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National Grid hits back

Labour in green clash over energy nationalisation plan

Electricity bill
Labour says privatisation has ‘ripped off’ customers   Labour’s plans to renationalise the UK’s energy grid has run into a dispute over its claim that it would be a keyRead More

Mackay promises changes

‘Make or break summit’ pledges action on wind deals

Pat Rafferty
Pat Rafferty: ‘time to shake off the shackles of failure’ (pic: Terry Murden)   Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay today agreed to introduce new measures to help avoid big renewablesRead More

$2.68bn transaction

ConocoPhillips sells North Sea assets to Chrysaor

ConocoPhillips rig
Rigs will switch to new owner   ConocoPhillips is pulling out of UK oil and gas exploration and production and has sold two subsidiaries in the North Sea to ChrysaorRead More

New rules imposed

Ofgem applies tougher tests on new energy suppliers

gas, Ofgem, price caps
Companies applying for a licence to supply energy will have to undergo more stringent tests from June in order to help drive up standards for customers and reduce the riskRead More

Acquisition will create 90 jobs

Well-Safe strikes key deal in decommissioning plan

A company in Aberdeen has struck a key deal in its bid to become a major player in the decommissioning industry. Well-Safe Solutions says it will add 90 jobs toRead More

700,000 customers switched

Shell turns green in major push on renewables market

Shell Energy
Shell has become a major electricity supplier   Royal Dutch Shell is switching all its household customers to renewable electricity and is seeking to become the world’s biggest electricity supplier. TheRead More

Export potential

Scotland urged to drive hydrogen-powered revolution

Prof Ronald MacDonald
A breakthrough in renewables technology could see Scotland develop a new source of energy supply with huge export potential. Scientists in Australia have found a way to store and exportRead More

Call for investment

North Sea needs £200bn to maintain production level

Maersk oil field
The North Sea will need £200 billion of investment between now and 2035 and continued collaboration to extend its production life, according to a trade body which expects exploration toRead More

Ofgem hands accounts to Perth firm

SSE offers stability to 17k Brilliant Energy customers

gas, Ofgem, price caps
SSE is to take on Brilliant Energy’s 17,000 domestic customers which last week became the latest UK supplier to collapse. Ofgem announced that customers would switch to the Perth utility whichRead More

Big questions ahead

What would ‘no deal’ Brexit mean for the gas industry?

Flogas (website)
It’s fair to say that no one currently knows what the landscape is going to look like after 29 March – when the UK is due to leave the EU.Read More