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Scottish Government welcomes £5m from GB Energy for 'community' projects

THE Scottish Government has welcomed investment worth just under £5 million from Great British Energy for eco-friendly power projects.

The National (Scotland)

GB Energy investing £200m in solar panels on schools and hospitals to cut bills

Hundreds of schools and NHS sites will get funding for renewables in the first major investment by the publicly owned clean energy company.

Evening Standard

GB Energy board set to meet for first time in Scotland

The board of GB Energy is scheduled to meet for the first time in Scotland to discuss "scaling up and kickstarting investments"

The National (Scotland)

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Great British Energy board to meet for first time in Scotland

The board is chaired by Juergen Maier.

The Independent UK

GB Energy ‘has no employees’, UK Government concedes

GB Energy doesn’t formally have any employees, according to the UK Government ...

The National (Scotland)

Doubts over whether GB Energy has any staff working in Aberdeen

The UK Government is facing questions over whether there are any GB Energy employees working in Aberdeen ...

The National (Scotland)

Former Siemens boss appointed Great British Energy interim chief executive

Dan McGrail, the current chief executive of trade association RenewableUK, will work for the new publicly-owned clean energy company in Aberdeen.

Evening Standard

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Renewables chief appointed interim head of Labour's Great British Energy

AN interim CEO for Labour’s Great British Energy has been appointed after difficulty in recruitment efforts.

The National (Scotland)

Labour 'fear energy bills set to rise even further' – despite £300 cut claim

ENERGY Secretary Ed Miliband has suggested he fears “bills will keep rising” – despite Labour’s pledges to cut energy bills by £300 a year.

The National (Scotland)

New £1.6m training centre for wind farm workers to open in Aberdeen

A £1.6 MILLION centre for training wind farm workers will open in Aberdeen after it was confirmed that Great British Energy will be based in the…

The National (Scotland)

£1.6m training centre for wind farm workers to open in Aberdeen

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray welcomed the announcement as ‘fantastic news’.

Evening Standard

GB Energy boss says clean power must ‘show benefit’ to local groups

Jurgen Maier’s comments come after energy secretary Ed Miliband vowed to take on ‘blockers’ of power schemes earlier this year.

Evening Standard

GB Energy to get just £100m over two years in Budget despite Labour's £8bn pledge

THE state-owned GB Energy will receive just £100 million in funding for renewables projects in the first two years despite the UK Government’s…

The National (Scotland)

GB Energy will not have its own Aberdeen headquarters, UK Government confirms

GB Energy will not have its own headquarters in Aberdeen, The National can reveal ...

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Government defeats bid to make GB Energy prioritise cutting bills by £300

The Conservatives said it tabled the amendments in the Commons to ensure Labour delivers on its election promises.

Evening Standard

GB Energy should treat cutting bills by £300 as a priority, say Tories

The Opposition wants to amend the Great British Energy Bill to ensure the new company tracks its progress on cutting bills.

The Guardian - UK

Will Great British Energy herald UK’s green revolution?

National energy company, which launched this week, is Labour’s strategy to end dependence on fossil fuels

The Independent UK

Tom Tugendhat says he does not accept the term ‘climate emergency’ in attack on Labour policies

The leadership contender claimed Ed Miliband’s policies are going to ‘destroy Britain’ as he criticised the plans for a state-owned energy company

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John Swinney meets GB Energy chief as he vows to grasp opportunity 'with both hands'

SCOTLAND will seek to maximise the opportunities from energy policies pursued by Westminster, John Swinney has vowed as he met the chief of GB…

The National (Scotland)

Labour mocked as GB Energy Bill just FOUR pages long

LABOUR have been mocked as their bill to create Great British Energy numbered just four pages – and contained “net zero” detail about what the…

The National (Scotland)

Four times Labour promised to bring down energy bills

LABOUR have come under fire for explaining away an upcoming rise in energy prices because the UK does not have control of its own power.

The Conversation

Keir Starmer needs to answer these pressing questions about how he will govern

Keir Starmer’s government has hit the ground running. But over the next few weeks and months some serious choices will have to be made about exactly how to govern. These are 13 pressing questions that will demand answers soon, partly drawing from my experience working in city government, several national…

The Independent UK

Watch: Keir Starmer delivers speech as new Great British Energy partnership launched

Watch again as Sir Keir Starmer delivered a speech as a new Great British Energy partnership was launched on Thursday (25 July).

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says Labour finding ‘more mess’ from Tories every day as he launches Great British Energy plan – as it happened

Prime minister says energy plans will bring down bills and help planet as he accuses Tories of shortsightedness

The Guardian - UK

Offshore wind to power 20m homes within five years, Starmer to pledge

Scheme will use taxpayer money to develop parts of seabed owned by the royal family

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