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Fifth Update of May 2020 – An overview of last week’s Energy news

1st Jun 2020 • 0 Comments

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.

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Tuesday – 26th May

Sweden has started a pilot project to capture carbon dioxide emissions from a hydrogen generation plant and then store them beneath the Norwegian seabed.

Netherlands advances plans to capture carbon dioxide emissions from Rotterdam Port industries and then store them beneath the Dutch seabed.

Wednesday – 27th May

EDF has submitted an application for construction of Sizewell C nuclear power plant on coast of SE England. Once operational, the plant would be capable of delivering 3.2 GW of electricity baseload, saving 9 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year according to the company.

UK Government regulator The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has published studies showing greenhouse gas emissions from imported Liquid Natural Gas are more than double the emissions of domestic supplies of natural gas.

Thursday – 28th May

Power generation company Drax announced that at one point in the week, biomass at their plant supplied almost 14% of UK electricity.

Article provides an update on plans to build a Liquid Natural Gas import terminal in NW England.

Gas network companies have announced almost £1 billion of investment, subject to UK Government approval in order to prepare infrastructure to deliver hydrogen to the network. Plans include carbon capture and storage projects in support of UK net zero emissions targets.

Friday – 29th May

Plans for 900 acres of subsidy-free solar power generation, the largest in the UK, on the south coast of England, have received UK government approval.

Fourth Update of April 2020 – An overview of last week’s Energy news

28th Apr 2020 • 0 Comments

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)

Monday – 20th April

A consortium of industrial power suppliers and end-users has been awarded funds from UK Government to support plans to make Humberside in eastern England the first industrial cluster to be ‘de-carbonised’ by 2040. The plans depend upon production of hydrogen and Carbon capture and storage.

Tuesday – 21st April

Industry body Oil and Gas UK has stated that UK offshore oil and gas met approximately two-thirds of UK oil and gas demand and almost half of total energy in 2019.

Article describes UK Government data showing biomass share of electricity generation has multiplied three-fold in the previous 10 years. Total power generation from all renewable sources, including biomass, has increased four-fold.

Wednesday – 22nd April

A project in NW England, aiming to become the UK’s first net-zero industrial cluster, using hydrogen and Carbon capture and storage, has received government funding in order to develop a plan.

Cargoes of liquid natural gas from the USA have been cancelled by Asian and European importers due to lower demand from the current business environment.

Thursday – 23rd April

Plans are being made to use heat from water in flooded former coal mines in northern England to heat homes.

Friday – 24th April

The fine spring weather across the UK meant that on Monday 20th April 2020 solar power generation broke a record. At peak generation solar power provided 30% of the electricity supply, generating 9.7 GW (for context UK electricity demand during the week varied between 20 and 30 GW).

Sunday 26th – April

EDF is preparing to submit an application for a large nuclear power station (Sizewell C) to be constructed on the English east coast.

Third Update of April 2020 – An overview of last week’s Energy news

20th Apr 2020 • 0 Comments

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)

Wednesday – 15th April

The head of UK Oil and Gas Authority says the energy transition might be part of the way out of the current downturn. Recent meetings with operators were encouraging regarding energy transition. “CCS (carbon capture and storage), hydrogen and subsea engineering, including repurposing and reusing valuable infrastructure are some of the key areas being progressed”.

UK Government Department for Transport has awarded funds to examine the potential for carbon capture and storage of fuel from shipping. The article quotes a cost of converting engines to another fuel as an alternative solution for net-zero emissions, at about $1 trillion globally (for context, global GDP for 2017 was estimated as $128 trillion).

Friday – 17th April

A gas plant capable of rapidly delivering 20 MW of power generation when renewable power generators fluctuate has been brought on-line in Greater Manchester.

Energy Networks Association has launched a programme to examine and promote changes to the gas network in order to be able to transfer from natural gas to hydrogen using the existing infrastructure in support of net-zero emissions targets.

The UK Government has announced reinstatement of onshore wind and solar PV in 2021 round of Contracts for Difference bids. The article mentions that 3.8 GW of total onshore wind capacity of 4.2 GW is in Scotland.

Saturday – 18th April

National Grid reports changes to domestic demand for electricity as many have begun working from home recently. Overall, household demand is up but also, early morning demand is down as fewer people are getting up early to start the commute and there is a surge in demand at lunchtime which was previously the lowest demand period of the working day.

BBC reports on a technology which can reduce the storage pressure of fuel in vehicles using hydrogen.

Second Update of March 2020 – An overview of last week’s Energy news

16th Mar 2020 • 0 Comments

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)

Monday – 9th March

Global use of coal for electricity generation in 2019 saw its greatest decline since 1990 when figures began being recorded. China increased coal power generation by 2% in the same year and is responsible for more than half of global coal power generation according to the report covered in the Independent.

National Infrastructure Commission says UK needs 50% of electricity to be generated from renewables by 2030 in order to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Tuesday – 10th March

Research group Energy Systems Catapult claims UK cannot achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions before 2050 but a 2050 target is achievable if treated with urgency. Achieving the 2050 target will require investment in Carbon Capture and Storage, hydrogen for heating and transport and new nuclear power generation (including small scale modular reactors).

UK’s first service station-style electric vehicle charging forecourt will open in summer 2020 in Essex, south east England. With ability to charge 24 vehicles at once and a retail outlet on-site, the aim is to open many more in the coming years.

Wednesday – 11th March

UK Government House of Commons Library has published a report on Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS) describing history of CCS/CCUS on the back of the 2020 budget announcement for £800 million fund to establish two CCUS sites; one by mid 2020’s and a second by 2030. Report includes criticism of ‘lack of clarity and ambition’ for CCUS from previous governments.

Thursday – 12th March

10 months after the Committee for Climate Change report into net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and 8 months before Conference of Parties in Glasgow (CoP26), this article covers energy in the UK Government budget: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and tree-planting are highlighted. Concerns are raised over road-building plans. UK Government says a more detailed ‘Spending Review’ will follow focused on climate change targets.

Friday – 13th March

The National Union of Mineworkers Trade Union (NUM) points out that the recent UK government decision to ban burning coal for domestic heating will impact former miners who receive a coal allowance as part of their retirement agreement.

UK Government House of Commons Library has published a report on fuel poverty in UK. They are measured differently in various parts of UK but are all based on a household’s income, fuel costs and energy consumption. 11% of England’s households are classed as fuel poor, 25% in Scotland, 12% in Wales and 18% in Northern Ireland.

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