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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Plans for phase one and two of world's largest offshore wind project in North Sea formally reach financial close. The extensive interest from lenders underpins the attractiveness of UK offshore wind assets and confidence in SSE and Equinor.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

UK signs landmark Memorandum of Understanding with North Seas Energy Cooperation, as Treasury announces fresh plans to boost green economy. However, under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) agreed in 2019 the UK committed to continued co-operation with NSEC.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

GE is in talks to establish a wind turbine factory in north east England that could create at least 3,000 green jobs in the region to support the UK's burgeoning offshore wind industry, according to reports. million square feet of manufacturing, storage and office space for offshore wind companies, he said.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

News that start-up behind Northumberland gigafactory project is facing collapse comes as electric black cab maker LEVC announces major layoffs. The UK government had pledged to provide £100m to the project from the Automotive Transformation Fund once construction work at Blyth passed a certain milestone.

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AUGUST 3, 2022

Leading players in the UK's energy, pensions, and infrastructure sectors have today teamed up to form a new joint venture to ramp up investment in the country's booming offshore wind industry. Harnessing the UK's strong wind resources out at sea will help provide energy security and bring down energy bills. "The

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Creation of a new UK Seas Authority and appointment of a Minister for the North Sea among measures that could ensure efficient and environmentally responsible planning of clean energy technologies in area key to UK’s successful net zero transition, Policy Exchange argues.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Another wave of world record-breaking wind turbines are on track to be deployed in the North Sea, after GE Renewable Energy today announced it has been confirmed as the preferred turbine supplier for Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the giant offshore wind project.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Progressive Energy says pilot project will provide evidence base to support switch from fossil fuel to hydrogen, as industry advances plans for UK's first hydrogen fuelled town. Andy Burnham, Metro Mayor for Greater Manchester, said the Rochdale pilot project would help establish the region as a leader in the UK's low-carbon economy.

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MAY 15, 2022

New report from SSE Thermal and Equinor aims to highlight economic gains that could flow from planned Scottish CCS power plant . Based on analysis from BiGGAR Economics, the report highlights the scale of the economic impact of the proposed project at a local, Scottish, and UK level.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

Octopus Energy Group has continued its recent acquisition spree, with a deal that promises to provide a major boost to the UK's rooftop solar sector. Through a fund managed by Octopus Energy Generation, over 100 projects will be built by 2027, ranging from 100kW to 7MW.

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MARCH 25, 2022

Government eyes end date for sales of new fossil fuel buses by 2032 at the latest, as it touts fresh funding for zero emissions buses across England. It estimates the new buses could remove over 57,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide and 22 tonnes of nitrogen oxides on average each year.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

Plans to capture carbon emissions from two major gas-fired power stations in northern England took a step forward yesterday, with the news energy giant RWE is to partner with the proposed Viking CCS carbon capture, transport, and storage network.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

New analysis from Energy Networks Association reveals existing pipeline of innovation projects could create thousands of jobs in the fledgling hydrogen economy. The wave of hydrogen projects being planned across the UK's industrial clusters could create over 17,000 jobs in the coming years if greenlit by developers and government.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Waste-to-fuel plant planned by UK oil refining firm and US sustainable jet fuel company Fulcrum BioEnergy aims to start delivering cleaner jet fuel to airlines in 2025. The partners hope the project, named Fulcrum NorthPoint, will be operational by 2025, subject to planning consent, after plans are finalised this year.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Tesco has officially launched a new £5m investment programme to support its plans to transfer a greater proportion of its distribution network away from road and on to the rail network. The news, which was announced last week, was warmly welcomed by Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris. million truck miles from the road.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

As part of its new electric vehicle hub at its north of England plant, Nissan could build as many as ten new solar farms. Nissan has been granted planning permission to install an additional 20MW solar farm at its UK plant in Sunderland, delivering the next stage in its £1bn electric vehicle hub project.

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AUGUST 22, 2022

With the summer’s second heatwave in full blast, we heard quite a lot about canals on the news during the trip as they do require a surprising amount of water. The first few days we felt the full force of the heat, then after a tumultuous rainstorm, it reverted to something more akin to normal UK August weather.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

£2.6bn scheme represents largest industrial investment England’s North East in more than three decades and will generate 8,000 local jobs, BritishVolt said. BritishVolt chief executive Orral Nadjari said the development was a "tremendous moment" for UK industry, as well as for the ambitious clean tech start-up.

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JANUARY 17, 2023

EY said the company had entered administration "due to insufficient equity investment for both the ongoing research it was undertaking and the development of its sites in the Midlands and the North East of England". The majority of Britishvolt's 300 staff have been made redundant "with immediate effect", it said.

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APRIL 1, 2022

Two large wind farms planned off the coast of East Anglia have been granted development consent by the government, in a move expected to add nearly 1.5GW of clean energy capacity to the UK grid. Green light for projects boasting a combined 1.5GW of capacity clears way for development of offshore wind mega-hub.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Oil major announces nearly 20 companies in North Wales and Merseyside are interested in storing their emissions in its reservoirs. Eni revealed it had also signed agreements with Cory, Uniper, and the Cavendish Project to evaluate storage solutions for the emissions of the UK's industrial clusters, according to the company update.

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MAY 4, 2020

The modular housing arm of insurance giant Legal & General has secured planning permission to build 154 energy-efficient homes in Selby, North Yorkshire. Our journey to revolutionise the UK's construction industry is well underway, and planning consent at Portholme Road in Selby is testament to this.".

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MAY 13, 2022

Addressing stability and flexibility requirements in the energy market will require around £20bn of investment in increased battery storage capacity by 2030, according to new analysis. When added to the existing storage capacity, the new projects should leave the UK with around 4GW of battery storage in the system.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

The joint venture, announced today, aims to invest £750m to create two plants to convert natural gas and fuel gases from Essar Oil UK's refinery in Ellesmere Port into low carbon hydrogen, with resulting CO2 emissions captured and stored offshore in sub-surface reservoirs below Liverpool Bay, the companies said. of government funding.

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APRIL 13, 2021

Leading grid operator Electricity North West has today published a draft plan that would see it invest almost £2bn in the five years through to 2028 to upgrade electricity networks in the region in support of the anticipated roll out of clean technologies. to achieve our ambitious proposals - but that means 20 per cent are not.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In a decision hailed by campaigners as a hugely significant climate milestone for the UK, the government has again blocked plans for a controversial open cast coal mine in England's North East. Coal mines must be consigned to the history books if we are going to avoid climate breakdown," Bosworth said.

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AUGUST 2, 2022

Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss has fuelled concerns the UK's onshore renewables sector could face further barriers to development in the coming weeks, after the frontrunner to become the next Prime Minister promised to "change the rules" to ensure farming is prioritised over new solar projects.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

The government is to ban retailers from selling peat-based compost to private gardeners in England from 2024, with a similar ban further covering the professional horticulture sector also potentially set to follow in future, it announced over the weekend.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

Gas giants Equinor and Cadent have today thrown their hat into the ring in the race to develop the UK's first hydrogen town, announcing a new partnership to explore the potential to convert a town near the Humber to run on low carbon hydrogen gas.

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MAY 13, 2020

New consultation launched to help ensure Contract for Difference scheme can adjust to Covid-19 crisis, as plans for giant Dogger Bank wind farm move forward. Lower demand has resulted in renewables providing an increased share of the UK's grid mix, while the fall in wholesale prices means the top up payment provided by LCCC has increased.

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MARCH 30, 2023

Meanwhile, Ministers also announced the eight carbon capture projects that would be progressing to the next stage of its industrial decarbonisation competition, which will see them now enter into a new phase of negotiations as they seek to secure long term financial support.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

Proposals for a new opencast mine in Newcastle that would have seen hundreds of thousands of tonnes of coal and fireclay extracted for use in UK steel, cement and brick manufacturing have been unanimously rejected by the city council over environmental concerns.

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Aquind claimed project would support UK climate goals, but project faced concerns over environmental impact and developer's donations to Conservative Party. Responding in a statement, Aquind Ltd said it was "disappointed" by the news and planned to appeal the decision, potentially through a legal challenge.

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APRIL 8, 2022

Rishi Sunak calls on Bank of England to encourage financial sector to back domestic oil and gas production 'where practical and relevant'. To reduce our reliance on imported fossil fuels, UK sources of oil and gas have a critical role, both to keep our economy supplied and in supporting the transition to net zero," Sunak wrote.

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MARCH 6, 2023

The Crown Estate hailed the move as an important milestone for the UK's nascent CCUS industry, adding that the results could shape the country's future strategy for leasing subsea carbon stores. They added that feedback will then be shared with the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), which is responsible for carbon capture licensing.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It therefore argued the introduction of government-backed certificates would be a "powerful way to demonstrate that emissions savings companies claim to have made, have indeed actually occurred" and as such would help "support the UK's net zero and wider environmental goals".

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The government has managed to anger both green campaigners and its own MPs, after today signalling its willingness to row back on manifesto pledges by lifting the moratorium to fracking and confirming new plans that could result in environmental regulations being diluted.

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