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Teesside's world-first clean gas project handed seven-figure boost by Government

Teesside's world-first clean gas project handed seven-figure boost by Government   Teesside's bid to build a major world-first power station, creating many thousands of jobs, has been handed a seven-figure boost by the Government. The Clean Gas project on the former SSI steelworks site could become the world’s first gas-powered energy plant using technology that capture...

Neodrill’s CAN-ductor Reduces Environmental Impact By Up To 44% Compared With Conventional Drilling, Finds Asplan Viak

Neodrill’s CAN-ductor Reduces Environmental Impact By Up To 44% Compared With Conventional Drilling, Finds Asplan Viak   Today the innovators in pre-rig technology, Neodrill, shared the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) report for its CAN-ductor technology. Analysed and compiled by Asplan Viak, one of Norway's largest consulting engineering and architectural firms, the report found that the environmental impact of the CAN-ductor is between 21 – 44% less  than...

Global delegation to learn about offshore wind industry from North East England’s established offshore wind cluster, Energi Coast

Global delegation to learn about offshore wind industry from North East England’s established offshore wind cluster, Energi Coast   NOF, the business development experts for the energy sector, is welcoming an international delegation to North East England to demonstrate the industrial and economic benefits of the region’s established offshore wind cluster. Taking place between 26-28 June, the visit of nearly 50 government officials, industry leaders and global stakehold...

Wind power: £100m fund aims to boost UK companies

Wind power: £100m fund aims to boost UK companies   A £100m fund has been established to help UK firms capitalise on the boom in offshore wind. With the UK so well suited to exploiting wind power, turbines have been erected in more than 30 locations from Brighton to the Moray Firth. But trade unions say the boom has not generated enough jobs for UK workers. The Offshore Wind Industry Council says its initiative will help hundreds of firms "maximise opportunit...

BP Chief Pushes Renewable Investment Boost

BP Chief Pushes Renewable Investment Boost   Last week the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2019  was released, covering energy data through 2018. The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. I consider it to be the bible of energy data. It is a primary source of data for numerous companies, government agencies and non-government organizations. Since its release, I have been bu...

Hydrogen could replace natural gas in homes, say experts

Hydrogen could replace natural gas in homes, say experts   New report from the Institution of Engineering and Technology concludes there is 'no reason' why hydrogen can't safely be used in the UK gas grid There is "no reason" why hydrogen can't be used instead of natural gas to be used for heating and cooking in people's homes, engineering experts have concluded. Experts from five engineering institutions were tasked by the government to assess the...

What does the rise of the Wind and Renewable energy sector mean?

What does the rise of the Wind and Renewable energy sector mean?   The rise of the wind industry and renewable energy sector hasn’t gone unnoticed. The growth in popularity over the last decade has increased throughout the whole market, creating an increase in wind turbine products and tools. A declining climate plus greater awareness of the environment has introduced growing concerns across the globe, actively leading to an influence in the renewable energy and wind sector....

Great Britain just went two weeks without using coal. Here's how

Great Britain just went two weeks without using coal. Here's how   Great Britain has smashed the record for generating electricity without coal for the second time in a month. But this unprecedented coal-free fortnight doesn't mean that renewables are filling in the gap In 1882, the Edison Electric Light Company opened the world’s first commercial coal-fired power station at an unlikely central London address. The facility at 57 Holborn Viaduct burnt the fossil fuel t...

Renewables Are Set To Outprice Oil & Gas By 2020

Renewables Are Set To Outprice Oil & Gas By 2020   Moore’s Law might be dead, but Swanson’s Law remains alive and well. Swanson’s Law is the observation that solar PV panels tend to become 20 percent cheaper for every doubling of cumulative shipped volume. It’s the solar industry’s equivalent of Moore’s Law, which predicts the growing computing power of processors. But as the semiconductor industry has discovered, the observation that process...

Drive to diversify on the agenda at AREG event

Drive to diversify on the agenda at AREG event   An industry event is set to explore new opportunities in the renewables sector as companies look to embrace the energy transition. The Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), in partnership with Subsea UK, is hosting a business breakfast at the Music Hall on Friday (May 31) which will showcase organisations who have diversified from oil and gas into renewables. Chinese state-owned engineering services firm COES Caledonia (UK) Limi...

Campaign calls for oil workers to switch to green jobs

Campaign calls for oil workers to switch to green jobs   Drilling in the North Sea must end and the highly skilled workers in the industry moved into the clean energy sector if the UK is to reach its climate commitments, a new report has warned. According to the report, the Government should end licensing for new oil and gas fields as it could quadruple the nation’s carbon emissions. The Friends of the Earth research claims that the UK’s 5.7 billion barrels of hydr...

Xodus grows capabilities with addition of renewables advisory team

Xodus grows capabilities with addition of renewables advisory team   International energy consultancy Xodus Group has expanded its renewables capabilities with the addition of a dedicated advisory unit. The advisory team will support lenders, developers and the wider supply chain to identify and capitalise on renewable energy opportunities and mitigate against risk. Scott Hamilton has been appointed to lead theteam, with a focus on due diligence, supply chain analysis and techno...

In numbers: Charting the rapid growth of renewable energy in the UK

In numbers: Charting the rapid growth of renewable energy in the UK   A new report tracking investments into independent clean energy and energy storage technologies in the UK has illustrated the speed at which to low-carbon transition is gripping the power sector. Here, edie rounds up the key findings. Having accounted for more than 65% of the nation’s carbon footprint in 1990, power generation is now responsible for just one-quarter of Britain’s GHG footprint, accordi...

Climate Change driving Economic Change: Diversification is Key

Climate Change driving Economic Change: Diversification is Key Climate change has been constantly in the news over the past couple of weeks with the school strikes, extinction rebellion direct action and the new Committee on Climate Change Report advising that the UK government can set a target to get to ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This has all spawned political action with the Scottish government committing to getting to net zero at the earlier date of 2045 and b...

Consultation starts on proposal for giant solar farm near Mansfield

Consultation starts on proposal for giant solar farm near Mansfield   A community consultation has started as renewable energy giant Lightsource BP plan to create a giant Bilsthorpe solar farm. Energy firm Lightsource BP said the development would provide enough power for 16,633 households, and be the equivalent of taking more than 4,455 large family cars off the road. Lightsource BP has earmarked a 205 acre plot at Inkersall Grange Farm, Billsthorpe, and is seeking input from l...

Angela Merkel and Kjell Børge Freiberg opened Arkona offshore wind farm

Angela Merkel and Kjell Børge Freiberg opened Arkona offshore wind farm   Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and Norwegian petroleum and energy minister Kjell-Børge Freiberg opened the Arkona offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea in Mukran on the German island of Rügen today.  Arkona is operated by the Germany company E.ON in collaboration with Equinor, and the formal opening of the project was hosted by the Germany company. Equinor’s chair of the boar...

Siemens bags construction order for 1.3GW GNA 1 LNG-to-Power project

Siemens bags construction order for 1.3GW GNA 1 LNG-to-Power project   Siemens has bagged an order for the turnkey construction of a 1.3GW combined cycle power plant for the integrated LNG-to-Power project GNA 1 owned by Gás Natural Açu in Brazil. The GNA 1 LNG-to-Power project is being built in the Port of Açu in Rio de Janeiro state by Gás Natural Açu, which is a joint venture between Siemens, BP and Brazil logistics company Prumo Logísti...

Renewable energy now accounts for one third of the world’s capacity

Renewable energy now accounts for one third of the world’s capacity   Renewable energy now forms one-third of the world’s total energy capacity, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The agency found that 171GW of renewable energy was added to the global system in 2018, with an annual increase of 7.9%. Two-thirds of new power generation capacity added in 2018 came from renewables. Renewable energy now stands at 2,351GW, with...

Are Norway's fuel giants serious about committing to renewable energy?

Are Norway's fuel giants serious about committing to renewable energy?   Norway's economy and wealth is built on the oil and gas sector, making it vulnerable to falling oil prices and a global shift from fossil fuels to renewable energies. Windpower Monthly looks at how state-owned Equinor and Statkraft are responding -- are they truly diversifying or just paying lip service? The move away from fossil fuels gained an unlikely supporter when the Norwegian government announce...

Shell powers into UK retail market in bid to become biggest energy firm

Shell powers into UK retail market in bid to become biggest energy firm   Royal Dutch Shell took a step forward in its aim to become the world’s biggest power company, with an aggressive move into the UK retail market, offering one of the cheapest tariffs available. Shell Energy, formerly known as First Utility, said on Monday it had a fixed rate power-supply tariff for UK customers of about £970 a year, or about £81 pounds a month until July 2020. The move is par...
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