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Carbon markets forecast to weather short-term price dips
Despite forecasting near-term declines in carbon prices in the face of political and macroeconomic uncertainty, carbon market participants are optimistic…
Irish farmers convert ocean carbon to fertiliser via seaweed
UK carbon credit start-up Carbon Kapture has launched its first seaweed farm dedicated to ocean carbon sequestration, enabling customers to…
Former coal-fired power plant hosts new battery project
SSE Renewables has announced plans to develop a 150MW battery storage facility on the site of a former coal-fired power…
Weekly data: European gas price lowest since the start of the energy crisis
The European gas price is the lowest it has been since the beginning of the energy crisis. On 8 May,…
Grant Shapps assures the UK’s oil and gas industry it has his full support to continue drilling
The UK’s Secretary of State for the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, Grant Shapps, has reassured Britain’s oil…
Ostend summit’s windy words mask deeper divisions
Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK signed the Ostend Declaration at a North Sea…
North Sea Summit sets course for more offshore wind power
Leaders from North Sea and North Sea-adjacent countries are meeting for a summit at the port of Ostend on the…
The energy transition skills gap is more than technical
The energy transition skills gap is growing. A February report from the European Investment Bank found the growth of green…
UK council backs drilling for disused coal mine geothermal project
Sunderland City Council has backed exploratory drilling for a geothermal scheme to heat homes and businesses using water from a…
Opinion: To lower energy bills, we need a public energy system, not more fossil fuels and climate delay
This week, despite Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s three-month extension of the energy price freeze, the UK's state-funded discount on energy bills…