NWHA plan targets regional hydrogen hub
The North West Hydrogen Alliance was born in 2018 when four organisations pooled the assets they each controlled: gas pipes, chemical plants, waste sites, and engineering research. Its core argument...
UK Policy
Analyzes UK energy, nuclear, hydrogen, and tech regulation policies through project outcomes and reviews.
UK cup recycling scheme collapses into failure
Before the pandemic, the UK used an estimated 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups each year. In 2017, fewer than 1 in 400 were recycled, a rate of 0.25 percent. The...
The Furman Review: How the UK Plans to Tame Big Tech
The Digital Competition Expert Panel, chaired by former Obama economist Jason Furman, delivered its final report on 13 March 2019. The UK government accepted the recommendations in principle in March...
5GRIT Project: Testing 5G in Rural and Remote UK Areas
5GRIT stands for 5G Rural Integrated Testbed. The UK government funded the initiative to trial fifth-generation mobile technology in places where operators had little incentive to build towers. It ran...
Wylfa Newydd: Why Hitachi's UK Nuclear Project Collapsed
Wylfa Newydd was a proposed nuclear power station on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, cancelled after Hitachi failed to reach a financing agreement with the UK government. Hitachi suspended...
UK shuts last coal plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar
On 30 September 2024, the United Kingdom's last operational coal-fired power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, shut down for good. The closure ended 142 years of burning coal for power and...
Protos Energy Hub: Peel Environmental's Cheshire Cluster
Peel Environmental is turning a 54-hectare (134-acre) former industrial parcel near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, into a strategic energy and resource cluster called Protos. The site sits inside the wider Cheshire...
