energy security

The UK and US governments have signed a new energy agreement to bolster energy security and accelerate the transition to renewables.

The UK Government has confirmed a “historic” £700 million stake in the Sizewell C nuclear project to boost energy security prospects.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has provided over £32 million to five energy storage projects across the nation to support the development of new technologies such as thermal batteries and liquid flow batteries.

Plans have been unveiled that will see the Irish energy grid directly connected to continental Europe for the first time via a 575km interconnector running through the Celtic Sea.

The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has committed over £120 million to spearhead nuclear fusion innovation and boost energy security prospects for the future.

In a bid to boost the UK's energy security and its own sustainability portfolio, SSE has revealed it has invested close to four times as much as it made in profits in the first half of its financial year totalling £1.7 billion.

The UK government has denied plans for Sizewell C are currently under review, reiterating its commitment in supporting the acceleration of the nuclear industry.

Wind generation hit a new record on 26 October with 19.936GW being generated across the UK, the National Grid ESO said.

RenewableUK has urged the UK’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to scale up the clean power sector to boost energy security and cut energy bills.

​Hitachi Energy has handed over the running of the North Sea Link power interconnector to Statnett, the national power grid operator in Norway, and National Grid.