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UK Renewables Energy Subsidy Plan to Reduce Spend by Gbp500-600 Mil
Dec 18, 2015Changes to the UK renewable energy subsidies, including programs such as Feed-in Tariff scheme and Renewable Obligation, will contribute a total reduction of GBP500 million-GBP600 million ($746 million-$895 million) from the Levy Control ...
Tags: Renewables Energy, fuel, climate change
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More Test Drilling Required to Assess Potential of UK Shale Industry: Study
Dec 16, 2015The UK needs to allow more shale gas exploration wells nation-wide before a reliable picture of the effect of a shale industry on the country can be properly formulated, the Task Force on Shale Gas said late Monday. The Task Force on ...
Tags: shale gas, natural gas
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Local UK Council Validates IGas Exploratory Shale Gas Wells
Nov 6, 2015A local UK council has validated the application for a proposed IGas project to drill two exploratory wells in order to evaluate geology and assess potential shale gas recovery, IGas announced in a statement Friday. Nottinghamshire County ...
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Southern England Could Hold Between 2.2 Billion and 8.5 Billion Barrels of Oil Resource
May 28, 2014The Jurassic shales of southern England's Weald basin could hold between 2.2 billion and 8.5 billion barrels of oil resource but no gas, the UK government said Friday in a new report. The Department of Energy and Climate Change also ...
Tags: Shale Oil, offshore production
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The Proposed Changes From The UK's DECC Include Restricting ROCs
May 26, 2014The outcome of proposals for 215 ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farms in the UK, with capacities in excess of 5MW, are now being re-evaluated, according to Solarbuzz. This re-evaluation follows new, and unexpected, proposals from ...
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The UK Is Forecast to Be The Largest Solar PV Market in Europe in 2014
May 5, 2014The UK is forecast to be the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) market in Europe in 2014, fuelled by the rapid growth in ground-mounted solar PV farms. More than 120 large-scale solar PV farms in the UK have recently received project-planning ...
Tags: PV Solarbuzz, Lights, Lighting, PV, Solar
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The BRE NSC Has Carried out a Comprehensive Survey of Jobs in The Solar Sector in 2013
Apr 10, 2014The BRE National Solar Centre (NSC) has carried out a comprehensive survey of jobs in the solar sector in 2013, detailing both staffing numbers and site installation activities. Commissioned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change ...
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EU Carbon Dioxide Allowances Crashed to a Nine-month Low Friday
Apr 1, 2014EU carbon dioxide allowances crashed to a nine-month low Friday, as speculators unwound long positions ahead of data due next week and expected to signal weak demand, traders said. EU Allowance futures contracts for December 2014 delivery ...
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DECC Has Set The Goal of Installing 53 Million Smart Meters in 30 Million Homes
Mar 24, 2014The United Kingdom's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has set the goal of installing 53 million smart meters in 30 million homes over the next eight years. The department claims the national roll out will save the country ...
Tags: Smart Meters, Instruments, Meters
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The Net Volume of Gas Imported Into The UK Outstripped Domestic Production in 2013
Mar 4, 2014The net volume of gas imported into the UK outstripped domestic production in 2013 for the first time ever, the Department of Energy and Climate Change said Thursday. "Imports of gas again exceeded UK production, and in 2013 for the first ...
Tags: Gas Imports, Domestic Output
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A Number of Companies Are Building Mechanical Systems That Use Air as The Storage Medium
Feb 26, 2014When it comes to storing energy on the grid, giant batteries are the only game in town. Now, a number of companies are building mechanical systems that use air as the storage medium. U.K.-based Highview Power Storage last week said that ...
Tags: Liquefied Air, Electronics
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Europa Oil & Gas' Phase 1 of The PEDL181 Licence Was Extended by One Year
Jan 15, 2014Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, the AIM listed oil and gas exploration, development and production company focused on Europe, is pleased to announce it has received notification from the Department of Energy and Climate Change ...
Tags: Europa Oil&Gas, Department of Energy and Climate Change
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Norwest Energy NL Provide an Update on The Status of The UK
Jan 13, 2014Norwest Energy NL (ASX: NWE) is pleased to provide an update on the status of the UK, Wessex Basin licences held by subsidiary company NWE Mirrabooka (UK) Pty Ltd. Following detailed discussions with Joint Venture partner Wessex ...
Tags: Norwest Energy, Wessex Basin licences, relinquish, Promote Licence P1928
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UK's Consumption of Thermal Coal Rose 8.5% on The Month to 3.76 Million Mt in September
Dec 3, 2013The UK's consumption of thermal coal rose 8.5% on the month to 3.76 million mt in September, the highest for three months, according to data released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change Thursday. However the UK's rate of ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Metallurgy
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UK's Monthly Thermal Coal Consumption Fell to a 21-month Low in June
Sep 2, 2013The UK's monthly thermal coal consumption fell to a 21-month low in June, with the country's power plants burning just 2.99 million mt, down 22% on the month and 11% on the year, according to data released Thursday by the Department of ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy