Under the proposal, Britain would shut off the two-way interconnectors linking it to Belgium and the Netherlands. The move would be the signal and early step in the four-stage emergency gas shortage plan. A stress test of the plan is set to be conducted in September. National Grid has said the test, which is done annually, is this year […]
A new report has found that the French President would have to plant over 2,100 trees to be able to offset the amount of CO2 produced from his air travel for administrative duties since becoming the leader of France. He has travelled the second most air miles in the G7 for administrative duties since he came into […]
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said it is coping with the “aggressive” West by arming the Belarusian President and Putin ally Alexander Lukashenko with these weapons systems. Putin said in a broadcast on Russian television: “We will transfer Iskander-M tactical missile systems to Belarus, which can use both ballistic and cruise missiles, both in conventional and […]
62-year-old Steve Bruemmer was swimming off Lovers Point in the city of Pacific Grove on June 22 when the gigantic beast launched its brutal onslaught. Luckily, Mr Buremmer was rescued by two paddleboarders and a surfer who spotted him swimming 300ft out and dragged him 100 yards to shore. Based on the bite marks left […]
Currently, only 1.3 heat pumps have been sold per 1,000 households in the UK, giving Britain the lowest installation rate of any country across Europe. But data from the Government and Ofgem indicates that nearly one in four house owner-occupiers — nearly 3.6 million households — are likely to want to install a heat pump. […]
Dr Nicholas Walton, a Cambridge University astrophysicist, was awarded funding as part of the EU’s £80billion flagship and innovation programme. He is one of a handful of British scientists promised funding through Horizon Europe. This is the programme the UK was meant to take part in – as negotiated in the 2020 Trade and Cooperation Agreement – so British […]
Scotland: Arlene Foster ‘fed up’ of Brexit comparison Energy experts have argued that a proposed reform to the wholesale electricity market being explored by National Grid and Ofgem, called locational marginal pricing, could cut costs. Energy Systems Catapult’s (ESC) ‘Location, location location’ report, commissioned by Octopus Energy, identified that the mechanism could even save a staggering £30billlion by […]
As the price of energy soars across all corners of the UK, a proposed reform to the wholesale electricity market is being explored by National Grid and Ofgem. Known as locational marginal pricing (LMP), this could slash costs in areas where electricity generated from renewable energy is higher. One measure proposed under LMP is to […]
The Russian hacker group called Killnet said it will continue its major cyber attack on Lithuania as a direct response to Vilnius’ decision to block the transit of some goods to Kaliningrad. The group claims it has already cut off 70 percent of Lithuanian internet infrastructure from the rest of the web, which it says took […]
Germany, Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide support to one another amid the energy crisis. The deal will mean the member states will pre-coordinate a response to a worst-case scenario over serious fears that the lights might go out when demand soars and supplies dip further. Germany’s Vice-Chancellor […]