Energy groups welcome government’s biomass strategy

Seven trade groups representing suppliers & customers of biomass-based heat & power have welcomed the government’s plans to speed up Britain’s adoption of biomass...

“Hold to Net Zero, to preserve UK’s £1 trillion opportunity”;  ADE to Sunak

Prime minister Rishi Sunak must maintain the Conservatives’ pledges to decarbonise energy by 2035 and eliminate carbon emissions by 2050, a trade association urges...

Britain backs nuclear fuel supply for Ukraine, as Shapps visits Kyiv

Energy security secretary Grant Shapps met officials in Kyiv yesterday, in a show of support for Ukraine's power industry. Shapps confirmed to energy bosses British...

Coutinho debuts as Energy Secretary, while Shapps ascends to Defence

Debutant Cabinet member Claire Coutinho MP was this morning appointed Britain’s new Energy Secretary of State, as Grant Shapps was promoted to replace Ben...

Ministers walk Tory tightrope over new wind farms in England

England’s onshore wind developers were today preparing a tentative celebration of the Conservative government finally enacting, twelve months after they promised it, a reversal...

Aquind directors’ past re-emerges, as Portmouth deal confirmed

Campaigners fear a deal made this week by Portsmouth City Council is reviving plans from a development firm linked to a prominent Conservative donor...

Steel city forges plan to swap gas for green hydrogen

Switching Sheffield’s world-renowned steel forges from gas to locally produced green hydrogen could cut CO2 emissions by as much as 40%, a government-funded study...

“Naysayers”, “wading through treacle” & policy voids dog Britain’s booming green sector, REA finds

Britain’s Net Zero commitments are being hampered by government hesitancy & ambiguity around the nation’s otherwise surging green economy, a leading trade association claims...

Breaking news:  Emissions scheme to reduce sale of carbon allowances

Energy-intensive industries will be incentivised to reach their lowest-ever level of carbon emissions, under detailed plans published by the UK government & devolved administrations...

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...