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ScottishPower to hire 1,000 staff amid renewables boom

Energy giant ScottishPower plans to recruit at least 1,000 new employees across the UK in the next year after winning a series of contracts to build wind turbines. The business said it needs more staff after taking on a record number of new green ...

27 Jul 2022 at 17:05

Grid operator to outline new energy infrastructure sites in long-term plan

New energy infrastructure locations will be outlined in a strategic plan to help speed up “the transition to clean power” and provide long-term certainty to investors, the Government said. Energy ministers in the Scottish, Welsh and UK ...

22 Oct 2024 at 11:14

Labour clean power plan ‘huge challenge but achievable’, says grid operator

Britain must radically shake up the power system, build vast amounts of new pylons and secure £40 billion of annual investment to hit its 2030 clean energy goals, ministers have been told. The National Energy Systems Operator (Neso) ...

05 Nov 2024 at 09:26

UK’s electricity was cleanest ever in 2024, analysis finds

The UK’s electricity was the cleanest it has ever been in 2024, with fossil fuel power reaching record lows and renewables at record highs, analysis shows. In the last decade, the UK has more than halved its electricity from fossil ...

02 Jan 2025 at 10:21

Minister: Extremist scaremongering to suggest UK close to experiencing blackouts

An energy minister has accused Tory MPs of “extremist scaremongering” as he denied the UK was close to experiencing blackouts during the cold snap. Michael Shanks said “at no point” was the prospect of blackouts a concern for the ...

13 Jan 2025 at 17:38

Reform sets out windfall tax on renewables in bid to undo Net Zero

Farmers who build solar panels on their land will not be able to claim inheritance tax relief, Reform UK has said. Richard Tice also claimed the party would impose a “windfall tax” on renewable energy, as he set out Reform’s ...

12 Feb 2025 at 21:37

Sunny weather sees new record for British solar power

Sunny conditions helped solar power generate a new record high of more than 12.5 gigawatts of electricity on Tuesday, the system operator has said. The record 12.569GW of power from solar – equivalent to around four new ...

02 Apr 2025 at 14:13

Heathrow Airport returning to normal as investigations ordered into power outage

An investigation into the power outage caused by a substation fire that shut Heathrow has been ordered after about 200,000 passengers were affected by the airport’s closure. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has ordered the ...

23 Mar 2025 at 11:42

Grid operator ordered to ‘urgently investigate’ Heathrow power outage after fire

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has ordered the National Energy System Operator to “urgently investigate” the power outage caused by a substation fire that shut Heathrow Airport on Friday. He is working with Ofgem and ...

22 Mar 2025 at 20:31

Heathrow had enough power despite shutdown, says National Grid chief

Heathrow Airport had “enough power” from remaining substations despite Friday’s shutdown, the chief executive of National Grid has said. John Pettigrew said two substations were “always available for the ...

24 Mar 2025 at 00:35

Minister says she would have struggled to sleep if running Heathrow

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said she would have struggled to sleep if she were running Heathrow airport during last week’s power outage. She made the comment following a report that the ...

24 Mar 2025 at 09:55

PM ‘deeply concerned’ about Heathrow closure

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he is “deeply concerned” about last week’s Heathrow shutdown. The west London airport was closed to all flights on Friday until around 6pm after a fire ...

24 Mar 2025 at 13:08

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