feasibility study has concluded that offshore wind technology could be viable at several sites off Guernsey’s coast.
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Project Nexus go-live on 1 June
Project Nexus, the gas settlement reform programme, is set to go live on 1 June after the Project Nexus Steering Group met today to make the final go/no-go decision.
Interview: Powersun director Ian Brent-Smith
Ian Brent-Smith tells Janet Wood that security of supply fears are driving business choices on energy, but that electric vehicles will be as important – and batteries will be the key to making them work
Radical thinking suggests a fast switch to electric in the US
How quickly will transport change?
Moorside link delayed; Catos hit by election
National Grid has “paused” work on the North West Coast Connection (NWCC), an ambitious new section of transmission grid that would bring power from a planned new nuclear plant at Moorside in Cumbria.
General election delays legislation on rollout of electric vehicle charging points
The general election has halted progress on a clean air bill designed to cut diesel emissions in urban centres that also aimed to give new impetus to low-emission vehicles.
Chatham House calls for expanded European energy bloc
It is in the EU and Britain’s best interests to work together on energy policy once Britain has left the EU, Chatham House has said in a report – Staying Connected: Key Elements for UK–EU27 Energy Co-operation after Brexit.
Brexit: ‘no energy sector agreement until 2021’
The earliest date that there will be agreement on the shape of the UK energy sector’s relationship with the EU will be 2021, according to Sir Philip Lowe, the former director-general of Energy DG at the European Commission.
Abstraction reform shelved as legislative programme is hit by Brexit plans
Abstraction reform is to be shelved. Water minister Therese Coffey made the announcement at a recent meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Water Group in Portcullis House.
Water market opening offers cross-selling and joint buying opportunities for energy
The retail market for business water users opened with little fanfare – but crucially no hitches – on 1 April.