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• TotalEnergies seeks $250m for 1GW Kazak build

  06-02-2026 14:06 via renews.biz
  TotalEnergies seeks $250m for 1GW Kazak build
  
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• Will China own the green energy future? – podcast

  05-03-2026 06:00
  The conflict in the Middle East has sent energy prices soaring, and for countries that import a high proportion of their fuel, it’s a reminder of the perils of energy dependence. As the recipient of almost 90% of Iran’s crude oil, China knows this only too well. Which partly explains why the country spent the last decade heavily investing in clean power.To find out what else could be driving the strategy, Madeleine Finlay speaks to senior China correspondent Amy Hawkins. And energy c
  
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• First Circular Construction Hub launches in Royal Docks

  04-03-2026 15:30 via energylivenews.com
  The UK’s first Circular Construction Hub has launched in the Royal Docks, supporting the Mayor of London’s ambition for the capital to become zero carbon by 2030.Set to become the largest facility of its kind in Europe, the hub will recycle and reuse construction materials that would otherwise go to landfill.
  It forms the first phase of a wider Circular Economy Village planned for Silvertown in the London Borough of Newham.The initiative is backed by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
  
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• Ocean Winds signs lease agreement for 1.5GW Celtic Sea floating wind site

  04-03-2026 14:30 via energylivenews.com
  Ocean Winds has signed an Agreement for Lease with The Crown Estate for a floating offshore wind site in the Celtic Sea, marking a key step forward for the UK’s floating wind sector.The project is the third site to be leased under Round 5, following Ocean Winds’ selection as a preferred bidder in November 2025. The development could be delivered in phases up to a total capacity of 1.5GW over the next decade, adding to the company’s growing UK pipeline.Ocean Winds, the 50-50 jo
  
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• Datacentre developers urged to disclose impact on UK net emissions

  04-03-2026 13:30 via energylivenews.com
  Datacentre developers are facing mounting pressure to demonstrate that new projects will not increasenet greenhouse gas emissions, amid concerns that a surge in AI infrastructure could dramatically raise electricity demand.Campaign groups including Foxglove and Friends of the Earth have written to technology secretary Liz Kendall calling for stricter requirements in the forthcoming National Policy Statement on datacentres.
  They argue developers should prove their schemes will not drive up overa
  
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• Digital retrofits cut hospital energy use by 18%

  04-03-2026 12:30 via energylivenews.com
  Digital retrofits can reduce hospital energy consumption by up to 18%, delivering the fastest and most scalable efficiency gains.A study from Schneider Electric developed with JLL analysed nine Energy and Carbon Conservation Measures across seven global hospital locations. It found digital upgrades were fast and cost effective.Hospitals operate critical equipment, HVAC systems and digital infrastructure 24/7, making downtime impossible.
  The modelling showed digital retrofits could unlock energy
  
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• Energy efficiency reforms must protect older private renters

  04-03-2026 11:30 via energylivenews.com
  Independent Age has called on the UK Government to adopt a “tenant-centred approach” as it raises Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) in the private rented sector.The charity’s new report, Out of the cold, urges ministers to ensure older private renters benefit from planned reforms under the Warm Home Plan, which will raise the minimum energy performance certificate (EPC) requirement from E to C in England and Wales.While the changes could improve living conditions in s
  
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• UK businesses are starting to choose stability over price – and reshaping the energy market

  04-03-2026 10:30 via energylivenews.com
  For decades, energy procurement was a race to the bottom – find the cheapest rate, lock it in, move on. Price was the only variable that mattered.Now? Predictability is making a move.That’s not because businesses suddenly got comfortable spending more. It’s because they learned volatility is worse than expense. And in a market where half of businesses say they could only survive another energy crisis if prices stay stable—not drop, just stay stable—the math has fun
  
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• Net Hero Podcast – Auctions matter for our green future

  04-03-2026 09:45 via energylivenews.com
  AR7 was supposed to be another dry renewables auction story but it actually tells you whether the UK is serious about building clean power at scale.AR7 secured a record 14.7GW of new renewable capacity across offshore wind, onshore wind, solar and tidal. Offshore wind alone delivered roughly 8.4GW. After a previous round failed to attract offshore bids this one matters because it signals scale, pipeline and tens of billions of pounds of private capital lining up behind UK projects.Kir
  
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• Energy transition isn’t fair

  04-03-2026 08:30 via energylivenews.com
  Fairness has become the fault line running through the UK’s next phase of climate policy and MPs are warning that without it the Seventh Carbon Budget could fail before it even begins.In a report published today, the Environmental Audit Committee says fairness is “fundamental” to the legitimacy of the UK’s climate targets and that public consent for net zero cannot be taken for granted if costs fall early and unevenly while benefits arrive later or remain invisible.
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• Half-truths and no truths: Trump’s latest claims on the UK factchecked

  03-03-2026 20:17
  From the Chagos Islands to ‘windmills’ and sharia law, the US president’s comments do not bear much scrutinyDonald Trump has been opining about the UK again, saying on Tuesday that Keir Starmer was “not Winston Churchill” and repeating his complaint about the deal to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Here are some recent things the US president has said about British issues, and how they compare with reality. Continue reading...
  
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• Exeter housing estate runs on renewable gas

  03-03-2026 16:56 via energylivenews.com
  An Exeter housing estate has quietly become the first in the UK to run entirely on renewable liquid gas for heating.The 19 homes at Seaward Park switched to 100% bioLPG in December 2025, cutting carbon emissions by up to 80% compared with conventional LPG while keeping the same boilers, tanks and pipework.
  For residents, nothing changed operationally. The fuel did.Around 24% of homes in the South West are off the gas grid, the highest share in England. Many rely on oil or LPG.
  While heat pumps
  
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• No clean grid…no green hydrogen

  03-03-2026 15:46 via energylivenews.com
  Green hydrogen will not be automatically green unless national power grids decarbonise at pace, new research warns.A study led by the University of Sheffield and published in Nature Communications Sustainability finds that the emissions profile of hydrogen depends heavily on how the electricity used to produce it is generated.
  Without cleaner grids, so-called green hydrogen risks carrying a significant carbon footprint.The research team, led by Professor Lenny Koh, modelled 20 scenarios for pro
  
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• Can we turn captured C02 into stone?

  03-03-2026 14:46 via energylivenews.com
  A new study suggests CO₂ can be turned into stone in underground large-scale carbon capture sites.Researchers at the University of Edinburgh tracked injected CO₂ at Iceland’s Carbfix site and found it had been permanently mineralised in volcanic basalt rock, using the gas’s own natural chemical “fingerprints” rather than artificial tracers.The approach relies on analysing subtle variations in carbon, water and noble gas isotopes to follow what happens after C
  
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• The hidden technology that could unlock commercial fusion power

  03-03-2026 13:50 via sciencedaily.com
  Fusion energy may be one of the most promising clean power sources of the future—but only if scientists can precisely measure the extreme, fast-moving plasmas that make it possible. A new U.S. Department of Energy–sponsored report urges major investment in advanced diagnostic tools—the high-tech “sensors” that track plasma temperature, density, and behavior inside fusion systems. Bringing together 70 experts from universities, national labs, and private industry, th
  
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• Chancellor warned not to raise fuel duty as oil market tensions mount

  03-03-2026 13:46 via energylivenews.com
  With conflict in the Middle East threatening flows through the Strait of Hormuz, analysts are warning Brent crude could surge towards $100–130 per barrel if disruption escalates.
  Against that backdrop, FairFuelUK founder Howard Cox is calling for an immediate commitment to freeze duty.Rachel Reeves is about to deliver her Spring Statement and Mr Cox warned cost pressure on drivers would be too much if duty is raised.
  In light of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, Rachel Reeves must de
  
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• Pay-per-mile will scupper EV market

  03-03-2026 12:59 via energylivenews.com
  More than half of drivers say pay-per-mile road charging for electric vehicles would make them less likely to switch, according to a major new survey.Research by Electrifying.com and the AA of around 12,000 motorists found 55% believe mileage-based charging would deter them from going electric.
  The findings come as ministers consider how to replace falling fuel duty revenues in the shift to zero-emission cars.The survey also highlights fragile confidence in the financial case for EVs. Just 14%
  
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• Turbines on farmland can help not hinder nature

  03-03-2026 11:56 via energylivenews.com
  Wind turbines on agricultural land have become a symbol in the wider fight over net zero. For some they represent clean energy and extra income for struggling farms.
  For others they mean lost fields, constant noise and damaged wildlife.Hans-Georg von Lewinski of renewable platform Caeli argues the reality is less dramatic than the rhetoric.On land take, he says turbines occupy far less space than many assume. A modern onshore unit typically sits on a concrete base around 15 to 25 metres in diam
  
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• Will ChatGPT raise your energy bills?

  03-03-2026 11:00 via energylivenews.com
  As Donald Trump prepares to meet big tech firms to discuss new AI energy standards, fresh research suggests voters are already worried about who will pay for the power behind the boom.A survey of 2,525 adults in the UK and US by AI company SambaNova Systems finds that concern over data centres’ electricity use is no longer niche.
  Three in four respondents fear AI data centres could push up household energy bills in their area. The same proportion say they are aware of the significant elec
  
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• Gas markets set for rocky ride as Iran conflict grows and refineries are targeted

  03-03-2026 09:05 via energylivenews.com
  Oil and gas markets are now staring at what could become the largest supply disruption in modern history as the war between the United States and Israel against Iran spills into core Gulf energy infrastructure.What began as strikes on military targets has escalated.
  Energy facilities in Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been hit and tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has collapsed.
  S&P Global Energy Commodities at Sea data shows that on March 1 only five oil tankers transited the Strait
  
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• Scottish government offers £17m to help job transition

  02-03-2026 17:00 via energylivenews.com
  Up to £17 million is being released to drive green jobs, innovation and supply-chain diversification in the North East and Moray as Scotland’s Just Transition Fund opens its latest funding round.For the first time, community organisations and social enterprises will be guaranteed a share of the fund alongside commercial projects, marking a shift towards placing local communities at the centre of the transition.The new package includes up to £3 million in capital funding and &p
  
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• EU leaders told to stop fiddling with energy markets

  02-03-2026 15:57 via energylivenews.com
  Speculation over another shake-up of Europe’s electricity market is rattling the power sector just months after reforms were agreed.In a letter to EU heads of state and government, the Eurelectric Presidency has urged political leaders to stop reopening the marginal pricing debate, warning that regulatory churn risks undermining the investment needed to deliver affordable, secure and decarbonised power.The intervention follows comments from European Commission president Ursula von der Ley
  
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• Energinet pauses new grid connections amid soaring demand

  02-03-2026 15:18 via renews.biz
  Energinet pauses new grid connections amid soaring demand
  
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• Ziton lifts EBITDA to €69m in 2025

  02-03-2026 15:01 via renews.biz
  Ziton lifts EBITDA to €69m in 2025
  
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• Energy prices surge as Iran attacks Gulf states

  02-03-2026 14:50 via energylivenews.com
  Oil prices have spiked sharply as attacks tied to the widening conflict in and around the Middle East rattled key energy infrastructure and raised fresh fears of supply disruption.Global benchmarks jumped over 10% in early trade, pushing Brent crude toward around $80 a barrel — its highest levels in months — after a series of retaliatory strikes, including an Iranian drone attack near Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura refinery.
  The facility, one of the kingdom’s largest with a c
  
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• How noisy is clean power?

  02-03-2026 13:58 via energylivenews.com
  The University of Manchester is leading a new research programme aimed at removing one of the biggest uncertainties facing the commercial scale-up of tidal power: underwater noise.As a rapid expansion of tidal-stream energy, the project, known as (not)NOISY, will develop the first advanced tools capable of predicting how noise from tidal turbine arrays travels through the marine environment before projects are built.
  The work is designed to give regulators, developers and policymakers a stronge
  
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• RTS Wind Group names Kevin Jones chief executive

  02-03-2026 13:11 via renews.biz
  RTS Wind Group names Kevin Jones chief executive
  
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• Undersea maps show carbon capture hot spots

  02-03-2026 12:59 via energylivenews.com
  New North Sea maps highlighting where future CO₂ storage could realistically be developed have been released.The maps, published by the North Sea Transition Authority, rank areas of the UK Continental Shelf by their potential for carbon storage appraisal, based on geology, data quality and how well each region could support the UK’s long-term storage needs.
  The aim is simple: give developers a clearer view of where effort and capital are most likely to pay off.Carbon storage is incr
  
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• Ænergy sells majority of Nagbøl hybrid project

  02-03-2026 12:01 via renews.biz
  Ænergy sells majority of Nagbøl hybrid project
  
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• Business energy bills are not just too high but unevenly spread across the country

  02-03-2026 12:00 via energylivenews.com
  Businesses are still grappling with some of the highest energy costs in Europe and the burden is falling unevenly across the country.New analysis of non-domestic energy use shows that electricity and gas bills remain a defining cost for many firms, particularly in energy-intensive sectors.Annual electricity spend for larger businesses routinely runs into tens of thousands of pounds, while gas costs are even higher for manufacturers and processors that remain heavily reliant on fossil fuels.For
  
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