Subsidies promised to Electricite de France SA by the U.K. for power generated from the Hinkley Point C nuclear station are projected to reach £37billion ($48billion), more than twice the estimate made a year ago, according to data published on a government website Thursday.
On 23 June 2016 the UK electorate voted to leave the EU. Much water will pass under the bridge before Brexit occurs; and some commentators wonder whether the result of the non-binding referendum will, in fact, be translated into constitutional reality. This means that, to quote 90's rock band Oasis, "all we know is that we don't know": we don't know when the UK will leave the EU, and more to the point, what the terms of the UK's new relationship with the EU will be.
RMT regional organiser Jake Molloy has described Piper Alpha as a "turning point" for the North Sea oil and gas industry as relatives and workers met to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the disaster.
Let's for a second imagine a world without nuclear energy. That's a tough one but let's try. No nuclear bombs, of course, no Chernobyl and Fukushima, no worries about Iran and North Korea. A wonderful world, maybe?
Anti-fracking campaigners have applied for judicial review of a council’s decision to allow the controversial gas extraction technique beneath North Yorkshire.
The U.K. government held talks with Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc to ensure British energy companies were "well-placed to pick up contracts in the aftermath" of the invasion of Iraq, according to declassified documents released as part of an official inquiry.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Ireland said it will prosecute oil major Shell E&P Ireland over an alleged breach of its emission licence at the Corrib gas refinery in Mayo.
Shane Gorman was just 18-years-old when his father was killed on Piper Alpha in the North Sea. He last saw his father Dave when he dropped him at the train station the day before he went offshore. Now a health and safety inspector just like his father was, Shane shares his story of how that day and the events in the aftermath of the biggest disaster in the North Sea's history unfolded.
A row has erupted over Scottish Conservative Leader Ruth Davidson’s pledge to ensure the north-east is at the front of the queue for future UK investment in energy research.