Energy industry
Rolls-Royce scales back plans to build nuclear factories in UK
Business
Instead the engineering giant will now buy its heavy pressure vessels from a third party supplier. The large, metal components sit at ...
Biggest North Sea oil find in decades to be drilled for first time
Business
A spokesman for Offshore Energies UK, the industry trade body, said: “Continued investment in UK energy opportunities, including oil projects, is necessary ...
Britain risks becoming dumping ground for ‘slave labour’ solar panels
Business
“In 2020, China produced 75pc of the global supply of solar-grade polysilicon, with manufacturers in the Uyghur Region accounting for over 45pc ...
Wind farms investigated after ‘overcharging customers by £100m’
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Ofgem has tackled some recent cases of overcharging. Last year it recovered £77m in fines, customer refunds, and compensation from power suppliers, ...
Millions of households face £200 jump in energy bills
Business
But uncertainty over energy policy during the past two two decades means few new ones have been built, leaving Britain with a ...
Energy bills to fall by almost £300 under new price cap
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While the price cap is expected to fall by around £270, actual bills will decline by slightly less because the regulator also ...
Britain’s biggest wind farm delayed by shortage of ships
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Dogger Bank is an area of sandbanks in the southern North Sea spanning UK, German, Danish and Dutch waters. Its relatively shallow ...
Octopus to build own electricity pylons in challenge to National Grid
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Octopus has been inspired by Indian energy company Sterlite Power, which has used cutting-edge computer software in India and Brazil to design ...
Britain’s gas network still using engines from 1960s RAF fighter jets
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Mr Butterworth said: “We’re having a right old battle because everyone thinks gas should be turned off by 2035. “It means I’m ...
Reports of lower energy bills have been greatly exaggerated
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The UK’s now renewable-heavy energy mix also needs to have a large fleet of gas-fired power stations on standby – so they ...