EDF slammed over Flamanville faults
Production
French electrical agency EDF has said its much-postponed plan for a reactor in Normandy of the same kind as those
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US grants Iran waiver for North Sea deal
Industry
Serica Energy says the US has granted a conditional licence, removing restrictions on a North Sea field because of Iranian
Statkraft buys Element wind farms
Production
Norway’s Statkraft has confirmed the purchase of the Element Power Group’s Irish and UK operations. The agreement means the absorption
Leaks warn of Northern Irish Brexit chaos
Transmission
Northern Ireland faces blackouts and heavy electricity price rises if the UK crashes out of the European Union with no
Fracking rebels set to oppose govt
Policy
As the UK government pushes to develop a fracking sector, Conservative MPs are reportedly preparing to rebel over its proposal
World’s largest offshore wind farm off UK
Environment
The world’s largest operational offshore wind farm has opened on the west coast of England in Cumbria, 20km from the
US envoy tries to split EU on Iran
Policy
Britain should abandon the European Union over Iranian sanctions and back Donald Trump’s decision to breach the nuclear deal, according
Fracking pollution warning buried
Policy
A British government study saying shale gas extraction or fracking increases air pollution was hidden for three years and then
North Sea oil rig strikes hit Total
Industry
The British trade union Unite announced a strike on the Alwyn, Dunbar and Elgin platforms in the North Sea yesterday.
Meters stop users switching suppliers: study
Policy
The costly UK rollout of smart meters to monitor electricity and gas use is providing a model for the rest
Smart meters rollout a flop: study
Consumption
A UK study has warned that smart meters are failing to cut energy bills and has questioned the suitability of
Total faces North Sea strike
Industry
North Sea oil workers on three platforms owned by French energy giant Total have gone on strike in a dispute
Mariner votes to strike
Industry
Equinor’s Mariner heavy-oil platform in the North Sea is facing industrial action after the British GMB union said its members
Sunny weather sparks coal slump
Transmission
As the use of polluting coal comes under more scrutiny across the European Union, the UK says it has been
Naftogaz submits $11.6bn Gazprom claim
Industry
Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz has submitted for arbitration a US$11.6-billion claim for revision of the tariff in its gas transit