iGas closes Dart office, cuts staff
Gas exploration company iGas has announced plans to close its Scottish office in Dart and reduce staffing by 25%, saying the falling oil price had forced it to review its cost base.
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Areva works on rescue plan
Areva, the French company due to supply EDF Energy’s new reactor at Hinkley Point, has begun talks with labour organisations over thousands of job losses and other cutbacks to try to reduce costs by €1 billion annually.
Horizon faces technical issues over licensing
The Office for Nuclear Regulation has highlighted several areas of concern in the Generical Design Assessment of Hitachi-GE's ABWR nuclear reactor design.
The design is planned for use at Horizon's Wylfa site in Wales.AP1000 plant review moves into new phase
So-called generic design licensing for the AP1000, the nuclear reactor design planned for construction at Moorside in Cumbria, has moved into the "technical assessment" phase, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said.
National Grid returns rise
National Grid’s return on equity in its UK business rose slightly in 2014/15, up to 13.7% from 12.7% the previous year.
RWE ‘on target’
Investment in offshore wind is “increasingly paying off,” Peter Terium, chief executive of RWE, said in an update on the company’s first-quarter results.
SSE to close Ferrybridge
The two operating units at Ferrybridge coal-fired station will close next year, SSE said, announcing its results for the year to end March 2015.
MEPs back new controls for medium plants
Members of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee have provided a “strong mandate” for negotiations on the planned “Medium Combustion Plant Directive” that would see emissions controls placed on plants with a thermal rating between 1MW an
Statoil focuses offshore for renewables
Norwegian upstream specialist Statoil has announced plans for a New Energy Solution business area, initially focusing on offshore wind.
ElecLink wins EU funding
ElecLink has won a grant of €1.7 million from the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility intended to help move forward projects of common interest in energy infrastructure. The grant will cover half the cost of project studies.