by westoncompliance | Jan 30, 2026 | CO2, Consultation, DESNZ, Hydrogen, Licensing, OPRED, Renewables, Storage
OPRED and DESNZ have published a scoping report for a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of a draft plan to enable future leasing and licensing for offshore renewable energy, offshore gas, and carbon dioxide and hydrogen storage, as well as transitional energy...
by westoncompliance | Oct 30, 2025 | Carbon Capture and Storage, Carbon Dioxide, HMSO, Storage, Transport, UK
This statutory instrument sets out the administrative rules for licensed operators involved in the transport and storage of carbon dioxide in England and Wales, under the relevant licensing regime — covering matters such as operator registration, oversight and...
by westoncompliance | Apr 25, 2025 | Carbon Capture and Storage, Data, HMSO, Information and Samples, Sample, sampling, Storage, UK
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 108 and 331(2)(b) of the Energy Act 2023.The Secretary of State has, in accordance with section 108(7) of that Act, consulted the licensing authorities that may under...
by westoncompliance | Mar 13, 2025 | Electrical, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Storage, UK, Waste
The Environment Agency (EA) has updated the regulatory position on when you can store and treat hazardous waste cable without the correct waste codes on your permit or exemption.Read more…Source: EA.
by westoncompliance | Jan 14, 2025 | Carbon Capture and Storage, CO2, DESNZ, Storage, UK
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has provided feedback on this consultation, which ran from 1 December 2023 to 16 February 2024.The consultation sought views on the proposed heads of terms for the CCS Network Code, which is critical to...
by westoncompliance | Nov 18, 2024 | Fire, Marine, MCA, Renewables, Safety, Storage, UK
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has published a safety bulletin on lithium safety store. The MCA, as the UK Market Surveillance Authority for marine equipment, has been made aware that Lithium Storage Solutions Ltd has claimed that its product, the Lithium...
by westoncompliance | Oct 11, 2024 | DESNZ, Energy Security, Policy, Storage, UK
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has provided feedback on the consultation which ran from 9 January 2024 to 5 March 2024.The response outlines the government’s intention to create a cap and floor scheme to unlock investment for Long...
by westoncompliance | Jun 14, 2024 | Carbon Capture and Storage, DESNZ, Fees, Offshore Installation, OPRED, Storage, UK
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED), and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have updated the document ‘Cost Recovery for...
by westoncompliance | Mar 5, 2024 | Carbon Capture and Storage, Consultation, DESNZ, Storage, Transport, UK
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has published the government’s response to the consultation on regulatory proposals relating to the carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) transport and storage Revenue Support Agreement counterparty...
by westoncompliance | Feb 26, 2024 | Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Permits and Licences, Storage, UK, Waste
The Environment Agency (EA) has taken a regulatory position on when you can collect non-hazardous waste at a transport hub without an environmental permit for a waste operation. This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal requirement to have an...
by westoncompliance | Feb 8, 2024 | Electrical, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Storage, UK, Waste
The Environment Agency (EA) has extended the RPS review date to 31 December 2024. This RPS applies if you store and treat non-WEEE waste electrical and telecommunications cable that is hazardous waste and coded as either: 17 04 10* from construction and...
by westoncompliance | Jan 9, 2024 | Consultation, DESNZ, Energy Security, Policy, Storage, UK
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is seeking views on the policy framework to enable investment in long-duration electricity storage. This consultation sets out DESNZ’s intention to develop a cap and floor mechanism to overcome the...
by westoncompliance | Jan 9, 2024 | Chemicals, Defra, Environment, Environment Agency, Oil Pollution, Pollution, Storage, UK
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Environment Agency (EA) have published guidance about how businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities. The...
by westoncompliance | Sep 19, 2023 | BEIS, Carbon Capture and Storage, CO2, Decommissioning, DESNZ, Energy Security, Information and Samples, Policy, Storage, Transport, UK
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published a number of policy statements relating to the Energy Security Bill which was introduced to Parliament on 6th July 2022. (See also: previous news item in January 2023). The...
by westoncompliance | Sep 13, 2023 | Carbon Capture and Storage, Consultation, DESNZ, Storage, UK
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is currently seeking views on regulatory proposals relating to the carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) transport and storage Revenue Support Agreement counterparty direction. This consultation closes at...
by westoncompliance | Sep 13, 2023 | Fire, Onshore, Safety, Storage, The Home Office, UK
The Home Office has published guidance about completing a fire safety risk assessment for people responsible for factories and warehouses. This guide gives advice about completing a fire safety risk assessment for all employers, managers, occupiers and owners of...
by westoncompliance | Sep 11, 2023 | Hydrogen, Licensing, NSTA, Permits and Licences, Pipelines, Regulatory Process, Renewables, Storage, UK
Article 2 of this Order amends the descriptions of pipelines in The Petroleum Act 1998 (Specified Pipelines) Order 2011 that are specified to be disregarded for the purposes of Part 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998 (other than for the purposes of section 24(2A), under...
by westoncompliance | Sep 7, 2023 | Consultation, DESNZ, Environment, Hydrogen, NSTA, Offshore Installation, Pipelines, Regulatory Process, Storage
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) conducted a consultation seeking views on extending secondary legislation concerned with offshore oil and gas pipeline construction, using the consenting duties and powers of the North Sea Transition Authority...
by westoncompliance | Sep 7, 2023 | Consultation, Hydrogen, NSTA, Offshore Installation, Pipelines, Storage, Transport, UK
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) is expected to take on the role of offshore hydrogen transport and storage regulator following the conclusion of a consultation on the proposal. The move is intended to support the industry by enabling pioneering...
by westoncompliance | Aug 17, 2023 | BEIS, DESNZ, Health and Safety, Renewables, Storage, UK
The final gap analysis report commissioned by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on health and safety standards for electricity storage technologies has been published. Read more… Source: DESNZ and BEIS.
