‘Blow harder for Net Zero and deliver 108GW wind by 2035’, Imperial tells Johnson

The Conservatives’ aspiration to deliver 40GW of offshore turbines by the end of the decade lacks puff in its intended decarbonisation of the UK...

‘Green power’ REGO certificates rise 50% in price since January, Cornwall Insight finds

Demand from big corporate power buyers has pushed prices of REGO certificates up by a half in less than four months, the latest ‘Green...

Northern Gas and Power takes the lead role in Net Zero Week 2021

Northern Gas and Power is the Principal Sponsor of the UK's first Net Zero Week which will run from July 17-23, 2021. The government and...

TotalEnergies to add 2,200 new EV charging points in Amsterdam

TotalEnergies is to add 2,200 new chargers to Amsterdam's current public EV charging network by the autumn of 2022. The 1,100 chargers, each equipped with...

Majority of UK manufacturers prioritising flexible energy models in post-pandemic recovery

Manufacturing businesses are heavily focussed on flexible generation and distribution alongside decarbonisation of their energy use in the wake of the pandemic. This is...

Ecotricity sells Electric Highway to Gridserve

Ecotricity has today confirmed the sale of Electric Highway – a charging network for EVs, to Gridserve. The sale will enable Ecotricity to focus on...

Climatists are sceptical, as Johnson urges ‘Green Marshall plan’ on G7 leaders

Influential environmental campaigners E3G have given a guarded welcome to the government’s reported intention to urge a ‘green Marshall plan’ on world leaders meeting...

Energy industry unites and calls on government to build back greener ahead of COP26

With the eyes of the world on Glasgow at COP26 in November, the UK’s energy industry has united in a call for government to...

Drax and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries sign negative emissions project deal

Drax Group and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, have agreed a long-term contract for Drax to use its...

‘Hydrogen heaven’ floats ITM Power to trading heights

ITM is the shovel-maker hoping to strike it rich in the world’s current ‘gold rush’ towards clean hydrogen. Opening five months ago what it claims...

Fleet industry calls for review of the Advisory Electricity Rate for EVs

The Association of Fleet Professionals and the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association are calling on the Government to take steps to ensure that...

“No big G7 stock index is aligned with Paris climate goals”:  Carbon Disclosure Project...

Corporations’ greenwashing of the rich world’s investors and their customers collided with hard numbers today, and shattered embarrassingly. No major stock market among the seven...

New BP Pulse rapid charging hub goes live on Park Lane in London

BP Pulse has opened the UK’s first rapid charging hub for fleet vehicles, a multi-charger hub on Park Lane in Central London. The hub has...

National Grid’s purchase of WPD faces probe by competition regulator

The National Grid’s £7.8 billion intended purchase of Western Power Distribution, the regional DNO, is to be investigated by the Competition and Markets Authority. As...

Polestar and SK to collaborate on EV technology

Polestar is exploring a wide-ranging alliance with SK Inc, South Korea’s third largest industrial holding company, to advance its development of high-performance electric cars. The...

Aksiom and Ara Partners acquire Anesco

Aksiom Services Group, a partnership between Ara Partners and the Aksiom Group, has acquired Anesco Holdings, the parent company of the Anesco Group, for...

“Decarb everything by 2050”, urge G7 chiefs. But Kernow’d they have done better?

Stripping the planet’s energy systems and economies of carbon received arguably more heat than light as a priority from heads of the world’s richest...

Biomass innovators Active Energy restructure to help coal burners clean up act

A British firm aiming to ease international power giants’ journey from coal burning to patented biomass, posted encouraging financials for calendar 2020, overcoming big...

Peugeot opens orders for e-Rifter

Peugeot has opened the order books for its all-new e-Rifter, with first deliveries expected in November this year. The e-Rifter, available in two trims, is...

Jaguar Land Rover to develop hydrogen-powered fuel cell prototype

Jaguar Land Rover is developing a prototype hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) based on the new Land Rover Defender, with testing scheduled to...