UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new government is considering increasing subsidies for offshore wind developers in an upcoming auction, part of a bid to remain on track for ambitious clean energy goals.
Business and council chiefs have teamed up to persuade Ed Miliband to bring it north.
The new UK government has expanded its frontbench energy team with the addition of three MPs and a Labour peer.
As a CEO in the offshore wind industry, I’ve welcomed the ambition from our new Labour government on green energy.
Ed Miliband says appointment to lead DESNZ feels like "coming home" after previously serving as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change between 2008 and 2010.
Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Sarah Jones as a minister across the energy and business and trade portfolios in the new Labour government.
RSK renewables director Kit Hawkins outlines how the incoming Labour government can accelerate the UK renewables rollout.
As Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer plans the move into Number 10 Downing Street following his election win, Energy Voice takes a look at who could join incoming energy secretary Ed Miliband's team.
The Labour Party has achieved a landslide victory in the UK general election, however, as it forms the next government clarity is needed on GB Energy.
Labour has pledged to establish a publicly-owned energy company in Scotland as well as extend the so-called windfall tax on oil and gas producers, scrap investment incentives and end new North Sea licences.
GB Energy’s investments in infrastructure for the renewables industry could one day provide funding for local services, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said.
As the UK nears the end of an election campaign where energy policy has featured prominently, experts say the debate has been heavy on rhetoric but light on detail.
The next government must provide a “clear and funded” transition plan for workers in the offshore oil and gas industry, including the North Sea, green groups and unions have urged.
The energy industry and the North Sea has loomed ever-larger on the political radar. As parties vie for votes ahead of the UK General election on 4 July, leading industry lawyer Graeme Clubley offers his analysis on the impact on the sector of each group's manifesto policies.
Labour’s clean energy plans will “turbocharge” the Scottish economy, the party’s shadow chancellor is expected to say during a General Election campaign visit to Scotland today.
The Conservatives have claimed Labour’s energy policy will be a “triple whammy” for the UK, as they renewed their tax attack on their rivals.
The Labour Party released its election manifesto promising a “phased and responsible” transition in the North Sea and pledged to make Britain a “clean energy superpower”.
A Labour government would create an offshore skills passport to allow workers to move between fossil fuels and renewables.
The SNP is not against new oil and gas licences, Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes has said.
UK wave and tidal energy sector calls for more targeted support from whichever party gets the keys to 10 Downing Street.
Keir Starmer put Scottish voters at the heart of his campaign to become prime minister, urging them to vote for his opposition Labour Party to end the Conservative Party’s 14-year grip on UK power.
The UK government has announced a date for the upcoming general election, with the energy sector set to become a battleground for debate.
Politicians are being warned not to turn the environment into a “culture war” after the General Election was called.
Unite campaign vows to not let oil and gas sectors "suffer the equivalent of coal closures".
Stifel has raised its estimate after previously saying 100,000 would only be lost in a "worst-case scenario".