2 h. ago Electricity prices set to jump 20% within five years, energy firm warns

Bosses also blamed ‘complex regulations’ for the UK having higher wholesale energy prices than some other European countries.

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5 h. ago Russia's two largest energy firms hit by fresh British sanctions as ministers vow to take Putin's oil 'off the market'

Rosneft and Lukoil have both been freshly targeted as part of a package of 90 new sanctions aimed at further squeezing the Kremlin's revenue streams.

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5 h. ago UK sanctions Russia’s largest oil companies in latest package amid Ukraine war

Yvette Cooper announced new restrictions on Rosneft and Lukoil as the Ukrainian speaker visited Parliament.

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6 h. ago BREAKING: UK strikes 'heart' of Putin's war machine with major sanctions against Russian oil

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told MPs the government was directly targeting Rosneft and Lukoil - two of the world’s biggest energy companies - to ramp up pressure on Moscow

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14 h. ago Warning North Sea poised to miss out on 23000 jobs as 110 firms demand windfall tax reforms

The North Sea could miss out on up to 23,000 jobs if windfall tax reforms are not brought forward, industry leaders have warned

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30 h. ago Benjamin Sesko 'lonely' as Ruben Amorim's Man United squad hit with fresh blow

Benjamin Sesko hasn't been able to build on his recent Manchester United momentum during the round of World Cup qualifiers over the international break

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51 h. ago To stop Putin’s war, punish refineries processing Russian oil

Western sanctions will not be effective until the loophole for facilities in India, Turkey and China is closed

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52 h. ago ‘After the reading, the poets hold each other’: what happens when Ukraine’s largest literary festival comes under Russian attack

Fiona Benson was invited to Lviv’s BookForum by Ukrainian poet-soldier Artur Dron’. She recounts falling in love with the city and its thriving literary culture, before an air raid siren soundsI had been working on Exeter University’s Ukrainian Wartime Poetry project for two years when the invitation came to travel to the country’s largest literary festival. I didn’t exactly relish the prospect of a journey to a war zone, but I was assured that visiting BookForum in Lviv, a city so far west it’s practically in Poland, would be safe. I had been leading poetry workshops with exiles and editing translations of Ukrainian poetry, including soldier Artur Dron‘’s collection We Were Here, published last November. So, when Artur and his translator – the incredible poet Yuliya Musakovska – asked me and language professor Hugh Roberts to attend, I couldn’t say no.What I didn’t expect was to fall in love with the city: its gorgeous architecture, its cafes, its parks full of trees, and its write...

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68 h. ago Energy firms complete UK’s first ‘hydrogen blending’ trial to power grid

A 2% blend of low-carbon gas injected into gas grid to fuel Brigg power station in North Lincolnshire is a UK firstEnergy companies have injected green hydrogen into Britain’s gas grid and used the low-carbon gas to generate electricity, in a landmark development for the UK’s climate ambitions.For the first time in the UK, a 2% blend of green hydrogen was injected into the gas grid and blended with traditional gas to fuel the Brigg power station in North Lincolnshire which generated electricity for the power system. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Millions of UK households issued ‘prepare now’ warning by major energy firm

Temperatures are dipping as Britain heads into autumn

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4 d. ago Extra OVO, EDF, Octopus and more energy support for pensioners and disabled in an emergency

Energy firms across the UK could provide extra help to some billpayers, especially in an emergency

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5 d. ago New DWP update for millions of people due £150 Warm Home Discount payment this winter

Nine energy firms are currently accepting applications for this winter with a further 19 set to open at the end of October.

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9 d. ago Major energy firm to pay £2,000 to UK households as bills rise again

The Energy Support Fund is available for existing British Gas customers who are in energy debt or at risk of fuel poverty during the winter

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1 week ago French troops arrest captain of Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tanker feared to be behind Denmark drone incursions

The ship was sailing off the coast of Denmark at around the time of the drone incursions

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2 w. ago Ovo flags ‘uncertainty’ over future after failing to meet Ofgem rules

The energy firm insists it is ‘working closely with Ofgem to deliver a capitalisation plan’ to meet the new financial resilience regulations.

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2 w. ago Zelenskyy sounds alarm over unprecedented power outage at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Ukrainian president says Russian shelling is preventing work to restore links to grid and that one of the plant’s diesel generators has failedSee all our Ukraine war coverageUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday said the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been off the grid for seven straight days, warning of the potential threat of a “critical” situation.It is the longest outage at Zaporizhzhia since Russia invaded and seized the nuclear plant, Europe’s largest. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Energy firm to give out free electric blankets and home efficiency kits this winter

The energy firm is providing a £56 million support package for this winter, which includes free electric blankets, smart sockets, and home efficiency kits

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3 w. ago Business news live: Another pharma firm criticises UK, Spanish energy company to invest €20bn in Britain

Stock market news plus latest business and personal finance updates from Wednesday

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3 w. ago EDF announces customers can get free electricity for 16 hours a week next month

The firm is offering free electricity in exchange for customers reducing energy consumption at peak times

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3 w. ago Arsenal injury update: Noni Madueke, Martin Odegaard and Piero Hincapie latest news and return dates

Gunners hit by fresh injury blow ahead of crucial period of the season

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