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3 weeks ago | 
energyvoice.com | Cyril Widdershoven |Mark Selby
Just a few short days ago, the Department of Energy announced that the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions had fallen by 3.5% last year – due in large part to a new record for renewable energy generation, such as wind and solar, which now powers more than 50% of the UK’s electricity supply.
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2 months ago | 
energyvoice.com | Martin Wright |Mark Selby
Green hydrogen is set to be a major component of low-carbon energy systems of the future. Although the debate is still open on the role this zero-emissions gas will play in domestic settings, it is clear that green hydrogen – produced via the electrolysis of water using renewable energy – will have a significant role in industry. Hydrogen is already a major component in an array of industrial processes, from ammonia production for use in fertilisers to refining, and myriad other uses.
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2 months ago | 
energyvoice.com | Leigh Jones |Mark Selby
MPs have criticised the government in a report on its investment in carbon capture projects, saying there is a “high degree of uncertainty” whether the “risky” investment of £21.7bn in the “unproven technologies” would provide value for money for taxpayers.
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2 months ago | 
energyvoice.com | Seb Kennedy |Mark Selby
The UK increasingly relies on imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet its energy needs, as domestic gas production declines. LNG from the US, Qatar and elsewhere is significantly more expensive than North Sea natural gas. However, this situation may be about to change. As a mature petroleum province, the North Sea is at the higher end of the cost curve.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
energyvoice.com | Mark Selby
A group representing local councils who are building an energy-from-waste (EfW) incinerator in North East England has hit back after a local MP criticised the project and called for it to be halted.
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Dec 24, 2024 | 
energyvoice.com | Mark Selby
The idea that the UK’s energy market is ‘broken’ is both true and untrue at the same time. Long-standing warnings that the system of marginal pricing does not provide a meaningful value for energy security have been roundly proven right. High prices are the consequence. That it does not put a price on pollution was equally evident, but eventually acted upon via the introduction of a carbon market. Otherwise, it is working pretty much as intended.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
energyvoice.com | Mark Selby
This year will undoubtedly be remembered as a watershed for renewable electricity generation in the UK. By the end of 2024, it is likely to be the first full year in which low-carbon renewables – wind, solar, and hydropower – generated more electricity than fossil fuels. The country’s progress in phasing out hydrocarbons was exemplified by the closure of Ratcliffe-on-Sea, the UK’s last coal-fired power plant.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
energyvoice.com | Mark Selby
The answer – as it should always be with big questions like this – is: “It depends…”I’ve tried to ignore pie-in-the-sky predictions here and focus on real trends both inside the energy industry and those driving innovation elsewhere. For example, ask ChatGPT what will drive digital adoption in energy and it’ll tell you ‘volatile energy prices’. Ugh. They haven’t and they won’t.
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
theglobeandmail.com | Mark Selby
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
energyvoice.com | Mark Selby
The Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project, which “exists to capture the power of nature to generate a near constant, affordable energy supply and connect it to the point of consumption in real time”, is more than just an already-sizeable project. It is the first step toward realising Xlinks’ shared concept of the ‘Global Grid’ – a series of interconnected, mutually supportive supply balancing systems laced across the globe.
