“Strip out gas to clean grid by 2035” – 13 big firms to Kwarteng
Major corporate energy users Thames Water, BT and the Co-op are among thirteen big employers today calling for 100% decarbonisation of Britain’s power by...
CRISIS LATEST: BEIS mulls windfall tax for gas profiteers. Two suppliers quit. Analysts warn...
Turmoil in the prices paid for Britain’s wholesale and retail gas is likely to continue deep into 2022, a leading analysis firm predicted today,...
Oilcos’ carbon emissions “may be double previous estimates”, Gore-linked scientists calculate
Oil and gas production worldwide may be responsible for as much as double the climate-warming harm previously assigned to hydrocarbons, new high-tech research claims.
And...
BREAKING NEWS: Kwarteng reassures consumers over gas price crisis
Britain faces no crisis in security of supply during the current spate of gas price hikes and supplier failures, energy secretary of state Kwasi...
‘End in sight’ for coal power, as Paris accord axes 3 of 4 of...
Signing the 2015 Paris climate accord has led to the world’s pipeline of planned coal-fired power plants being slashed by as much as 76%,...
Watchdog eviscerates Sunak’s botched £1.5 billion Green Homes fiasco
The National Audit Office today delivers scathing criticism of the Johnson government’s botching of its programme to insulate 600,000 of Britain’s leakiest homes.
In February,...
CCC boss says green reforms to Net Zero ‘eroded’ without wider public support
Progress towards the government’s goal of zero emissions by mid-century risks being derailed unless political leaders work harder to secure voters’ support, the head...
National Lottery, plus lad-o-parts Glasgow, pony up money – and skills – for energy
Increasing cash support for community climate projects, including energy generation and saving, plus for training Scotland’s next generation of energy technicians, has emerged from...
Dutch ads watchdog bites into Shell’s ‘carbon offsets’ campaign
The Netherlands’ regulatory body for advertising has asked Royal Dutch Shell to withdraw its consumer promotion promising ‘carbon neutrality’ to drivers who pay extra...
CMA formally approves National Grid’s purchase of WPD
National Grid’s £7.8 billion acquisition of Britain’s largest electricity distribution business has won formal approval from the competition watchdog.
The Competition and Markets Authority announced...
EDF’s 12% hike leads suppliers’ response to Ofgem lifting price cap
EDF has leapt first at the starting gun fired for energy retailers two weeks ago, when Ofgem lifted its cap on regulated home tariffs..
The...
Johnson’s hydrogen plan loses puff, as key advisor quits over blue H2’s ‘expensive distraction’
The government’s widely criticised plan to switch Britain to low-carbon hydrogen received another blow today, as news broke a leading industry figure has quit...
Fuel poverty ‘could top 4.4 million homes this year’, campaigners calculate
Nearly 400,000 more homes will be pushed into fuel poverty this winter, if Ofgem allows suppliers to raise tariffs, campaigners conclude today, citing new...
“Waffle less, specify more, Prime Minister”: Climate Change Committee skewers Johnson
Britain’s top body of climate science advisors have lent their voice to the deafening chorus of investors, industry practitioners, scientists and activists, accusing the...
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.
The Energyst is now published monthly,...
National Grid’s purchase of WPD faces probe by competition regulator
The National Grid’s £7.8 billion intended purchase of Western Power Distribution, the regional DNO, is to be investigated by the Competition and Markets Authority.
As...
Climatists are sceptical, as Johnson urges ‘Green Marshall plan’ on G7 leaders
Influential environmental campaigners E3G have given a guarded welcome to the government’s reported intention to urge a ‘green Marshall plan’ on world leaders meeting...
Court and investors turn screw on oil leviathans to speed up decarbonisation
Legal and shareholder pressure on global fossil fuel extractors ratcheted still tighter yesterday, as Shell, Exxon and Chevron were separately ordered by institutions to...
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.
The Energyst is now published monthly,...
The future is here: IEA’s “new normal” means 90% of post-Covid power investment will...
Further confirmation – if confirmation were needed – that this planet energy’s future is both green and low-carbon, comes today from the world’s power...