Global wind power growth must triple over next decade to achieve Net Zero
2020 was a record year for the global wind power industry, but a new report published by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) warns...
Net zero company benchmark of the world’s largest corporate emitters
Climate Action 100+, a $54 trillion investor-led initiative that seeks greater climate ambition and action from corporate boards and executives, has released its first-ever benchmark evaluating...
Net Zero impossible unless urgent action taken on energy efficiency this decade
The Government is failing to grasp the enormous challenge of decarbonising the UK’s housing stock, which accounts for 20% of our greenhouse gas emissions,...
Funding secured to accelerate development of UK’s first decarbonised industrial clusters on the east...
Bids from three industrial consortia that will link together to deliver deep reductions in industrial emissions on the east coast of England have been...
Modern Fleet magazine – issue 2
Issue 2 of our new EV magazine Modern Fleet is available to ready today online or via the new App.
The reaction to our first...
Morrisons pledge to have first net zero British farms by 2030
Morrisons has pledged to be the first supermarket to be completely supplied by ‘net zero’ carbon British farms by 2030, five years ahead of...
Goldman Sachs “on track” to net-zero financed emissions by 2050
Goldman Sachs remains committed to target net-zero financed emissions by 2050 and is making good progress towards the goal it outlined to a year...
CCS firm Storegga attracts investment
Storegga, a UK carbon reduction and removal company has announced that GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund and Mitsui & Co., a global trading and...
Hitting Government Net Zero target presents £350bn investment opportunity over next 30 years
Ahead of tomorrow’s budget and in the year of COP26, many eyes will be on the Chancellor and what, if any announcements he makes...
Drax kickstarts application process to build vital negative emissions technology
Drax is to kickstart the planning process for its proposals to build negative emissions technology, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), marking a...
UK’s fast-growing tech firms join forces to tackle climate crisis
Fifteen of the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK have joined forces to create the ‘Tech Zero taskforce’ to tackle the climate crisis and...
North of Scotland needs to have over 5 times the renewable generation if we...
The the north of Scotland, a net exporter of green energy, will have to scale this by 5-6 times if Scotland and the UK...
Ad industry encouraged to make substantial gear-change in run-up to COP26
Ad Net Zero, the UK advertising industry’s initiative to help UK advertising respond to the climate crisis caused by CO2 emissions, headed by the...
Centrica commits to be net zero by 2045
Recognising the urgent need to make net zero a reality, Centrica is today announcing that it will accelerate its commitment to be net zero...
Nuclear power could produce one-third of the UK’s clean hydrogen needs by 2050
Nuclear power could produce one-third of the UK’s clean hydrogen needs by 2050, according to the Hydrogen Roadmap agreed by the Nuclear Industry Council...
Applications open for the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund
The Energy Entrepreneurs Fund (EEF) supports through capital
grants, the development and demonstration of innovative technologies and/or processes in the areas of energy efficiency, power...
Modern Fleet magazine launches
Today sees the launch of our new EV magazine Modern Fleet. The EV market is growing rapidly and while many challenges remain one thing...
Say Hy to the home of the future
The UK’s first homes with household appliances fuelled entirely by hydrogen are to be built in Gateshead, funded in part by the government Hy4Heat...
Collaboration on green hydrogen research
Hanson UK is collaborating with researchers at the Energy Safety Research Institute at Swansea University, to look at innovative technologies to reduce industrial carbon emissions.
A...
Global Covid-19 stimulus continues to damage environment
The 5th Greenness of Stimulus Index is released today from the Finance for Biodiversity Initiative. It shows that Global Covid-19 stimulus measures are continuing...