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  • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
    Hydrogen — Fantasy or fuel of the future?
    UK weighs up hydrogen’s potential for heating homes

    Pressure to cut carbon emissions has sparked debate over whether the gas is suitable for domestic use

    Hydrogen canisters supply homes powered by hydrogen boilers at a hydrogen test facility
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    Transforming how the gas is produced is key to global ambitions to achieve net zero emissions

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  • Friday, 15 July, 2022
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  • Friday, 8 April, 2022
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  • Friday, 26 November, 2021
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  • Wednesday, 14 July, 2021
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    Electric vehicle revolution drives power grid evolution

    Digital technologies and new infrastructure deemed essential to decarbonising transport

    The electrification of the UK economy, including the adoption of EVs, is forecast to lead to a doubling of annual demand by 2050
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  • Tuesday, 8 January, 2019
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    Household food spending divides the world

    The dividend of expanding world production is not being evenly shared

    PICO RIVERA, CA - MAY 30: Employee Lucy Rodriguez stocks the frozen meat section of a Walmart Supercenter store on May 30, 2013 in Pico Rivera, California. Walmart is the largest private employer in the United State employing 13,000 employees in Los Angeles County and 75,000 in the state of California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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    Government support for ‘dirty’ fuels across the world still exceeds that for renewables

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  • Friday, 12 June, 2015
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  • Friday, 12 June, 2015
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    Neptune offers Laidlaw chance to hunt the North Sea

    Ex-Centrica CEO to lead $5bn private equity vehicle that will hunt for targets in energy industry

    Chief Executive of Centrica, Sam Laidlaw, addresses delegates at the annual Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference in central London on November 4, 2013. British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday welcomed a call from the nation's business leaders for Britain to remain in the European Union, ahead of a referendum in 2017. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Wednesday, 10 June, 2015
    Climate change
    BP cautions on China energy slowdown

    Low growth levels in heavy industry helps drive down Chinese energy annual consumption growth to 2.6%

  • Monday, 8 June, 2015
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    Sam Laidlaw returns to corporate stage

    Former Centrica chief dubbed Sammy Two Pools over high executive pay awards

    Sam Laidlaw, chief executive officer of Centrica Plc, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. "There is a benefit in integration for our customers in that it enables us to reduce the volatility of our earnings and it enables us to get cost synergies out of it," Laidlaw said. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Sam Laidlaw
  • Monday, 8 June, 2015
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Scottish Power and Npower head energy consumer complaints list

    Ombudsman analyses criticism by supplier for the first time

    A sign sits outside Ferrybridge coal fired power station, operated by SSE Plc, as vapor escapes from chimneys and cooling towers, in Ferrybridge, UK. SSE Plc, the UK's second-biggest energy supplier, is among 70 companies named by the UK government over the failure to pay the minimum wage to all employees. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
  • Friday, 5 June, 2015
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    Thames Water awards sharp pay rises to top executives

    Jumps follow inflation-beating pricing settlement with industry regulators

  • Thursday, 28 May, 2015
    Retail & Consumer industry
    UK rural fuel price relief welcomed

    Filling stations in some postcodes will be able to reclaim duty to stay competitive

    A customer fills his vehicle with Diesel fuel at a BP Plc gas station in Manchester, U.K.
  • Wednesday, 27 May, 2015
    UK companies
    Serco appoints City veteran Sir Roy Gardner as chairman

    Choice of Sir Roy Gardner is part of outsourcing group’s efforts to rebuild business

    Sir Roy Gardner
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