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September 4, 2024

UK Steel report: electricity prices are a barrier to growth

Trade association for the UK steel industry, UK Steel, has published a report highlighting the barriers that high electricity costs represent for the sector.
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July 8, 2024

British steel industry warns high electricity prices hindering shift to greener tech

With electricity costs more than double those of competitors in France and Spain, the British steel industry needs government help to survive.
In 2022, the volume of wasted wind generation was sufficient to produce over 118,000 tonnes of green hydrogen. Image: Carlton Power.
January 17, 2024

Curtailed wind generation could decarbonise entire UK steel manufacturing via green hydrogen

A new paper released by think tank Policy Exchange has outlined that curtailed wind generation could be used for green hydrogen production.
The new rules will help remove "phantom projects" from the TEC register. Image: Getty.
July 21, 2023

Cumulative steel demand expected to rise by 450% for transmission upgrades

“Delivering all of the planned upgrades would cause cumulative steel demand for the transmission system to rise by 450% between 2025 and 2035,” argues Aurora Energy Research.
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November 16, 2022

Wind generation industry takes hit in 2022 as price inflation starts to bite

The wind generation industry has taken a hit over the course of 2022 with Rethink Energy citing recessionary pricing as a key stumbling block.
Image: Enel.
May 18, 2021

PODCAST: Inside renewables’ material woes, storage procurement and grids under the spotlight

The Solar Media podcast is back for May 2021, and we take the difficult task of exploring how shortages of materials could dampen renewables deployment this year.

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