North Sea stashes: Authority issues first permits to sequester carbon
Fourteen high volume storage operators learned today they’ve received 21 licences between them to pump CO2 and other greenhouse gas pollutants into voids under...
UK’s ICE ban delay releases 10 Million extra metric tonnes of carbon
Today, Rishi Sunak has condemned the UK public to release a minimum of 10 million additional metric tonnes of carbon into our atmosphere with...
Ground Source Heat Pump Association expresses concern over the phase-out of fossil fuel boilers
The Ground Source Heat Pump Association (GSHPA) expresses deep concern on behalf of its members regarding the delay to the phasing-out of fossil fuel...
Are we on track to meet solar power targets?
In April 2023, a report published by the House of Commons stated that, at the UK’s current pace of change, it will miss its...
The University of St Andrews working with Gridimp in partnership with National Grid ESO...
A ‘turn-up’ For The Record Books
The University of St Andrews deliver a smart energy world first as they help keep zero carbon offshore wind...
Nearly half of teens plan to skip uni & seize green job instead, E.on...
Forty-six percent of Britain’s young people aged 16 to 24 plan to forego traditional college or university education, and opt for immediate jobs in...
All driller, no filler: National Grid “not boring“ in south London anymore
The less interesting lower half of Britain’s capital city witnessed at the weekend an end to boring to aid flows of backbone electricity –...
SME-to-SME trades of clean solar power ‘cuts bills by up to 90%’ on Suffolk...
Over 140 companies on an industrial estate in Mildenhall, Suffolk, reckon their local market trading low carbon electricity is slashing bills by between 20%...
Carbon removal technology
We are now on a trajectory where if we are to limit warming to 1.5° Celsius, as per the Paris Agreement, we will need...
CCC to Sunak & Coutinho: “You’re making near-term Net Zero harder to achieve“
Government ambiguities and watering down of Net Zero targets risk imperilling Britain’s progress to the nation’s 2050 goal, key scientific advisors warn today.
The Climate...
Ofgem finds £1.3m to advance NG innovations
Three National Grid-led projects developing electricity transmission and distribution network innovations will continue their work after securing £1.3 million for the next stage of...
National Gas Metering to develop hydrogen demonstrator and test facilities
National Gas Metering will develop hydrogen demonstrator and test facilities, including a commercial kitchen at Tysley Energy Park, Birmingham.
National Gas Metering announced that it...
Green hydrogen offers up to £ 11 billion savings for UK plc, industrialists calculate
A new study backed by top manufacturers including Tata Steel, Air Products & Airbus has found nearly £11 billion of economic and environmental benefits...
The clean heat is on: Racks of data servers to render scores of thousands...
Data barns full of humming, heating computer servers are to be piloted as heat sources running district heat networks, energy ministry D-ESNZ confirmed today.
Scores...
Download The Carbon Removals Report
The new Carbon Removals Report produced by The Energyst in association with Drax is available to download. Report highlights reveal 67% of respondents feel that carbon...
Tackling scope 3 emissions to achieve a net zero transition
Phillip Cornell, Global Head, Sustainability, Economist Impact and Sardar Karim, Policy & Insights, EMEA, Economist Impact
Scope 3, or value chain emissions, present a key...
Countries can save $3 trillion on net-zero power systems by 2040 from global grid...
Future Energy Outlook (FEO), a granular energy transition planning tool, shows that investing an additional $1.7 trillion on transmission infrastructure by 2040 would collectively...
World’s first transatlantic flight powered by Sustainable Aviation Fuel Virgin lifts wheels from London
To a welcome from the green energy industry, British-registered airline Virgin Atlantic this morning became the first carrier to attempt a long haul London...
Dale Vince partners with ZeroAvia to puff hydrogen for short-haul flights
Ecotricity founder Dale Vince has announced his low carbon spin-off airline Ecojet will use hydrogen-electric propulsion technology pioneered by fellow West Country specialists ZeroAvia.
Ecojet...
King’s College Chapel welcomes solar panels to its roof
King’s College Chapel, a Grade I listed building at Cambridge University, and for many the starting point of every English Christmas, is benefitting from...