North Sea Tiebacks Get a Fast Lane Ahead of Transitional Certificate Rules
The UK wants regulators to fast-track North Sea tiebacks before transitional energy certificate legislation passes, alongside a new £2bn Energy Wealth Fund.
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The UK wants regulators to fast-track North Sea tiebacks before transitional energy certificate legislation passes, alongside a new £2bn Energy Wealth Fund.
A £500m hydrogen grant reduction and the loss of Acorn’s £200m allocation reshape UK project support, while other cluster funding remains protected.
A committee warns Sizewell C’s financing could leave consumers carrying most cost overruns, while investors’ losses remain limited.
Proxima Fusion's deals with Fujikura and Kyoto Fusioneering point to a stellarator supply chain taking shape across Germany and Japan.
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Campaigners say HSE widened fast-track chemical approvals beyond the EU without consultation; a judge will decide if the case goes to judicial review.
Drax and its partners plan a 100 MW first phase by Q1 2028, with capacity potentially exceeding 500 MW from 2031.
PFAS testing in England’s annual health survey will establish a population reference point, with first results expected in 2027.
BP will pay Louisiana $350 million upfront, bringing forward part of its Deepwater Horizon obligations as refining and trading gains lift profits.
A proposed CO2 phaseout aims to improve pig welfare, while processors say alternatives lack evidence on throughput and commercial viability.
Fluor is returning to Venezuela through an agreement with Inelectra, drawing on a history that includes a 190,000 bbl/d extra-heavy crude upgrader.
Finland's Coolbrook joins Australia's HILT CRC to explore its 1,700°C electrified rotating heater for next-generation alumina refineries.
SoftBank backed Arm’s IoT platform and expanded its engineering resources, but Pelion was later sold off as the company’s ambitions shifted.
A 29-month project will develop equipment and procedures to repair 8.4–10.9 m turbine seal rings in place, with testing planned before use.
IMI's laser powder bed fusion disk stacks passed DNV-ST-B203 AMC Level 3 and are now running in H₂S-exposed anti-surge valves at TotalEnergies EP Denmark.
GEFERTEC will exhibit large WAAM components and preview modular, titanium-focused and containerized production systems in Frankfurt.
Coolest Projects India showcased 132 projects from 326 young creators, including camera-driven music, motion-tracked therapy and a physical arcade game.
Bristol researchers built a tabletop array of electric motors that self-coordinates like muscle, suggesting simpler control strategies for robot actuators.
Code Classroom now includes a Blocks editor based on open-source Scratch, putting drag-and-drop coding beside its Python and web editors in one free browser too...
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