Labour plans to speed up infrastructure – but how feasible are they?
George Simpson, Utilities and Infrastructure Sector Head at leading property consultancy Fisher German, gives his thoughts on Labour's ambitious proposals
One of the first major...
New Great British Energy partnership launched to turbocharge energy independence
The Prime Minister and Energy Secretary today announced a new unprecedented partnership between Great British Energy and The Crown Estate, which has the potential...
Government and Tata Steel must meet demands of steelworkers’ unions, say climate groups
Today, Monday 22 July, climate and workers’ rights groups including Greenpeace UK, Extinction Rebellion, Green New Deal Rising, and Community Trade Union, came together...
UK off track for Net Zero, say country’s climate advisors
The Climate Change Committee’s assessment is that only a third of the emissions reductions required to achieve the country’s 2030 target are currently covered...
Take aways from the King’s Speech
In today’s King’s Speech, the proposed Energy Independence Bill was outlined as a key aspect of the new Government’s legislative agenda, set to boost...
Energy investors “bullish on backing Labour’s low-carbon transition”, lawyers find
Power suppliers and clean energy backers are among the most optimistic market players in believing private capital will respond well to new premier Kier...
General election should be a ‘wake up call’ for next Government to cut energy...
Business energy users are calling on the next UK government to reduce red tape and support business investment in net zero and sustainability measures,...
The green economy equation that the new Government cannot afford to get wrong
Whoever wins the next election will be forming a government facing huge challenges. Two key issues, often pitted against one another, are economic growth...
Uncertainty over status of land risks hampering grid connections
Efforts to speed up the UK’s grid connection times risk progressing more slowly than necessary because of delays caused by uncertainty over the status...
International Women In Engineering Day 2024 – Zoë Gottlieb of Veolia gives her perspective
Name, age, job title, where do you live?
My name is Zoë, I am 28 years old working as an Engineering Project Manager and living...
UK Supreme Court has “changed the game” on climate decisions
The UK’s Supreme Court ruled that authorities must consider downstream greenhouse gas emissions when weighing planning approval, in a case fighting the construction of...
Community Energy England backs Labour on £1 Bn boost for local power
The body representing over 300 citizen-controlled green electricity co-ops in England has endorsed the Labour Party’s £1 Billion manifesto pledge to put rocket boosters...
REA appoints Trevor Hutchings as CEO
Dr Nina Skorupska CBE is stepping down after 10 years as chief executive of the Association of Renewable Energy & Clean Technology (REA). From...
Champions! UKPN pledges £1m to volunteer co-ops delivering advice against fuel poverty
Britain’s biggest distribution network franchisee is pledging £1 million to help energy co-operatives & local groups scale up their Net Zero programmes.
Working with Lewes-based...
New green steel capacity ‘can turbocharge Ukraine’s post-war recovery’; say Oxford researchers
As investors & politicians meet today in Berlin to discuss rebuilding a Ukraine freed of Putin’s psychopathy, innovators at Oxford University say low-carbon steel...
China “to install 2.5GW of green hydrogen projects this year”: analysts Rystad
China will breeze past its 2025 target for 200,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen a year, as the country is on track to install 2.5GW...
“Share Britain’s solar roadmap by October, then stick to it”, PV chiefs urge new government
Britain’s solar industry is calling for more ambition and greater consistency from the nation’s new government after 4 July.
Included in its electoral demands issued...
“Energy’s future is local. Co-ops & solar participants must lobby for it”: Skidmore
Former energy minister Chris Skidmore today issued a call for volunteer co-operatives and solar energy practitioners to join forces and lobby hard for green...
Sky’s the limit for Scottish rooftop solar, as Holyrood cuts planning red tape
Scotland’s solar energy industry has warmly welcomed the removal of the need for planning permission for solar panels on rooftops in Scotland.
The Scottish government’s...
REA pinpoints key priorities for new PM’s first 100 days
The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) has today launched its vision for the new government’s first 100 days in office. The...