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- National Grid may speed up two cable projects to meet clean energy goal by 2030 Thu, 7 Nov 24, 10:57pmNetwork hopes to deliver projects across Essex, Norfolk, Kent and Suffolk, crucial to ‘decarbonising’ power system, year earlier
- With the closure of Port Talbot, UK must step up investment in green jobs | Larry Elliott Tue, 1 Oct 24, 2:05amThousands will lose their jobs in the coming months and the deep scars left by 1970s factory closures remain. Change must be quick
- Starmer highlights green measures on Welsh visit and attacks Tories’ ‘incoherent’ energy policies – as it happened Wed, 21 Aug 24, 1:57amPM pushes plans to make Britain an ‘energy superpower’ and makes first official visit with new Welsh first minister, Eluned Morgan
- Starmer highlights green measures on Welsh visit and attacks Tories’ ‘incoherent’ energy policies – UK politics live Tue, 20 Aug 24, 7:00pmPM pushes plans to make Britain an ‘energy superpower’ and makes first official visit with new Welsh first minister, Eluned Morgan
- Large-scale nuclear power station planned for Anglesey in Wales Wed, 22 May 24, 9:01amMinisters are discussing who will build the plant, which will join Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C as major future suppliers to the grid
- Tata agrees Port Talbot deal with National Grid despite union criticism Sun, 19 May 24, 10:15pmNew furnaces will be powered by electricity from 2027 but up to 2,800 workers will be made redundant
- Starmer: Labour plan for state-backed offshore windfarms a ‘gamechanger’ Tue, 26 Mar 24, 4:46amPlan follows slashing of £28bn green pledge, which Ed Miliband denies having considered resigning over
- Planned UK nuclear reactors unlikely to help hit green target, say MPs Tue, 13 Feb 24, 11:01amGovernment plans to deliver SMRs ‘lack clarity’ say environmental committee, and will likely fail to meet clean-energy goal of 2035
- UK government ‘working on’ sites for nuclear plants amid reports of Wylfa talks Tue, 13 Feb 24, 2:10amEnergy department says location in Wales, which is owned by Hitachi, is among those being considered
- UK government and Hitachi ‘in talks’ over new nuclear power station in Wales Mon, 12 Feb 24, 8:01pmFuture of Wylfa site had been uncertain since Japanese firm pulled construction plans in 2020
- Wales fears another Aberfan as Westminster refuses to clean up tips Tue, 26 Dec 23, 6:00pmMap shows 350 coal tips close to communities as UK government unwilling to take on costs
- New £1bn government upgrade to plug Great Britain’s draughtiest homes Thu, 14 Sep 23, 9:01amHouseholds could save £400 a year on energy bills via means-tested insulation scheme
- Country diary: This is prime wild country – and should remain so | Jim Perrin Sat, 9 Sep 23, 2:30pmNew Radnor, Powys: I reject in the strongest terms the idea that we must choose between building renewables and keeping our most precious land
- The Guardian view on a new alliance between Wales and Cornwall: unlocking Celtic energy | Editorial Mon, 31 Jul 23, 3:30amOffshore wind power could kickstart an economic renaissance in the west of Britain
- ‘We’re crap at capitalism. We need something different’: the battle for economic revival in the Welsh valleys Sun, 4 Jun 23, 1:01amDecades of attempts to overcome economic blight in the region have failed. Now some say a fresh approach is needed