Author: Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Ed Miliband approves UK’s biggest solar farm at Lincolnshire site

Tillbridge solar farm will be built in county where Reform UK’s anti-renewables agenda has rising supportEd Miliband has approved the UK’s biggest solar farm, which will be built in a county where Reform UK’s anti-renewables agenda has won rising suppo…

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Energy firms complete UK’s first ‘hydrogen blending’ trial to power grid

A 2% blend of low-carbon gas injected into gas grid to fuel Brigg power station in North Lincolnshire is a UK firstEnergy companies have injected green hydrogen into Britain’s gas grid and used the low-carbon gas to generate electricity, in a landmark …

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Energy firms complete UK’s first ‘hydrogen blending’ trial to power grid

A 2% blend of low-carbon gas injected into gas grid to fuel Brigg power station in North Lincolnshire is a UK firstEnergy companies have injected green hydrogen into Britain’s gas grid and used the low-carbon gas to generate electricity, in a landmark …

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The race to find a way to recycle old turbine blades from windfarms

Made from carbon fibre, they are difficult to break down, but in UK and elsewhere in Europe there are plans to tackle the wasteIn the Scottish port town of Irvine in Aryshire, almost 80 of Britain’s oldest wind turbine blades lie disused in an old ware…

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UK ministers push ahead with discount on bills for households near new pylons

Plans have provoked outrage from communities in areas of Great Britain expected to host new infrastructureThe government is pushing head with a plan to offer those who live near new electricity pylons a discount of £2,500 from their energy bills over t…

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Fewer green energy tariffs offered as British households opt for cheaper deals

Industry data shows suppliers have scaled back premium-priced deals based on renewables as demand fallsThe number of green energy tariffs available to British households has plummeted during the cost of living crisis as bill payers choose affordability…

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Countries failing to act on UN climate pledge to triple renewables, thinktank finds

Fossil fuel reliance likely to continue and Cop28 target of limiting global heating to below 1.5C will be missedMost global governments have failed to act on the 2023 UN pledge to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade, a…

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BP agrees to sell US onshore wind business as it shifts back to oil

Company to sell business for undisclosed sum to LS Power as part of plan to offload $20bn in assetsBP has agreed a deal to sell off its onshore wind business in the US as the oil multinational turns its back on renewable energy after a failed attempt t…

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Mountain marvel: how one of biggest batteries in Europe uses thousands of gallons of water to stop blackouts

‘Much-loved’ Dinorwig hydroelectric energy storage site in Wales has a vital role to play in keeping the lights onSeconds after a catastrophic series of power outages struck across the UK in the summer of 2019, a phone rang in the control room of the D…

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Denmark rethinking 40-year nuclear power ban amid Europe-wide shift

Government to analyse potential benefits of new generation of reactorsDenmark is reconsidering its 40-year ban on nuclear power in a major policy shift for the renewables-heavy country.The Danish government will analyse the potential benefits of a new …

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Equinor considers suing Trump administration over halted US windfarm

Norway’s state energy company’s $2.5bn project off coast of New York was almost a third finishedNorway’s state energy company may take Donald Trump’s administration to court after it ordered an “unprecedented” halt to a $2.5bn (£1.87bn) windfarm projec…

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Nationalise gas power plants to boost energy security, thinktank urges UK ministers

Common Wealth says private gas-fired stations can charge exorbitant fees when renewable energy is in short supplyBritain’s gas power stations should be nationalised to prevent their owners from holding the electricity market “to ransom”, a thinktank ha…

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Why the UK’s electricity costs are so high – and what can be done about it

From nationalising gas plants to boosting renewables, how soaring prices could be tackledOne of Labour’s key election promises was to cut energy bills by £300 a year by 2030 while making Britain a “clean energy superpower”.The job is already halfway co…

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