Yorkshire and Humberside YPN
Welcome to the Yorkshire and Humberside YPN branch page
Welcome to the Yorkshire and Humberside YPN page.
The Yorkshire and Humberside Young Professional Network (YHYPN) is part of the Energy Institute acting as a hub to inspire the energy leaders of the future.
Our aim is to create a community which promotes collaboration with energy professionals from a diverse range of backgrounds. Our mission is to develop skills and knowledge to advance awareness of the key energy issues we face to improve industry standards and facilitate excellence in practice.
We deliver a range of events throughout the Yorkshire and Humberside region which is open to all energy professionals. The YHYPN is managed by a committee of volunteers elected for a 2 year period.
Committee contact
To contact the branch, please email ypnyh@energyinst.org.
Events
Sorry, there are no events showing at the moment. Please check back as this page is updated regularly. For other events or training courses, visit the What's on section.
Publications and documents
SPE Well Abandonment Conference Programme
11 Jun 2018
PDF File
Yorkshire Branch Nomination Forms 1
11 Jun 2018
MS Word Document
Latest news
Britain’s first carbon capture and usage project could be on the way
5-12-2018
Carbon capture and storage is back on the UK agenda, extended to also include carbon usage – hence the new acronym CCUS – following an international ‘summit’ meeting held in Edinburgh. One result could be that the UK’s CCUS project could be up and running by t...
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Van fleet operators pledge to go electric
27-09-2018
Sixteen of the UK’s largest fleet operators have signed the Clean Van Commitment and will invest an initial £40mn over the next two years to drive the increase in use of electric vans. Backed by the Department for Transport and led by Global Action Plan in partnership with Engie, the Cle...
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Progress at East Anglia ONE, Hornsea and Race Bank
22-08-2018
Britain’s offshore wind industry continues to move forward, with three North Sea wind farms reaching different milestones in the summer. First, construction work has begun to build the hub of the proposed East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm in Lowestoft – a new operations an...
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Drax switches to gas and a BECCS pilot project
22-06-2018
Operators of the Drax power station in Yorkshire – formerly Britain’s largest coal-fired power station and once said to be the single largest emitter of carbon dioxide in Europe – have taken three significant steps to achieving its coal-free ambitions.First, they have taken its ...
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‘Groundbreaking’ UK CCUS projects to lead global carbon cleaning challenge
31-05-2018
The UK is set to invest £21.5mn into ‘ground-breaking’ carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technologies in a global effort to reduce the cost of large-scale CCUS projects.The UK will join forces with Saudi Arabia and Mexico to lead the international challenge of removin...
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