50 h. ago Britain’s grid overhaul means hundreds of energy projects unable to connect this decade

Connection priority given to those ready to build in bid to meet clean power 2030 target

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5 d. ago Electricity storage unit next to school refused over potential risks to children

The proposed micro energy storage project at Fishguard Leisure Centre has seen local objections including concerns about proximity to nearby schoolchildren

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6 d. ago X down LIVE: Twitter suffers UK blackout as site crashes for users across Britain

A massive outage has hit X with more than 6,000 people reporting to Downdetector that they are unable to connect to the social media site this evening with a spike around 9pm

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7 d. ago Red Bull F1's 2026 driver decision, Arvid Lindblad rise and new Max Verstappen team

Max Verstappen has a new Formula 1 team-mate after Red Bull confirmed Yuki Tsunoda has been dropped from the grid entirely while Britain's Arvid Lindblad gets his first seat

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1 week ago Mark Carney reaches deal with Alberta for oil pipeline opposed by First Nations

Prime minister says deal ‘sets the state for an industrial transformation’, but project is likely to face wide oppositionMark Carney has agreed an energy deal with Alberta centred on plans for a new heavy oil pipeline reaching from the province’s oil sands to the Pacific coast – a politically volatile project that is expected to face stiff opposition.“It’s a great day for Alberta and a great day for Canada,” the prime minister said on Thursday as he met the beaming Alberta premier, Danielle Smith. He said the agreement “sets the state for an industrial transformation” and involved not just a pipeline, but also nuclear power and datacentres. “This is Canada working,” he said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Bags of cash and a gold toilet: the corruption crisis engulfing Zelenskyy’s government

Senior Ukrainians are accused of taking kickbacks from projects to defend energy plants in wartime, prompting a wave of public anger

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3 w. ago Clean energy enterprise firm takes ownership at new Ayrshire wind farm project

The East Ayrshire site is one of four windfarms across Scotland to be taken over by TagEnergy.

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3 w. ago ‘Will it change the weather? Will wildlife cope?’: Europe’s rush to build energy projects in Chile might not be as green as it seems

The country’s government is upbeat about the economic prospects of the growing number of windfarms, solar parks and industrial complexes but others warn of ‘green colonialism’For generations, Alfonso Campos’s family has raised sheep in the grasslands of San Gregorio, a tranquil area in Magallanes province, in the far south of Chile’s Patagonia region. Now, he says, his farm will be encircled by three massive containers of ammonia, a desalination plant, a hydrogen plant, gas pipelines and hundreds of wind turbines.“If the ammonia leaks, it will poison everything,” he says. “The noise of the windmills will also upset the animals, and the landscape will be turned into an industrial desert.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution

From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel povertyIt began in the small Catalan town of Taradell as a plan to provide local people with allotments where they could grow their own food.Four activists came together with the aim of promoting good environmental practices in local agriculture and business, as well as supplying renewable energy. The project, however, was about much more than growing vegetables. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA

Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drillingRenewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the transition away from fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe.The world is expected to build more renewable energy projects in the next five years than has been rolled out over the last 40, according to the flagship annual report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Continue reading...

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