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As anticipated in the Second Annual Report on the Implementation of the Energy White Paper, published in July 2005, and later indicated in the keynote address to the Labour Party Conference in September this year, new nuclear generation is now to be considered.

The environment calendar highlights key dates for proposed and existing legislation and policy and closing dates for consultation papers relating to major environment issues in the EU and England.

The environment calendar highlights key dates for proposed and existing legislation and policy and closing dates for consultation papers relating to major environment issues in the EU and England.

The feed-in tariffs (FIT) scheme came into force in the UK on 1 April 2010. It is a government backed initiative (introduced in the Energy Act 2008) to encourage production of energy from small-scale low carbon technologies.

Following a consultation process which closed in December 2010, the Scottish Government has committed to changing the current planning process for onshore hydro schemes of 50MW or less.

Energy storage is an area showing strong growth in patenting. In recent years, for example, several inventions have been developed in the context of energy storage solutions in combination...

A British startup that is developing a heat storage system looks to be set to advance the technology readiness level (TRL) of its system.

The Department for the Environment and Climate Change (DECC) has issued a second consultation on improvements to the electricity grid, following on from a first round of consultation in August-November 2009 (see our e-update of 29/10/09).

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced this week that it is to undertake a new inspection programme of oil and gas installations in the North Sea, known as the Ageing and Life Extension Inspection Programme (also known as Key Programme 4 or "KP4").

Yesterday ministers announced the winners of 27 new exploration blocks, being the first onshore drilling licenses to be awarded in seven years.

The past year of energy price rises and the events in Ukraine have brought conversations regarding national energy supply to the fore both in the media and in governments around Europe.

This resulted in the bank being unable to record and retain important communications regarding wholesale energy trading.

World Earth Day had me thinking: is additive manufacturing really that environmentally friendly? According to this article by Roland Berger, the answer seems to be "yes if done in the right way".

"Green Day" on Thursday last week saw the UK government publish a suite of policy documents to support its energy security and net zero objectives which include directing significant...

On September 13, McDermott Partners Heather Cooper and Philip Tingle provided a detailed overview of the bonus tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022...

Shell and Norwegian oil company Statoil have agreed to work together on the world’s biggest carbon sequestration project. The proposed scheme would pump 2 to 2.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by a 860 MW gas-fired power plant at Tjeldbergodden in Norway to two offshore oil and gas fields in the Norwegian section of the North Sea (at Draugen and Heidrun).

New planning guidance has recently been issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government for onshore oil and gas developments, including shale gas and coal bed methane.

Oil & Gas UK have published their first ever Health and Safety Report which is set to become an annual feature.