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UK hits solar power record
Solar power has generated a record of 8.7 GW of electricity in Great Britain on Friday, accounting for 24.3% of demand, as stated by the transmission operator National Grid.
read more... 29/05/2017
UK National Grid puts on hold development consent for Moorside nuclear project power line
National Grid suspended the development approval for a proposed electricity line connecting Britain’s transmission network to the Moorside nuclear project in northwest England.
read more... 17/05/2017
UK - first coal-power free day in over a century, according to National Grid
Britain is set for its first day without electricity production from coal-fired power stations since the country's industrial revolution in the 19th century, as stated by power grid operator National Grid on Friday.
read more... 24/04/2017
British keen to stay in EU energy market
Britain should continue to participate in the European Union's energy market when it abandons the 28-nation bloc, as told by the energy minister Greg Clark to a parliamentary committee on Wednesday.
read more... 20/04/2017
UK’s Moorside nuclear plant worth £10bn thrown into crisis after losing investors
The Moorside power station in Cumbria – considered to be in the nearest future the largest nuclear plant in Britain is thrown into crisis once the French investors left the £10 billion project.
read more... 05/04/2017