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Solar Power Panel

Octopus Energy Sees 11% Increase Solar Pipeline With Zestec Acquisition

Octopus Energy Group’s generation arm has acquired UK solar developer and asset manager Zestec Renewable Energy to build solar power on British businesses’ ro…

Natural Gas

Nearly 30% Of British Gas Customers Still Missing Out on Energy Vouchers

Almost a fifth of SSE and ScottishPower customers said they hadn’t got their October or November voucher, according to a survey

United Kingdom

Octopus Energy Takeover of Collapsed UK Rival Bulb Faces Legal Challenge

The British government’s decision to approve collapsed energy supplier Bulb’s acquisition by Octopus Energy faces a legal challenge from rival suppliers in ea…

Wind Farm

UK Government to Ease Ban on Onshore Wind Farms to Head Off Revolt

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government on Tuesday said it would ease restrictions on building onshore wind farms, heading off a revolt by his party's l…

Wind Power Project

Octopus Energy Identifies 2.3 GW Onshore Wind Potential in Britain

Octopus Energy Generation’s match-making platform for wind energy identifies 2.3 GW of potential new British onshore wind energy that could be unleashed where …

Natural Gas

Ofgem’s Market Reform Proposals Criticised by British Gas Owner

Centrica CEO Chris O’Shea has accused Ofgem of an “abdication of responsibility”

United Kingdom

UK Could Add 1GW of Hydropower With Policy Support – Report

A report commissioned by the British Hydropower Association reveals hydropower can provide an additional 1GW of energy in the UK under the right policy framewor…

United Kingdom

UK’s Ofgem Says Household Energy Bills to Rise to Nearly $5,200/Year

British energy regulator Ofgem said its price cap for average household energy bills would rise by about 21% to 4,279 pounds ($5,170.74) a year from January to …

Solar Technology

British Solar Tech Business Strikes Italian Distribution Deal

British solar thermal design and engineering company Naked Energy today announces their partnership with Italian energy service company X3Energy.

LNG

First Liquefied Natural Gas Exported From Mozambique

British energy giant bp is buying 100% of the output from the Coral Sul Floating LNG facility.

Crude Oil

UK Considering Big Increase in Energy Windfall Tax, Sources Say

British finance minister Jeremy Hunt is considering a big increase in a windfall tax on oil and gas firms and extending it to power generation firms as he tries…

Natural Gas

Enbridge Greenlights C$3.6 Billion Gas Pipeline Expansion in Canada

Canadian energy infrastructure firm Enbridge Inc on Friday announced a C$3.6 billion expansion of the southern segment of its British Columbia (B.C.) gas pipeli…

Energy Transition

British Energy Giant Bp to Buy Biogas Producer Archaea in $4.1bn Deal

Archaea Energy operates 50 renewable natural gas and landfill gas-to-energy facilities across the US, producing around 6,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day of …

Oil Price

BP Looking at Billions in Buybacks for Q4

British oil and gas supermajor BP Plc. has announced plans to buy back $2.5 billion in shares after an impressive third quarter.

Offshore Wind Power

Japan's TEPCO Renewable to Buy British Offshore Wind Power Firm

TEPCO Renewable Power, a unit of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, said on Wednesday it will buy 100% stake in Flotation Energy, a British floating offshor…