Cambo extension gives Siccar Point time to identify the right partner
Securing an extension to the Cambo licenses affords Siccar Point Energy time to find the right partner to progress the project.
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BP veteran appointed to BEIS board to advise energy security push
An oil and gas veteran has been chosen to help the UK Government’s push towards energy independence.
Westminster aiming to ramp up renewables targets in energy security push
The UK Government is poised to drastically ramp up its renewables targets, according to reports.
‘Not so turn off and onable’
Back in the 1990s, a talking tortoise advertised power for British homes, with the famous slogan 'it's got to be easily turn off and onable.'
Sanjoy Sen: West needs to challenge its long-held beliefs on energy
On the 24th February, the first of many Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine. And as Brian Wilson noted last week, some uncomfortable realities have kicked in here and across Europe.
IEA sees $1.4 trillion clean energy opportunity in India
India is set for the largest increase in energy demand of any country over the next 20 years. This underscores the potential for policies and investment to accelerate the clean energy transition, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new report.
China’s energy strategy takes the long view
When you take the long view of history, trade wars become skirmishes and even Brexit will be seen as a ship that passed in the early 21st Century night.
Wylfa suspension will ‘diminish’ nuclear prospects in UK, says WoodMac
The suspension of the Wylfa project in Wales is a “major blow” to the UK’s future prospects for developing nuclear power, according to leading consultancy Wood Mackenzie.
Over-reliance on imported gas could be risky business for UK
Norway is easily the biggest source of imported natural gas for the United Kingdom. In the first quarter of this year, when demand soared thanks to the now-forgotten Beast from the East, 60% of imports came by pipeline from Norway.
How to solve Europe’s energy trilemma
Recent events in the UK and Europe have highlighted important questions surrounding the provision and types of energy that will be required to fuel our future needs.
Lowering demand to play ‘important role’ in securing UK energy supply
Reducing demand will play a pivotal role in ensuring security for the UK’s future energy supply, according to a new report.
Cyber attack is wake up call for energy sector
The energy sector has been served a wake up call on how vulnerable the industry is to cyber attack after hackers shut managed to cut off 80,000 Ukranian electricity customers.
Fracking a boost for energy security, not a disaster, says UK energy minister
Fracking should not be continually viewed as “some kind of disaster”, an energy minister has said amid warnings that it is widely opposed across Britain.
Statoil gets go-ahead for Mariner
The UK Government gave Norwegian energy giant Statoil the go-ahead yesterday for one of the biggest projects in the North Sea.
Gas allowance paves way for Cygnus
Utilities GDF Suez and Centrica were quick to welcome today's tax allowance for shallow-water gas fields. The pair, which both have offices in Aberdeen, are in line to benefit directly from the announcement to the tune of up to £500million.
Renewable Energy in the South Pacific
I am currently in the South Pacific on a project intended to raise renewable energy output in the region.
UK renewables target ‘blown out of proportion’
NEARLY five wind turbines would have to be built every day for the next nine years to meet the UK Government's targets for renewable energy, a new report claims.
UK and Norwegian governments sign energy pact
UK Energy Secretary Chris Huhne and Norwegian energy minister Ola Borten Moe have signed an agreement to cooperate further on renewables, oil and gas and carbon capture and storage.
Wind, water and solar beat biofuels, nuclear and coal for clean energy
The best ways to improve energy security, mitigate global warming and reduce the number of deaths caused by air pollution are blowing in the wind and rippling in the water.
Answer is blowing in the wind – really
THE best ways to improve energy security, mitigate global warming and reduce the number of deaths caused by air pollution are blowing in the wind and rippling in the water, not growing energy crops on a grand scale or glowing inside nuclear power plants, says Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University in the US. He says that currently fashionable "clean coal" - which involves capturing carbon emissions and sequestering them in the earth, and which is currently flavour of the political month here in Britain - is not clean at all.
Out of sight, out of mind, warns trust
Relaxation of the constraints that dictate where offshore windfarms can be built could cut £16billion from the overall cost of developing UK offshore wind, the Carbon Trust claims.