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Trump team hints at energy department witch-hunt
21 December, 2016
Advisers to US president-elect Donald Trump are reported to be developing plans to reshape Energy Department programmes, and attempting to identify staff that had any part in promoting president Obama’s climate agenda.

Japan to provide $8.7 bn towards UK nuke build
21 December, 2016
The Japanese government has made an arrangement with the UK government to supply a financial package totalling $8.7 billion for a UK nuclear power plant project spearheaded by Hitachi.

€438 m loan for renewable energy in Belgium
21 December, 2016
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to support construction of the Norther wind farm off the Belgian coast with a loan of €438 million.

Mount Coffee hydropower plant restarts
21 December, 2016
Following extensive upgrades, the Mount Coffee run-of-river hydro plant in Liberia has gone back into service.

Shell consortium wins Borssele wind contract
20 December, 2016
A consortium led by Shell is to build the second wind farm in the Borssele wind farm zone in the Dutch North Sea.

NY State seeks offshore expertise
20 December, 2016
The US state of New York is seeking experts and consultants to help it develop its Offshore Wind Master Plan and implement offshore wind energy activities.

Bill Gates unveils clean investment plan
20 December, 2016
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has brought together a group of high-value investors to create a $1 billion fund aimed at financing technology development in the clean energy sector.

Centrica plans new UK capacity
20 December, 2016
Centrica plc has announced plans to build several new power generating facilities after securing a series of 15-year agreements in the UK’s latest capacity market auction.

Kite secures £5 million wind technology investment
20 December, 2016
UK firm Kite Power Solutions (KPS) has secured £5 million of new investment from E.On, Schlumberger and Shell Technology Ventures.

Coal demand growth will stagnate for 5 years – IEA report
13 December, 2016
Growth in global coal demand will stall over the next five years as the appetite for the fuel wanes and other energy sources gain ground, according to the latest coal forecast from the International Energy Agency.

Trump picks climate change denier to lead EPA
13 December, 2016
US president-elect Donald Trump has chosen Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general and a close ally of the fossil fuel industry, to run the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Uncertainty over the future of the Culham tokamak
13 December, 2016
The future of the world's largest fusion tokamak experiment is in doubt because Britain may end its membership of Euratom folliwings its decision to leave the EU.

Commission releases details of energy package
12 December, 2016
The European Commission has released the text of its long-awaited Clean Energy Package, which includes a raft of measures on clean energy, market design and governance rules.

German utilities win nuclear case
12 December, 2016
Germany’s energy utilities will be able to claim compensation from the government resulting from its 2011 decision to close the country’s nuclear power plants.

Hendry completes tidal lagoon review
12 December, 2016
A former UK energy minister has completed a review of tidal lagoon energy technology and submitted a final report to government.

South Africa switches on to landfill gas
12 December, 2016
Energy Systems has begun operations at the first of five landfill gas-to-power projects planned for Johannesburg the firm has announced.

Google ahead on its renewables targets
12 December, 2016
Google will reach 100 per cent renewable energy in its global operations n 2017, the firm has stated.

Samruk Energy to auction electricity assets
06 December, 2016
Kazakhstan's Samruk Energy is planning a two-stage tender for the sale of four of its regional subsidiaries.

Storm damage may cause UK capacity shortfall
06 December, 2016
Storm Angus, which struck the southern UK in the last week of November, is suspected of having had a damaging impact on the UK’s biggest energy interconnector, the 2GW Interconnexion France-Angleterre.

Turbine, generator and boiler markets set to decline
06 December, 2016
The global market for boilers, turbines, and generators will decrease from $318 billion in 2010-2015, to $241 billion during 2016-2020 according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.