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- Energy firm plans to build 2,000 homes powered by solar panels on the Staffordshire site
- Lancashire fracking has stopped since small earthquakes, say locals Sat, 17 Nov 18, 2:49amCuadrilla won’t say if it has halted Preston New Road exploration, at cost of £94,000 a day
- UK's backup power subsidies are illegal, European court rules Thu, 15 Nov 18, 11:59pmSurprise judgment means government must halt capacity market scheme
- Claws out: crab fishermen sue 30 oil firms over climate change Thu, 15 Nov 18, 9:58amFossil fuel companies including Chevron and ExxonMobil ‘knowingly caused harm’ by contributing to warming, group says
- Crab fishermen sue 30 oil firms, saying climate change has battered industry Thu, 15 Nov 18, 9:58amFossil fuel companies including Chevron and ExxonMobil ‘knowingly caused harm’ by contributing to warming, group says
- John Large obituary Thu, 15 Nov 18, 2:01amConsulting engineer known for his work on nuclear safety who was never afraid to take on such a powerful industryJohn Large’s working life was split into two halves, the first spent designing civil and military nuclear...
- Spain plans switch to 100% renewable electricity by 2050 Wed, 14 Nov 18, 2:13amAmbitious scheme also aims to fully decarbonise country’s economy shortly after
- World has no capacity to absorb new fossil fuel plants, warns IEA Tue, 13 Nov 18, 11:01amWatchdog says new projects must be low carbon or existing plants must be cleaned up
- New UK gas power station 'would breach climate commitments' Mon, 12 Nov 18, 2:03amEnvironmental law group submits objection over proposed 3.6GW Drax plant
- Moorside’s atomic dream was an illusion. Renewables are the future Sun, 11 Nov 18, 6:00pmThe collapse of Toshiba’s project underlines the fact that new nuclear is a more unreliable proposition than wind and solarToshiba’s decision to pull out of building a nuclear power station in Cumbria last week will cause...
- Toshiba's failure shows private sector cannot deliver nuclear future for UK | Phillip Inman Fri, 9 Nov 18, 1:30amAs Cumbria reactor plan stalls, it is clear that huge resources are needed for such projects
- UK nuclear power station plans scrapped as Toshiba pulls out Thu, 8 Nov 18, 9:22pmFirm’s nuclear arm to wind up next year and scrap Cumbria plant leaving big hole in UK energy plans
- Drilling starts to tap geothermal power from Cornwall's hot rocks Wed, 7 Nov 18, 4:28amBoreholes near Redruth would be UK’s deepest and could kickstart zero-carbon power source across country
- UK renewable energy capacity surpasses fossil fuels for first time Tue, 6 Nov 18, 11:28pmRenewable capacity has tripled in past five years, even faster growth than the ‘dash for gas’ of the 1990s
- Government faces new legal challenge over plans to speed up fracking Mon, 5 Nov 18, 3:45amOpponents say revised definition of fracking will allow energy firms to bypass planning rules