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- Government rules out underground cabling in National Grid upgrade Thu, 12 Sep 24, 11:38pmRollout of pylons in countryside is a cheaper, quicker way to integrate green electricity, energy adviser says
- Green groups urge Ed Miliband to scrap Drax subsidies Tue, 27 Aug 24, 9:54pmOpen letter to Labour energy secretary from 41 groups says wood-burning biomass plants are putting forests and biodiversity at risk
- Green groups call for scrapping of subsidies to wood-burning Drax power station Tue, 27 Aug 24, 9:54pmOpen letter to Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, says biomass plants are putting forests and biodiversity at risk
- Biomass power station produced four times emissions of UK coal plant, says report Fri, 9 Aug 24, 3:00pmDrax received £22bn in subsidies despite being UK’s largest emitter in 2023, though company rejects ‘flawed’ research
- Danish windfarm firm Ørsted to axe up to 800 jobs and pause dividend Wed, 7 Feb 24, 10:40pmCompany developing world’s largest offshore windfarm in North Sea attempts to recover from turbulent year
- ‘Hydrogen village’ plan in Redcar abandoned after local opposition Fri, 15 Dec 23, 1:39amGovernment says insufficient hydrogen production available to replace home gas supplies
- Former fracking site could lead UK’s renewable revolution Sun, 5 Nov 23, 11:22pmFinal testing being done in project to give North Yorkshire site new life as source of geothermal energy
- Greenpeace activists arrested after ending oil protest at Sunak’s mansion Thu, 3 Aug 23, 11:36pmBlack fabric draped on Yorkshire home in response to PM’s pledge to ‘max out’ UK oil and gas reserves
- Greenpeace protesters drape giant oil-black fabric over Sunak’s mansion Thu, 3 Aug 23, 6:43pmActivists enter grounds of Yorkshire home in protest against prime minister’s pledge to ‘max out’ UK oil and gas reserves
- Hornsea Four offshore windfarm given green light after five-month delay Thu, 13 Jul 23, 3:59amFourth phase at giant project off Yorkshire coast is expected to have 180 turbines and generate 2.6GW
- National Grid in talks with Drax to revive coal-fired units Thu, 15 Jun 23, 5:00pmTwo units at North Yorkshire plant could be brought out of retirement to prevent winter outages
- UK energy strategy casts doubt on Drax’s carbon capture project Fri, 31 Mar 23, 2:44amShares in turmoil as government’s plan seems to rule out North Yorkshire biomass plant from race for subsidies
- SSE begins work on hydrogen storage cavern on Yorkshire coast Sun, 18 Dec 22, 10:42pmExclusive: renewable energy will be kept in cathedral-sized cave for freezing, windless conditions
- MP urges water firm to put more profits into upgrades after Sheffield gas outage Tue, 13 Dec 22, 3:03amOlivia Blake says not enough of Yorkshire Water’s £242m profits used for infrastructure after gas network flooded
- Crown gives go ahead to rival ‘net zero carbon’ North Sea schemes Sat, 23 Oct 21, 5:00pmExclusive: crown estates accused of greed in selling rights to ‘incompatible’ carbon capture and windfarm projects