The Energyst | Decarbonising industry and commerce – what are your ‘no regret’ first...
Date: Thursday 15th July 2021
Time: 9:00 – 10:30
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We explore strategies, data, procurement, energy efficiency; and ask if power purchase agreements are the right way to...
Carbon capture, use and… continued employment for carbon-intensive workers
As many as 50,000 new jobs could be created this decade in carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS), the sector’s trade body has claimed,...
More than eight out of ten energy professionals say UK will miss Net Zero
Energy professionals believe the Johnson government’s failure to delivery detailed energy policies means Britain will fail to meet its legally binding goal of Net...
Government reveals plans to decarbonise transport by 2050
The Government has unveiled its Transport Decarbonisation Plan, including an intention to phase out the sale of new diesel and petrol heavy goods vehicles...
Cross-border CO2 taxes, an ETS for transport & buildings, more negawatts, more renewables: EU...
“The fossil fuel economy has reached its limits”, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen declared tis week, as she unveiled cross-border carbon taxes,...
Effective action at a local level needed to achieve net zero
A coalition of local government, environmental and research organisations has welcomed National Audit Office (NAO) support for increased resourcing to empower local authorities to...
Curb ‘green protectionism’, Brexit-linked trade group urges minister Truss
A Brexit chill blew yesterday through ‘global Britain’s international trade policy on clean energy, as a little known collection of senior advisors urged trade...
Brand-loyal power customers should be rewarded, not exploited, Kwarteng proposes
Loyal energy users penalised by suppliers who hook them into expensive default tariffs could be the exception, and not the UK norm, if success...
Cromarty Firth tops ScottishPower’s spots to house 35MW green hydrogen hub
The Cromarty Firth, north of Inverness, has emerged as lead candidate for ScottishPower’s biggest hydrogen complex yet, heating Highland distilleries and stripping carbon from...
BP goes big on fossil fuel-sourced hydrogen from Teesside
Oil major-in-transition BP says industrial purchasers of ‘blue’ hydrogen – electrolysed from fossil fuel gas – are queuing up to buy from its intended...
Conservatives “oversaw 75,000 green jobs destroyed” in five years, Starmer claims
The Cameron, May and Johnson governments have overseen the loss of over 75,000 jobs in the green economy since 2014, Labour leader Sir Kier...
Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying – IPCC
Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on...
Well-to-Tank routes for hydrogen to help deliver net zero transport
The use of hydrogen for hard-to-electrify transport applications as well as a wide range of industrial and domestic heating, cooking and other applications is...
UK’s first blended hydrogen trial heats Gateshead community
Winlaton, near Gateshead, has become Britain’s first neighbourhood to gather data on how the conventional public gas network can tolerate up to 20% of...
SMEs more fired up by renewables, but only 11% measure carbon footprint
Two surveys out this week show small businesses’ apparently dual attitude towards Net Zero. Purchasing low carbon power backed by REGOs increasingly interests small...
Mitie pledges all sites carbon neutral by 2025
Britain’s biggest facilities managers Mitie have committed to a 2025 deadline to bring all the firm’s 50-plus UK sites to net zero status.
Four identified...
Blue hydrogen ‘could be 20% more planet warming’ than natural gas; US scientists
‘Blue’ hydrogen reformed from methane could be up to 20% more damaging to the environment over its life cycle than the ‘natural’ gas on...
The Energyst – Latest issue out now
The latest edition of The Energyst is now ready to read today online or via the new Energyst App.
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National Grid enlists AI in quest for better solar forecasts
National Grid ESO is turning to machine learning to predict better when clouds will cut generation of solar electricity.
The operator is partnering with green product...
Government masses £4 million in grants to cut biomass emissions
Under-measured CO2 emissions and the risk of landscapes degraded by feedstock crops have come into focus in a government drive to promote climate-safe biomass.
Innovations...