Magnox: Final milestone achieved at one of UK’s most iconic nuclear plants

Staff at Sellafield’s Magnox Reprocessing Plant have safely reprocessed the final box of spent fuel, marking the completion of a 10-year programme

Second generation smart meters hit five million mark

Residents of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire are officially the fastest adopters of the smart technology in Britain, followed by those in South Derbyshire

New global record as green bonds issuance tops $200bn

Energy is said to dominate overall use of proceeds at 33%, followed by low carbon buildings at 29% and low carbon transport at 20%

UK wind capacity smashes 20GW milestone

The clean energy technology can now power the equivalent to 14 million homes across the country

Brazil breaks 1GW solar milestone

Brazil has surpassed the 1GW milestone of installed solar power capacity. The achievement puts the nation among only 30 countries in the world generating this level of electricity from the sun’s rays, according to the country’s state-run news service, Agencia Brasil. The Brazilian Association of Solar Power (Absolar) says this energy will be able to […]

CNG passes one million-customer milestone

Leading supplier and shipper of natural gas, CNG, has reached its most significant milestone to date. This month the business supplied gas to more than a million people through its extensive list of around 50,000 customers and more than one million through its wholesale contracts with other suppliers. CNG is recognised as the largest independent […]

Statoil’s Peregrino marks 100m barrels milestone

Norwegian company Statoil announced its Peregrino field offshore Brazil has surpassed the 100 million barrels of oil production milestone. The recoverable reserves of the field, which is jointly owned with Chinese firm Sinochem, are estimated to be between 300 million and 600 million barrels. The milestone was achieved on 2nd August after four years of […]