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The Government is moving to the first phase of commercial negotiations on a Contract for Difference with the developer of a proposed tidal lagoon at Swansea Bay.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Energy Secretary Ed Davey has announced that Sir Patrick Brown will take up the role of chairperson of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA).
Recent stakeholder bulletins on Electricity Market Reform.
World-leading competitive auctions have led to contracts being offered to 27 renewable electricity projects, which together could power 1.4m homes, comparable to the number of households in Wales.
Responding to the Secretary of State’s commission to assess the impact of the sharp decline in global oil prices on the UK oil and gas industry, Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) Chief Executive, Dr Andy Samuel today published his…
Environment Agency grants Cuadrilla environmental permits for shale gas exploration. Strong environmental standards are in place.
Organisations up and down the country have been awarded a total of £1.28m for capacity totalling 5,589kW as part of the UK’s first ever auction to reduce demand for electricity at peak times.
The UK’s first ever Electricity Demand Reduction (EDR) auction is taking place today.
The Government yesterday announced a commitment to ban fracking in National Parks.
Response from the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to the campaign asking that we 'stop subsidising forms of bioenergy that are dirtier than coal' by Friends of the Earth.
Edward Davey is visiting Aberdeen for talks with oil and gas industry leaders against a backdrop of the recent dramatic slide in world oil prices.
Andy Samuel has officially begun his new role of Chief Executive of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA).
Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, officially confirms the results of the first ever Capacity Market Auction.
Opportunities for businesses to find new ways of achieving a low-carbon economy across energy networks.
Opportunities for businesses to work together on improving buildings' long-term contribution to the economy, society and the environment.
Energy Minister Matthew Hancock's speech at the 4th Kurdistan-Iraq Oil and Gas conference.
First Capacity Market auction begins today.
Speech by Baroness Verma at the launch of the Sellafield Ltd Women’s Network
Interconnectors linking Britain to our European neighbours will be able to participate in the second four-year-ahead Capacity Market auction in 2015, which will ensure a secure energy supply in the winter of 2019/2020 f…
By reducing energy consumption by 1 per cent, big businesses could save over £250 million on their energy bills annually.
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