June people news
Markus Tacke has been named chief executive of merged Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.
Sian Baldwin takes over as chief executive officer of Xoserve, where she had previously been a non-executive director, from 5 June.
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EY list: UK back in top 10
The UK has climbed back into the top 10 in EY’s index of the world’s most attractive renewable energy markets.
Guernsey plans 30MW project
A preliminary feasibility study has concluded that offshore wind technology could be viable at several sites off Guernsey’s coast.
Project Nexus go-live on 1 June
Project Nexus, the gas settlement reform programme, is set to go live on 1 June after the Project Nexus Steering Group met today to make the final go/no-go decision.
Interview: Powersun director Ian Brent-Smith
Ian Brent-Smith tells Janet Wood that security of supply fears are driving business choices on energy, but that electric vehicles will be as important – and batteries will be the key to making them work
Radical thinking suggests a fast switch to electric in the US
How quickly will transport change?
Moorside link delayed; Catos hit by election
National Grid has “paused” work on the North West Coast Connection (NWCC), an ambitious new section of transmission grid that would bring power from a planned new nuclear plant at Moorside in Cumbria.
General election delays legislation on rollout of electric vehicle charging points
The general election has halted progress on a clean air bill designed to cut diesel emissions in urban centres that also aimed to give new impetus to low-emission vehicles.
Chatham House calls for expanded European energy bloc
It is in the EU and Britain’s best interests to work together on energy policy once Britain has left the EU, Chatham House has said in a report – Staying Connected: Key Elements for UK–EU27 Energy Co-operation after Brexit.
Brexit: ‘no energy sector agreement until 2021’
The earliest date that there will be agreement on the shape of the UK energy sector’s relationship with the EU will be 2021, according to Sir Philip Lowe, the former director-general of Energy DG at the European Commission.