company:centrica

Licence to drill: Centrica awarded rights to explore Barents Sea | Business | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/18/licence-to-drill-centrica-awarded-rights-to-explore-barents-sea?CMP=twt

Centrica has walked into new controversy by obtaining a licence to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic.

The owner of British Gas, fresh from rows over annual domestic energy profits, has been awarded rights to explore in the Barents Sea off Norway.

Greenpeace said it was astonishing that Centrica would risk the enormous financial costs of a spill in such pristine waters when larger companies such as Shell had recently abandoned operations in the Alaskan Arctic.

#Arctique #exploration #pétrole #gaz

Revealed: Fracking industry bosses at heart of coalition
▻http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/revealed-fracking-industry-bosses-at-heart-of-coalition-8707589.html

The coalition may be promoting the controversial practice of fracking for gas because senior figures from that industry sit in the heart of Government, campaigners have warned.

The former BP boss Lord Browne, Centrica chief executive Sam Laidlaw and BG Group director Baroness Hogg have all been accused of the potential for conflicts of interest, as they hold senior advisory roles at a time when the Government is heavily promoting fracking. This involves fracturing tightly packed shale rock with a high-pressure water and chemical mixture to release oil and gas.

#gaz_de_schiste #conflit_intérêt #lobby

UK’s nuclear plans come unstuck | Climate News Network
▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2013/02/uks-nuclear-plans-come-unstuck

By Paul Brown

The latest setback to engulf the British nuclear industry’s plans suggests the technology may face increasing problems elsewhere, prompted by concerns over cost and the legacy of Fukushima.

LONDON, 5 February – The UK Government’s plan to build a new generation of 10 nuclear power stations suffered another severe blow yesterday (4 February) when the British utility Centrica pulled out of the programme, writing off a £200 million investment in the process.

To prop up the industry the Government is faced with breaking two important electoral pledges, and may face legal challenges that it intends to breach European Union subsidy rules in guaranteeing a minimum price for nuclear power.

With the French nuclear industry already in deep trouble over construction delays and cost overruns, the chances of building any new reactors in the UK are fading fast.

Are the ’big six’ energy companies blocking renewables in the UK? - news - The Ecologist
►http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1261670/are_the_big_six_energy_companies_blocking_renewables_in_the_uk.html

Just six energy companies EDF, E.ON, Centrica, SSE, Scottish Power and npower control 99 per cent of our domestic energy market but show only minor interest in renewables

Huge profits announced by EDF and Centrica recently have sparked further debate about the behaviour of the so-called ’big six’ energy companies and their stranglehold of the energy market. At worst they may not only be overcharging customers but also holding back a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make the transition to renewable energy.

#énergie #Royaume-Uni