UK offshore wind supply chain gets £700m investment boost
The investment is set to benefit workers across Teesside, Scotland, South Wales and East Anglia.
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GB Energy budget to fund £2.5bn nuclear SMR programme
Rolls-Royce SMR programme will take up around 30% of the initial £8.3bn GB Energy budget.
Here’s what the UK energy sector wants from the spending review
GB Energy, oil and gas, carbon capture and storage, offshore wind and nuclear energy are high on the agenda.
GB Energy mulls investment in Green Volt
The state-backed energy company has signalled interest in supporting floating wind, including the current UK frontrunner.
Energy Voice Live: Where is the green investment?
Listen to our expert panel on how the UK can deploy the billions of pounds needed to meet net zero obligations.
GB Energy legislation passes as bosses meet in Scotland
The Great British Energy Bill has passed through parliament, establishing the UK's state-backed energy firm.
GB Energy pledges £4m for Scotland
The UK's £8.3 billion energy firm has announced plans to allocate £4 million to support community-owned energy projects in Scotland.
GB Energy CEO hails Ørsted’s ‘radical corporate’ transformation despite Hornsea 4 cancellation
The wind developer’s decision to cancel Hornsea 4, a large recipient of funding in the government’s sixth allocation round, will be a test of mettle for the state energy company.
GB Energy receives £300m for offshore wind supply chains
GB Energy will receive £300 million of funding to invest in domestic supply chains for the UK’s offshore wind sector.
Renewables slave labour warning as Ed Miliband seeks ban on Chinese materials
The renewables sector is rife with Chinese slave labour, campaigners have warned, amid reports Ed Miliband wants to prevent solar panels from China being used by a new state energy company.
MPs warn government ‘guilty of increasing slavery’ in green energy supply chains
The government will be “guilty of increasing slavery” if it does not tackle exploitation in the supply chains of green energy, MPs have warned.
GB Energy announces first major investment
The UK government and state-owned firm GB Energy will invest £200 million to install rooftop solar panels on schools and NHS sites, predominately in England.
GB Energy shouldn’t be sold as ‘saviour’ to oil and gas industry, says union chief
GB Energy won't create enough new green jobs at scale to replace those potentially being lost in oil and gas, a union boss has claimed.
GB Energy advertises for Aberdeen-based chief executive with £350,000 salary
GB Energy has started a new search for a chief executive to be based at its Aberdeen headquarters.
Miliband: Net zero is ‘economic opportunity of the 21st century’
The transition to net zero is “the economic opportunity of the 21st century”, energy secretary Ed Miliband said on Wednesday.
Exclusive: GB Energy to narrow down investment list over next six months
GB Energy interim chief executive Dan McGrail aims to have a clear list of investment opportunities by the end of his six-month secondment at the planned state-owned energy company.
Aberdeen must ‘maximise’ green jobs, says GB Energy boss
Aberdeen will "lead that charge" to clean energy due to its expertise in North Sea oil and gas, the boss of GB Energy has said.
GB Energy could see budget slashed in defence-spending pivot
Ministers are considering cutting the budget of Labour’s flagship state-owned energy company GB Energy.
Power Moves: SOWEC’s new co-chair and more
Claire Mack has joined the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) as its new industry co-chair.
Dan McGrail: What to know about the new interim CEO of GB Energy
RenewableUK CEO Dan McGrail will head to Aberdeen in March for a six-month stint as GB Energy chief executive.
GB Energy puts interim CEO in place
The state-owned Great British Energy has put an interim chief executive in place as it continues its search for a permanent leader.
UK government faces challenging hunt for GB Energy CEO
The UK government has no obvious candidates to fill the position of CEO of GB Energy, the Guardian newspaper has reported.
GB Energy 1,000 jobs pledge to take two decades
The UK’s new state-owned energy firm will take 20 years to achieve its goal of creating 1,000 jobs, its chairman has claimed.
Ignoring Chinese offshore wind investment ‘would be crazy’, GB Energy chair says
The chairman of the UK Labour government’s publicly-owned GB Energy says the company will be “unapologetically long-term" in its approach to investment.
Scottish and UK government must work together, GB Energy inquiry told
The UK’s climate tsar Emma Pinchbeck warned against getting “left behind” in the energy transition.