UK Oil & Gas Industry Embraces Net Zero Emissions Plan By 2050
The UK’s oil and gas industry plans to become a net zero oil and gas basin in terms of own production emissions by 2050, as the UK North Sea operators Continue Reading
Analysis: UK Low-Carbon Electricity Generation Stalls in 2019
The amount of electricity generated by low-carbon sources in the UK stalled in 2019, Carbon Brief analysis shows. Low-carbon electricity output from wind, solar, nuclear, hydro and biomass rose by Continue Reading
UK oil and gas industry eyes growing hydrogen, CCS role
The UK oil and gas industry can play a key role in the hydrogen and Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage sectors given its expertise in producing and transporting hydrocarbons, an Continue Reading
Climate change: UK has ‘one shot’ at success at Glasgow COP26
The Scottish Events Campus includes the Armadillo and the SSE Hydro If the Glasgow climate conference fails to deliver, it could mark the end of the global approach to tackling Continue Reading
Luxury Carmaker Looks To Disrupt The Nuclear Industry
The nuclear energy industry has been struggling to stay afloat in countries that were once nuclear powerhouses. Japan has all but turned its back on nuclear after the Fukushima tragedy Continue Reading
Rolls-Royce Looks To Install Mini Nuclear Reactors By 2029
Rolls-Royce plans to install by 2029 mini nuclear reactors in the UK that would be built in factories and delivered in modules, the chief technology officer of Britain’s industrial technology Continue Reading
UK’s Second Largest City Takes Radical Measure To Curb Pollution
The second-largest city in the UK, Birmingham, unveiled on Monday a plan to reduce air pollution and carbon emissions by limiting access of private cars to the city center. Under Continue Reading
UK annual economic growth slows to weakest since 2012 in November
Britain’s economy grew at its weakest annual pace in more than seven years in November, after output fell sharply that month, though a stronger performance in previous months brightened the Continue Reading
Barclays pressured by shareholders to cut fossil fuel financing
A group of Barclays shareholders coordinated by responsible investment lobby group ShareAction want the bank to phase out financing fossil fuels, stepping up pressure on one of Europe’s biggest funders Continue Reading
Emerging US-Russia duopoly aids European, UK LNG import record
Intensifying competition between the United States and Russia is driving record-breaking LNG imports into Europe’s most liquid natural gas trading hubs, with the rivals accounting for more than half of Continue Reading