John McDonnell has pledged that the next election will usher in a "radical" Labour government as he put his party on a war footing in preparation for a snap election.

The energy industry continues to go through a period of rapid transformation, from the huge growth in renewable electricity generation to the new, exciting move to local flexible grids that will unlock the value of maturing technologies such as electric vehicles, micro generation and battery storage.

A chain of northern companies has begun manufacturing containers to store radioactive waste from one of the UK’s most important nuclear decommissioning projects.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has today published its North of Scotland Future Energy Scenarios report which sets out a range of credible future energy scenarios for its north of Scotland transmission network.

ETI Energy Storage & Distribution programme manager, Rebecca Sweeney looks at the role of energy storage within the network and which energy types or vectors (such as electricity, gas, hydrogen) need focus to help the UK adapt to a low carbon future.

Having dominated the Sellafield skyline for nearly 70 years, preparations to pull down the Windscale Pile One chimney are now complete.   

Continuing to drive its ambitions to end the sale of all new conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2040, the UK government has recently pledged that half of all new car sales will be hybrid or electric by 2030 as part of its Road to Zero strategy. ETI Energy Storage & Distribution programme manager, Rebecca Sweeney looks at how the UK can overcome the infrastructure challenge to realise these bold plans.  

The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Greg Clark, has visited Sellafield to see for himself some of its most iconic legacy facilities. 

ETI Strategy Manager for Nuclear, Mike Middleton looks at how the nuclear industry can become cost competitive to provide baseload energy generation in a decarbonised UK system.

The offshore wind industry has been a major success story for the UK, due to falling costs achieved through research & development and large-scale deployment over the last decade. As an increasingly affordable source of low carbon energy, Andrew Scott, ETI Offshore Renewables Programme Manager looks at what other industries can learn from the offshore wind industry’s proven benefits of focused innovation for cost reduction. 

Responding to an article on 'Taxpayer liability for safety at the Wylfa Nuclear power project' Tom Greatrex, chief executive of the UK Nuclear Industry Association, said: 

Shadow SNP Spokesperson for Energy, Alan Brown MP, writes ahead of his Westminster Hall debate on 'Taxpayer liability for safety at the Wylfa Nuclear power project'.

Sellafield Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), recently attended the NDA’s 2018 stakeholder summit.

Economic growth in regional areas, including West Cumbria was highlighted at a major northern business event in Newcastle.

A major breakthrough has been achieved in the Sellafield clean-up programme – and a Cumbrian company has played a key part.   

Three members of the BEIS Select Committee visited the Sellafield site to learn about the challenges and progress being made in reducing hazards & risks at the site.

One of the most daring demolition projects ever undertaken at Sellafield has reached a key point.   

Work has begun to remove Sellafield’s most hazardous material.   

Mike Middleton, Strategy Manager, Nuclear, The Energy Technologies Institute, said:

This Clean Air Day UKLPG is promoting the clean air benefits that businesses can deliver through the greater take up of LPG powered appliances and vehicles.

Welcoming today’s Ministerial Statement on nuclear energy and the government’s support of the Horizon Nuclear Power’s Wylfa Newydd project, Tom Greatrex, Chief Executive of the Nuclear Industry Association, stated:

The root of this problem lies in miserly funding from the central government, which unnecessarily constrains local councils, making citizens less safe and in the long run less prosperous, says Yasmin Qureshi MP.

The Government has confirmed it intends to take a stake in a Welsh nuclear power plant after previously ruling out the move.

SSE's chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies writes about embedding sustainability in the European electricity industry, on the day he addresses the Eurelectrics’s Power Summit in Slovenia.