A House of Commons committee has said that the government should set-up "urgently sets up a cross-departmental taskforce... to respond to the energy price crisis and wider cost-of-living".
Energy
The secretary general of oil producers group OPEC, Mohammad Barkindo, has passed away. A pivotal figure in the global oil sector, he served as secretary general of OPEC since August 2016.
Scottish renewables company Renewco Power has announced its expansion into the US with the acquisition of several key projects. Renewco has agreed on a deal to acquire a 1.5GW pipeline of early stage utility-scale solar projects alongside 500MW of battery storage projects from Beaufort Rosemary, a V
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has exited Ellon-based Aubin Group following an agreement to sell their stake to Italmatch Chemicals.
Plans for an innovative £20 million facility in West Dunbartonshire to turn waste plastic into hydrogen, which will be the first of its kind in Scotland, have been approved.

