Geographical Magazine Heat from beneath: how the UK could heat homes from old coal mines Written by Catherine Early This chimney in Abersychan, Pontypool, South Wales, is the last remaining sign of the coal mine that once operated here. Such sites can play host to reserves of warm water below SHUTTERSTOCK/ steved np3 06 May 2021 The UK has made little progress decarbonising heating, but a significant source lies freely available under the feet of a quarter of the population
On an industrial park outside Gateshead, a pioneering technology is extracting energy from Britain’s past and using it in a way that could herald its low-carbon future. Not content with generating electricity from wind turbines and solar panels for its factory, contract wine-bottling company Greencroft Bottling wanted a low-carbon method to heat its two warehouses that store 20 million bottles. While searching for the right technolog
Chinese stranglehold on rare earths forces UK into secret talks with allies
Britain is grappling to secure supplies of the minerals, used in motors of electric cars and in wind turbines, to power green revolution
2 May 2021 • 6:00am
The subject is expected to be high on the agenda at the G7 meeting in June in Cornwall, which is home to untapped resources of lithium
Credit: Cornish Lithium /Neil Williams
Fears China will “turn off the taps” on Britain’s green revolution has forced ministers to enter secret talks with seven commonwealth countries to mine their rare earths.
Officials from the Department of International Trade and the Foreign Office have had meetings with representatives from Australia, Canada, Malawi and Tanzania in a bid to persuade them to supply rare earths, as well as critical metals such as lithium to the UK.
AT SEA - FEBRUARY 24: A general view of the BP ETAP (Eastern Trough Area Project) oil platform in the North Sea on February 24, 2014, around 100 miles east of Aberdeen, Scotland. The British cabinet will meet in Scotland for only the third time in OIL giant Shell has chosen a Scottish former mining executive who spent more than two decades at rival BP as its new chairman, as it seeks to carve out a path less reliant on dirty energy. The company said Sir Andrew Mackenzie, who was chief executive of miner BHP until 2019, will fill the role later this year. The Glaswegian was tipped as a potential new chairman when he joined Shell’s board in October last year. He will replace Chad Holliday, who steps down in May after six years in the role.
Oil giant Shell has chosen a former mining executive who spent more than two decades at rival BP as it seeks to carve out a path less reliant on dirty energy.
The company said Sir Andrew Mackenzie, who was chief executive of miner BHP until 2019, will fill the role later this year.
The Glaswegian was already tipped as a potential new chairman when he joined Shell’s board in October last year.
He will replace Chad Holliday, who steps down in May after six years in the role.
I have nothing but confidence in Shell’s bright future
Chad Holliday, retiring chairman
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