First Update of April 2021 – An overview of last week’s Energy news

Below is this week’s summary. It should be a one minute read relevant to UK energy with links to documents for those who wish to read more.

(Click a bullet point to open the relevant article)

Tuesday – 30th March

• A UK group has announced its intention to make a plane powered by hydrogen fuel cell technology.

• A UK logistics company is switching its fleet of heavy goods vehicles from diesel to liquid natural gas.

Wednesday – 31st March

• Article says that Northern England power generation plant will double its production of wood pellets used as fuel by purchase of a Canadian producer of wood pellets.

Thursday – 1st April

• A UK brewer claims its operations use 100% renewable power.

Saturday – 3rd April

• Bigger onshore wind turbines are being considered for the UK.

Sunday – 4th April

• Today, USA has 7 offshore wind turbines with a capacity of 42 MW. US Government has announced plans to increase capacity to 30 GW within a decade.