Removal of last fuel elements from Scottish reactor

Sep 12, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Low Carbon 0

Work is underway to remove the remaining radioactive fuel elements that have been stuck for decades inside the Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR). The experimental dome-shaped nuclear reactor in Scotland...

US 2015 energy spend ‘lowest in more than a decade’

Aug 10, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Markets & Finance 0

Energy expenditure in the US in 2015 was the lowest recorded in more than a decade. Latest figures from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reveal spending for delivered energy in 2015...

Tesco fined £8m over fuel leak into rivers and sewers

Jun 16, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Sustainability & Environment, Markets & Finance 0

Tesco has been ordered to pay more than £8 million in fines and costs after a fuel leak from one of its petrol stations polluted waterways and sewers. The incident in July 2014 led to around...

BP to buy US green gas assets for $155m

Mar 02, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Sustainability & Environment 0

BP is buying Clean Energy’s green gas business for $155 million (£126m). That includes existing biomethane production plants, its share of two new facilities under construction and third-party...

Kazakhstan to cut uranium output by 10%

Jan 22, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon, Markets & Finance 0

Kazakhstan is to cut its uranium output by 10% in 2017. The world’s biggest producer of the nuclear fuel plans to make the reduction in the face of a prolonged supply glut that has seen its price...

Rapid refuelling at Liverpool Port to boost HGV efficiency

Jan 13, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Coal, Gas & Oil, Sustainability & Environment 0

The Port of Liverpool has opened a 24-hour rapid refuelling station. Certas Energy partnered with the Peel Ports Group to open the site, which has been under construction for 12 weeks. The station...

Scottish fuel poverty ‘worse than rest of UK’

Jan 10, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment 0

Fuel poverty in Scotland is significantly worse than in the rest of the UK. Scottish cities filled the top five places on a leader board of the worst afflicted areas, with rates way above the UK...

Australian proposals to go green could cost consumers

Dec 28, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency, Top Stories 0

Australian proposals to introduce new environmental and fuel efficiency standards could cost consumers. The move would force vehicle manufacturers to make their cars more economical...

Nearly 100k Scots escape fuel poverty

Dec 07, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency 0

Around 97,000 Scottish households have escaped from extreme fuel poverty in the last year. The 4% drop between 2014 and 2015 is attributable to a substantial fall in fuel prices (2.3%), energy...

BP to buy 10% stake in giant Egyptian gas field

Dec 02, 2016 Jonny Bairstow Coal, Gas & Oil 0

BP has agreed to buy a 10% stake in a giant offshore gas field in Egypt. The company paid $375 million (£297.9m) for the share of Eni’s Shorouk Concession, which includes the Zohr gas field....