Latest Energy News

The National Grid chief executive has said the company would consider giving up its role as the operator of Britain's electrical grid and handing it over to a new independent body.

Mechanical, engineering and HVAC contractors in Bristol and the South West are being urged to apply for a new batch of fit-out contracts at Hinkley Point C.

The government has approved funding arrangements for 12 renewable energy projects whose a combined output can power 7M homes.

The former boss of Npower has criticised the slow progress of upgrading the electricity network to cope with the increase in new power sources following the power cut last month.

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has appointed law firm Weightmans as its principal legal advisor on the Mersey Tidal Power project.

The first in the world Riding Sunbeams project to power the Wessex railway route with solar power has taken a major step forward after the solar powered signalling and lighting system was switched on, on the Wessex route.

Portsmouth City Council has launched its search for contractors and consultants to design and build the “pioneering” regeneration of the Tipner Peninsula.

The UK is not on course to meet its legally binding net-zero carbon emissions target for 2050, MPs have warned in a devastating report.

The world’s biggest crane has been assembled and is now ready to begin work at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset.

Three people were injured and 40,000 left without power after the demolition of cooling towers at Didcot power station by specialist Brown & Mason sparked a fire near the site. The Health & Safety Executive is considering launching a formal investigation after thousands of homes were affected after power was…