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Threat to FiT subsidies puts green projects in jeopardy

Green Cat Renewables
Renewables lobbyists have warned that the UK Government's plan to end a subsidy programme will..

Energy giant hit

Hot spell and lower gas demand wipe £80m from SSE profits

Warm weather combined with lower demand for gas and higher wholesale prices will wipe...

Investors backing expansion

Texo plans ‘new model’ engineering firm employing 1,000

Texo Drone
A group of wealthy investors are behind ambitious plans to build a new engineering and technology group, headquartered in Scotland.

Party accused of 'shambles'

Wheelhouse defends fracking licence extension

Paul Wheelhouse
The SNP is facing accusations of a shambolic policy on fracking after ministers extended a key licence despite claiming the practice had been banned.

As major markets oil fields...

Newcomers expected to move for Chevron assets

Alba owned by Chevron (Chevron pic)
Private equity backed newcomers to the North Sea such as Chrysaor, Neptune Energy, Spirit and Ineos are expected to be among potential buyers

Location not disclosed

Ineos unveils plans for giant chemicals plant

Forth Bridge first shale gas
Chemicals group Ineos is to build a new plant in what it describes as the industry’s largest investment in Europe in 20 years.

Agreement with ConocoPhillips

BP ‘significantly’ raises stake in key North Sea oil field

BP rig pic from company
BP is significantly increasing its holding in one of the North Sea's biggest oilfields in a sign of continued confidence in the region.

Competitive energy sector

Are the Big Six losing their grip on the market?

Mains-supplied natural gas is an integral fuel to the UK’s energy mix. Approximately 80% of the UK’s households (and many businesses) are powered by it. The result is continued highRead More

Judge says there is 'no ban'

Ratcliffe’s Scottish fracking appeal thrown out by court

Energy group Ineos lost its bid to overturn the Scottish government's restriction on fracking but only after a judge ruled ..

Sector is changing

Are shale and biomethane the future of gas industry?

flogas
Local gas produced by local people Could shale and biomethane represent the future of gas? That was the speculation at the 2017 Future Energy Scenarios event. Here, we will lookRead More