Page 45 - Hunterston News Today

As world leaders gather in Glasgow to discuss tackling climate change, Britain’s current nuclear fleet passed a significant milestone, clocking up 2000 terawatt hours of clean power generation. That’s enough zero carbon electricity to power all the UK’s 29 million homes for 18.5 years.

Community representatives are working to ensure Dounreay workers do not lose out in the latest major organisational shake-up proposed for the site.

The government will provide £1.7bn upfront funding for new nuclear power stations, it has emerged. Details of Whitehall spending plans released in the

Offshore drilling company Valaris has won a drilling rig contract with the Brazilian oil firm Petrobras offshore Brazil.The…

Thousands of British businesses need state-backed rescue measures to arrest declining production amid surging energy costs, the head of the Energy Intensive User Group warned.

Russia has been accused of holding Europe to ransom over gas supplies in order to win approval for its Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a project that was only completed after Joe Biden lifted sanctions.

The energy crisis has been blamed, in part, on a shortage of natural gas caused by Vladimir Putin allegedly choking supplies to Europe.

Andrew Large, of the Confederation of Paper Industries, attended a meeting on Friday with Business Secretary and other representatives of energy intensive industries.

Blaze affecting vital subsea cable hits backup energy supply cushion, adding to industry troubles

Seventeen years ago the UK produced enough gas for all its domestic needs, but we are now reliant on an international market and the whims of Russian President Putin.