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Empower Energy Evolution
Uniper has the expertise and experience to play an expanding role in helping the UK reach its target of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Flexible gas assets are essential to support a secure system with an increased take up of renewables, and we’ll need the same reliability in the net-zero future. And Uniper has pledged to make its European power generation portfolio climate-neutral by 2035, with clean hydrogen technology as a cornerstone of its new strategy.
We understand that climate protection must go hand in hand with supply security and are introducing innovative solutions such as inertia services to the Grid, at our Grain and Killingholme sites.
In the UK, Uniper operates a flexible generation portfolio of seven power stations, a fast-cycle gas storage facility, an Engineering Academy and a broad range of commercial activities are offered through our Engineering Services division.
Mike Lockett
Mike Lockett holds the dual role of Chief Commercial Officer Power for the Uniper Group and Uniper UK Country Chairman.
Mike has worked in various engineering and commercial roles since joining the UK electricity industry in 1997. A chartered electrical engineer, he spent the first years of his career with Midlands Electricity in its networks business. In 2008 Mike moved to Düsseldorf to set up E.ON’s commodity trading business, where he subsequently held a range of leadership roles.
In 2015, he became a Board Member of the newly-established Uniper UK Ltd company. He was appointed Uniper UK Country Chairman in January 2019.
Since 2017, Mike has been Chief Commercial Officer for Uniper’s power business. In this role, he is responsible for power and fuels commodity trading and optimisation, and dispatch of Uniper’s generation portfolio.
Mike is a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Energy Exchange (Leipzig), and the Management Board of Powernext (Paris).
A broad portfolio of assets for a secure energy supply
Our generation fleet makes a tangible contribution to Britain’s supply security. We own and operate power stations at Connah's Quay, Cottam Development Centre, Enfield, Grain, Killingholme, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, and Taylor's Lane. Find more information about our plant portfolio here.
We want to make sure our power plants, like the one at Enfield, can operate more efficiently and flexibly, helping to deliver power when and where it’s needed - cost-effectively complementing renewables. Hear more about our investment plans at Enfield here.
Through our trading activities we make our power production available to the market and provide balancing services to the UK system operator. We also buy and sell natural gas, which is brought to the United Kingdom via pipelines or LNG terminals. We own a stake in BBL, a 235-kilometer gas pipeline between Balgzand in the Netherlands and Bacton in the UK. We also own significant long-term regasification capacity at the Grain LNG terminal in Kent.
In addition, we own and operate a gas storage facility in Holford in Cheshire and two high-pressure gas pipelines, from Theddlethorpe to Killingholme and from Blyborough to Cottam, in Northeast England.
The Uniper Engineering Academy offers purpose-built facilities delivering public open courses and bespoke training programmes - from Gas Turbine Operations and Maintenance to Electric Vehicle Charging - to match energy business needs anywhere in the world. The Academy typically deliver around 600 courses to 4000 delegates per year and also won accreditation as an approved provider under the UK Government’s new apprenticeship levy programme.
Press releases
- Shell and Uniper to work together on blue hydrogen production facility in the UK 158.89 KB
- GE and Uniper Collaborate on Decarbonisation Roadmap to Lower Emissions at Grain Power Plant in UK 184.98 KB
- Uniper to focus its Engineering services on decarbonisation and green customer solutions 134.98 KB
- Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition bid win for Port of Immingham decarbonisation alliance 168.01 KB
- Uniper welcomes publication of UK-wide Hydrogen Strategy 121.82 KB
- Uniper confirms it will close Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Sept 2024, with one unit closing earlier in Sept 2022 124.47 KB
- Planning permission granted for energy recovery facility at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station site 139.48 KB
- Uniper, Siemens Energy, Toyota Tsusho and Associated British Ports submit joint funding bid - decarbonising - Port of Immingham 152.77 KB
- MedwayOne: planning application submitted for new employment development at the former Kingsnorth power 91.03 KB
- Uniper appoints Siemens Energy to deliver grid stability technology at UK power station sites 98.02 KB
- Uniper joins Energy & Utility Skills, giving its full support to the Partnership’s apprenticeship pledge 159.23 KB
- Uniper welcomes the UK Government’s formation of a Hydrogen Advisory Council 143.66 KB
- Uniper welcomes UK Government’s incentive to create new apprenticeships, but calls for reform of Apprenticeship Levy 113.31 KB
- New head of Uniper's Engineering Academy 197.54 KB
- One stop shop for power plant data puts flexibility to the fore 205.77 KB
- Uniper plays host to HM Ambassador to Chile 202 KB
- Mike Lockett appointed country chairman of Uniper in the UK 201.24 KB
- MBE award for Engineering Academy Head 173.45 KB
- Uniper secures place in 2018 National Apprenticeship Awards finals 205.28 KB
- Increase in lorry traffic for six-eight weeks, says Uniper 90.63 KB
- Buyer found for former Ironbridge power station site 205.05 KB
- Uniper signs up to Women's Engineering Society 197.11 KB
- Farewell to familiar Kent landmark as Uniper demolishes power station chimney 202.56 KB
- Farewell to familiar Kent landmark as Uniper confirms power station chimney demolition date 200.71 KB
- Uniper wind turbine inspection technique wins international offshore wind innovation prize 352.37 KB
- Plans underway for conveyor demolition at Ironbridge power station 111.13 KB
- Two more boilers due for demolition at Kingsnorth power station 98.21 KB
- Uniper Engineering Academy wins government apprentice training accreditation 379.06 KB
- Ironbridge power station goes to the dogs! 92.91 KB
- Next phase of demolition at Kingsnorth power station 97.72 KB
- Rushcliffe students discover the world of apprenticeships – thanks to Uniper 372.95 KB
- New chapter on the cards for former power station site at Ironbridge 95.54 KB
- Boilers next in line for demolition at Kingsnorth power station 82.53 KB
Consultation responses
- Designing the Net Zero Hydrogen Fund 137.33 KB
- Consultation on a UK Low Carbon Hydrogen Standard 183.56 KB
- Low Carbon Hydrogen Business Model - consultation on a business model for low carbon hydrogen 148.33 KB
- Targeting net zero - Next steps for the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation 158.46 KB
- Hydrogen Development in Wales 146.25 KB
- BEIS Carbon Capture Usage and Storage – Market Engagement on Cluster Sequencing 149.17 KB
- HMT Business Rates Call for Evidence Tranche 2 107.56 KB
- HMT Business Rates Call for Evidence Tranche 1 85.45 KB
- BEIS CfD for low carbon generation consultation 126.41 KB
- BEIS CM Covid-19 easements 82.27 KB
- Clean air plan for Wales 132.07 KB
- BEIS CM Future Improvements 186.64 KB
- BEIS CCUS Business Models Consultation 163.07 KB
- BEIS Nuclear RAB Consultation 81.85 KB
- BEIS CM Technical Amendments 188.09 KB
- BEIS Re-use of oil and gas assets for carbon capture usage and storage projects consultation 71.88 KB
- BEIS_Ofgem Code Governance Consultation 238.63 KB
- BEIS Proposals for CM Emissions Limits 99.45 KB
- BEIS Carbon Pricing Consultation 234.32 KB
- BEIS Proposals for technical amendments to the Capacity Market 177.56 KB
- BEIS: Capacity Market and Emissions Performance Standard five-year year review call for evidence 246.17 KB
- Welsh Government: Achieving our low carbon pathway to 2030 298.72 KB
- Draft Clean Air Strategy 141.32 KB
- Labour NPF Energy & Environment Policy 111.27 KB
- Improving air quality: reducing nitrogen dioxide in our towns and cities 195.82 KB
- BEIS: Building our Industrial Strategy Green Paper 161.68 KB
- Coal generation in Great Britain. The pathway to a low-carbon future: consultation document 552.34 KB
- Consultation on reducing emissions from Medium Combustion Plants and Generators to improve air quality 202.08 KB
- Joint BEIS Ofgem: A Smart, Flexible Energy System – A call for evidence 302.21 KB
- Clean Growth Strategy 113.54 KB
- NIC report: Congestion, Capacity, Carbon: Priorities for national infrastructure - Consultation on a NIA 197.28 KB
- Call for Evidence: Cost of Energy Review. A Call for Evidence following the Helm Review 149.2 KB
Further documents
- Uniper Gender Pay Gap Report 2021 154.93 KB
- Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement 2022 146.01 KB
- Uniper UK Tax Strategy 2021 109.93 KB
- ISO14001 certificates for UK CCGT and Steam 112.46 KB
- Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Bronze Award 136.04 KB
- Third Party Access: Gas processing facilities at Connah’s Quay and the Dee pipeline 191.11 KB
- Uniper UK Gender Pay Gap Report 2020 159.88 KB
- Uniper UK Gender Pay Gap Report 2019 163.5 KB
- Uniper UK Gender Pay Gap Report 2018 149.81 KB
- Uniper UK Gender Pay Gap Report 2017 152.88 KB
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