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Minister claims North Sea oil would face greater risks under an independent Scotland

[03.02.12] According to energy minister Charles Hendry, the North Sea oil industry would face greater risks and unce...

Location of GIB to be confirmed this month

[03.02.12] The government announced it has finalized the process for determining the location of the Green Investment Bank with 32 towns and cities expressing ...

Report claims MPs were misled on nuclear

[03.02.12] According to an independent report that has cross-party support, ministers misled parliament when presenting the case to build a new fleet of nuclear ...

Latest offshore licensing round announced

[03.02.12] The government has launched the 27th offshore licensing round for UK oil and gas exploration, with 2,800 blocks offered. This offer follows on fro...

Editorial

Supplier transparency

[03.02.12] Both the government and the regulator believe that energy has to become more open and transparent, but while more transparency in the wholesale market is indeed necessar...

Market Focus

Future energy

[27.01.12] There has been much recent debate on how the energy mix will evolve over the medium and longer-term and the consequent climatic impacts of this evolution. The environmental lobb...

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