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  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Infrastructure investment
    Fund manager bets on new source of renewable power: old river dams

    Opportunity comes after truce between US environmentalists and the hydropower industry

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Renewable energy
    Hydrogen project aims to drive UK transition to a low-carbon economy

    Essar plans to supply industry and homes in north-west England after £750m investment in two plants

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    Japan’s NTT bets on battery storage and the green transformation

    Zero-carbon investment increasingly determines companies’ growth and market cap

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    News in-depthJapan
    Fears of Japan blackouts as power prices hit record highs

    Cold snap and low LNG supplies leave portions of electricity system with little capacity

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    Inside BusinessKana Inagaki
    Toyota barbs at Suga energy plans bare tensions on green future

    Business seeks clarity from government over shift to more renewable power sources

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
    Renewable energy
    Wind power overtakes coal in Texas electricity generation

    Renewables capacity is surging in US state that is the heartland of fossil fuels

  • Saturday, 9 January, 2021
    Veolia Environnement VE SA
    Veolia prepares for shareholder showdown in vicious Suez takeover fight

    Water-waste battle has become France’s most bitter in years

  • Sunday, 3 January, 2021
    Climate change
    UK village to be first on public gas grid to use hydrogen

    Winlaton near Newcastle becomes latest testing ground for phasing out polluting natural gas boilers in homes

  • Sunday, 3 January, 2021
    News in-depthPoland
    Poland plays down fears over nuclear power plans despite Biden victory

    Rightwing government’s relations with incoming US administration strained after Trump construction deal

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  • Thursday, 31 December, 2020
    News in-depthEngie
    Engie under pressure as it embarks on slimming plan

    French group’s new chief must lead a sharp shift in strategy while keeping investors onside

  • Tuesday, 29 December, 2020
    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd
    Mitsubishi Heavy looks beyond solar and wind in clean energy push

    Japanese conglomerate faces emissions challenge because of reliance on carbon-heavy businesses

  • Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
    Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd
    South Africa’s state power monopoly seeks to raise prices to avoid collapse

    Fate of Eskom a priority for President Ramaphosa as power shortages roil economy

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    UK labour disputes
    Centrica faces industrial action in January

    GMB members vote in favour of UK strikes over new contractual conditions

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    EDF
    EDF workers strike in France as plans to reshape energy group advance

    Workers down tools in protest against planned restructuring of nuclear-focused group

  • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
    EDF Energy PLC
    EDF Energy pays £6m for breach of energy market rules

    Ofgem found that UK utility inflated the minimum amount of power one of its plants was able to supply

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Britain must tread with caution on new nuclear

    The country’s first power plant in over 20 years is costly and late

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    Nuclear energy
    UK enters formal EDF talks over £20bn Sizewell C nuclear plant

    Ministers’ discussions with French utility to focus on funding model that could see energy bill-payers charged up front

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    Insurance
    Extreme weather causes surge in solar power insurance costs

    Climate change blamed as claims rise in the wake of unusual hailstorms, wildfires and tornadoes

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Climate change battle draws close to home

    Consumers will need to change their behaviour to help meet net zero targets

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    UK energy
    Calisen goes private less than a year after London listing

    Consortium of funds pays £1.43bn for UK smart meter provider

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    LexRenewable energy
    Renewables/Ofgem: power deficit Premium

    The fact that consumers will ultimately have to pay for energy transition has put politicians and regulators in a bind

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    UK energy
    Ofgem backs down in fight with UK energy companies over returns

    Regulator seeks compromise after backlash from groups such as National Grid and SSE

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    Renewable energy
    Energy companies join in push to lower ‘green’ hydrogen costs

    Collaboration aims to boost scale of production to drive down clean energy prices

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    Eni SpA
    Eni buys 20% stake in UK’s Dogger Bank wind farm project

    Acquisition from Equinor and SSE marks energy group’s entry into northern European offshore wind market

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    Energy sector
    Electricity suppliers search for ‘inertia’ to power a greener future

    Decarbonising energy markets with renewables brings engineering challenges

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