Britain on Friday vowed to do whatever it takes to resolve a trucker shortage that has closed petrol stations and strained supermarket supply chains to breaking point but the haulage Continue Reading
Britain warned its food producers to prepare for a 500% rise in carbon dioxide prices on Wednesday after extending emergency state support to avert a shortage of poultry and meat Continue Reading
The UK’s gas crisis comes as part of a bigger natural gas phenomenon taking place worldwide, as prices skyrocket and firms do not know to respond. With Europe and North Continue Reading
Update: Green Energy, a small-sized, and Avro, a medium-sized energy retailer just declared bankruptcy, leaving 1.5 million households scrambling for a new provider. More UK energy suppliers are set to Continue Reading
The UK does not support Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project to Germany and does not need its own long-term storage facility, UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy Continue Reading
Consumers should not panic buy products as Britain is not heading back into a 1970s-style “winter of discontent” of strikes and power shortages, a junior minister said on Thursday. Soaring Continue Reading
Britain is having talks with energy regulator Ofgem about whether or not a cap on gas and electricity prices for consumers may have to go up, junior business minister Paul Continue Reading
UK power generator Drax Group Plc (DRX.L) said it could keep its coal-fired power plants operating beyond their planned closure next year as the energy crisis in Europe highlights potential Continue Reading
Britain has struck a deal with CF Industries for the American company to restart the production of carbon dioxide (CO2) after soaring gas prices forced it to halt operations, threatening Continue Reading
Britain warned its food producers to prepare for a 500% rise in carbon dioxide prices on Wednesday after extending emergency state support to avert a shortage of poultry and meat Continue Reading
UK mulls support for energy companies as gas prices rises Customers from failed companies a major issue Business minister tells companies: prioritise customers Business minister held emergency talks with suppliers Continue Reading
Kwasi Kwarteng: Talk of the lights going out is “alarmist, unhelpful and completely misguided” There is “no question of the lights going out” this winter as a result of huge Continue Reading
Britain is considering offering state loans to energy companies that take on customers from firms which go bust due to soaring wholesale natural gas prices, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said Continue Reading
Peter McGirr wanted to modernize the British consumer energy market when he founded Green three years ago, building a customer base of more than 250,000 households. Now, with the sector Continue Reading
U.K. energy companies are seeking a massive government bailout as a surge in gas and electricity prices threatens to push suppliers out of business. The U.K. government is set for Continue Reading
Energy companies and the U.K. government will hold a third day of crisis talks as a surge in gas and electricity prices threatens to put more suppliers out of business Continue Reading
The fallout from Europe’s energy crisis is sending fresh shockwaves through the U.K. food sector, after online grocer Ocado Group Plc stopped supplying frozen products to customers and the meat Continue Reading
London Mayor Sadiq Khan brought forward by three years a pledge to electrify the city’s bus fleet, accelerating the U.K. capital’s push toward vehicles without tailpipe emissions. The city’s bus Continue Reading
The U.K.’s wind-power drive has dramatically cut carbon emissions, but it’s also created a vulnerability that’s been brutally exposed. Calm weather over the past two weeks has cut output from Continue Reading
The UK government is scrambling to respond to a surge in natural gas prices that has forced the closure of fertiliser plants, driven up consumer energy costs and now threatens Continue Reading
Two industrial sites that produce a combined 40 percent of the UK’s fertiliser have been forced to halt operations due to recent record gas prices. The Times reported that CF Continue Reading
Britain’s food industry called on the government to subsidize carbon dioxide (CO2) production during a spike in gas prices or risk the collapse of the country’s meat industries. A surge Continue Reading
WATCH: Natural gas and energy prices in Europe have been continuing their record-breaking run. Europe’s energy crunch has forced a major fertilizer maker to shut down two U.K. plants, the Continue Reading
Montagne Says Economy Needs to Plan Ahead Central bankers worldwide are weighing the probability of higher inflation. Consumers around the world say they are already feeling the pinch. About 40% Continue Reading
The fire at the National Grid site broke out just after midnight on Wednesday A key electricity cable between Britain and France has been shut down, sending wholesale energy prices Continue Reading
The British government on Tuesday announced a Plan A and a Plan B for getting through the challenging autumn and winter months in the face of a stubborn pandemic driven Continue Reading
A large fire at a key electricity converter station in the U.K. has shut down a major cable that brings power from France, worsening Britain’s energy crunch. Gas and power Continue Reading
The British government announced on Monday the biggest auction round of its renewable energy scheme, hoping to build up enough extra offshore wind capacity to power about 8 million homes. Continue Reading
Britain’s economy unexpectedly slowed to a crawl in July as the Delta variant of COVID-19 spread rapidly after lockdown restrictions were eased and as a ‘pingdemic’ kept many workers at Continue Reading
High natural gas prices and low wind speeds have created a perfect storm for the day-ahead power prices in the UK, which hit a new record on Wednesday, beating the Continue Reading
The UK could announce next month billions of U.S. dollars of additional spending on supporting its net-zero targets as part of a broad budget of $83 billion (£60 billion), Goldman Continue Reading
The government has announced plans to ban single-use plastic cutlery, plates and polystyrene cups in England as part of what it calls a “war on plastic”. Ministers said the move Continue Reading
Siccar Point Energy Ltd. is delaying work on its Cambo oil field in the U.K. North Sea, a target of vociferous criticism by environmental activists. (Bloomberg) — Siccar Point Energy Continue Reading
A consortium of seven UK-based organizations has signed a memorandum of understanding to combine ambitions to develop world-leading prototype solid-state battery technology, targeting automotive applications. Solid-state batteries offer significant potential Continue Reading
Hydrogen could be vital to U.K. efforts to eliminate greenhouse gases by changing the way vehicles are fueled, factories are powered and homes are heated, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said. Continue Reading
The UK government has launched a Hydrogen Strategy intended to create a thriving low-carbon hydrogen sector—blue and green—in the UK over the next decade and beyond. The UK’s first Hydrogen Continue Reading
The British government said on Monday it will review green retail electricity tariffs due to concerns that energy companies could be exaggerating how environmentally friendly their products are. The government Continue Reading
Energy prices for millions of Britons are expected to rocket from October after the energy regulator said it would increase its cap on the most widely used tariffs by about Continue Reading
Energy prices for millions of Britons are expected to rocket from October after the energy regulator said it would increase its cap on the most widely used tariffs by about Continue Reading
One unit at Uniper’s (UN01.DE) 2-gigawatt Ratfcliffe coal plant in Britain will close next year, two years ahead of the full shut down of the facility, the company said on Continue Reading
Highlights Levels tick up from April, June likely heavily impacted Forties shutdown, ‘catch-up’ maintenance dent volumes UK offshore oil production was down 23% on the year in May at 816,000 Continue Reading
Highlights 2020 in top 10 for temperature, rain, sun Average temperature up nearly a degree Daily rainfall, sunshine records broken In a warning for power markets in the world’s fifth Continue Reading
Three floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea have been selected by the Crown Estate to progress to the next state of environmental assessment, the UK public body said July Continue Reading
The British government is exploring ways to remove China’s state-owned nuclear energy company from all future power projects in the UK, including the consortium planning to build the new É20bn Continue Reading
The cost of development of clean hydrogen and greenhouse gas removals could surpass £40bn by 2035, according to a new report by the UK’s carbon capture trade body. The report Continue Reading
Britain’s economy showed signs of slowing in July as euphoria following the easing of coronavirus restrictions eased and a resurgence of the coronavirus caused widespread staff shortages. An index based Continue Reading
Britain’s supermarkets, wholesalers and hauliers were struggling on Thursday to ensure stable food and fuel supplies after an official health app told hundreds of thousands of workers to isolate after Continue Reading
Britain’s government plans to create a new energy system operator to help the country meet its net zero emissions target, which could remove responsibilities now held by National Grid (NG.L) Continue Reading
Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel heavy good vehicles from 2040 as part of a broader package of green initiatives aimed at achieving net zero emissions Continue Reading
The U.K. will end the sale of all new diesel and petrol heavy goods vehicles by 2040 and ultimately decarbonize all modes of domestic transport by 2050, under government plans. Continue Reading
