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EV registrations globally are on course to reach 10.8m by the end of the year, according to data from New AutoMotive’s latest Global Electric Vehicle Tracker (GEVT).
Posted: 23/12/2024
SolarPower Europe has just published its annual EU Market Outlook for Solar Power 2024-2028, with 66GW of solar added in 2024, a new record.
Posted: 23/12/2024
The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) has announced the signing of the first three of eleven hydrogen production contracts under Hydrogen Allocation Round 1 (HAR1). This is part of the Government's Hydrogen Production Business Model with the remaining contracts due to be signed early in the New Year.
Posted: 23/12/2024
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is reviewing Ofgem with a view to strengthen the energy regulator to support consumers and drive clean energy adoption.
Posted: 20/12/2024
Some 40 per cent of Earth’s land is already degraded, with an additional 100 million hectares of productive lands being degraded each year due to human activity.
Posted: 20/12/2024
A record 56 per cent of Spain's 2024 electricity has been generated from renewable sources according to estimates grid operator Red Electrica de Espana (REE).
Posted: 20/12/2024
Wind power has set another record for electricity generation, with renewables generating over half of Britain’s power for four consecutive quarters.
Posted: 19/12/2024
Coventry University has begun work to reduce its carbon emissions and meet its net-zero carbon target by 2030 by installing nearly 800 new solar panels.
Posted: 19/12/2024
National Grid has published the RIIO-T3 business plan for its National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) business, covering the period from April 2026 to March 2031.
Posted: 19/12/2024
Volkswagen Group (VW) has invested $48m to acquire ten per cent of Patriot Battery Metals in a new partnership to secure the supply of lithium from North America.
Posted: 19/12/2024
Paid-for LinkedIn posts for Lloyds have attracted a ban from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). Adfree Cities challenged several adverts, with the Linked in complaint being upheld.
Posted: 18/12/2024
After reaching a new high in 2024, global demand for coal is set to level off in the coming years as a surge in renewable power helps to meet soaring demand for electricity around the world, according to an IEA report out today.
Posted: 18/12/2024
The UK and Norway will launch a new Green Industrial Partnership on clean energy, as the two non-EU European countries seek to strengthen energy relations.
Posted: 18/12/2024
Hydrogen is a key part of Europe’s decarbonisation programme, driven through significant funding and subsidy mechanisms at a regional and country level, such as the Important Projects of Common Interest (IPCEI) and the EU Innovation Fund with €18.9bn and €4.8bn allocated respectively. Some countries have also developed domestic support mechanisms, such as the UK’s CfD-based Hydrogen Allocation Round (HAR) and Germany’s flagship funding scheme H2Global.
Posted: 18/12/2024
Environment Bank has announced that sixteen of its BNG Habitat Banks have been added to the Natural England national biodiversity gain sites register, unlocking more than 2,000 off-site Biodiversity Units for developers to purchase to meet their BNG commitments.
Posted: 16/12/2024
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has set out plans for achieving the target of clean power by 2030.
Posted: 16/12/2024
Recycling could enable Europe to cut its reliance on EV battery mineral imports by up to a quarter by the end of the decade, a new study finds.
Posted: 12/12/2024
Ørsted has announced contracts collectively worth up to £100m with UK companies, with JDR Cable Systems, Severfield and Smulders, all based in the North of England, providing integral components and services for the Hornsea 3 wind farm.
Posted: 12/12/2024
Ofgem is proposing introducing zero standing charge tariffs or mandating energy suppliers to offer low standing charges.
Posted: 12/12/2024
SSE’s electricity transmission business will today submit to the energy regulator, Ofgem, its plans to deliver at least £22bn in mission-critical grid infrastructure through its Business Plan for the RIIO-T3 price control period, from 2026 to 2031.
Posted: 11/12/2024
The East Coast Cluster in Teesside that will capture and store carbon emissions from industries in the region is now set to start construction in mid-2025, following the Government’s £21.7bn funding commitment to CCUS.
Posted: 11/12/2024
The drive toward decarbonisation is transforming global supply chains and trade relationships, fuelled in part by the growing adoption of net-zero-compatible policies, regulations, and international standards. Those countries that fail to make the transition at home risk losing their competitive edge in evolving export markets.
Posted: 11/12/2024
Triodos Bank has announced its first private sector loan based on a biodiversity net gain (BNG) unit model for 120 acres of degraded farmland in the South East, a deal that could create a blueprint for financing nature-based solutions at scale.
Posted: 11/12/2024
Ember has predicted that 2024 will be the first full year where UK low-carbon renewables generate more electricity than fossil fuels, with wind power close to becoming the single largest source of UK power for the first time.
Posted: 10/12/2024
Insure Our Future’s report Within Our Power analysis of 28 major global property and casualty insurers found that their estimated share of climate-attributed losses ($10.6bn) almost matched the $11.3bn in direct premiums they underwrote for commercial fossil fuel clients in 2023.
Posted: 10/12/2024
EY’s Institutional Investor Survey has reported that 92 per cent of investors are reluctant to sacrifice short-term gains for the longer-term rewards of ESG investments and two-thirds say ESG factors are likely to have less weight in their firm’s future investment decisions.
Posted: 10/12/2024
Japan's largest power generation, JERA, and BP have agreed to combine their offshore wind businesses to form a new standalone, equally-owned joint venture that would one of the largest global offshore wind developers, owners and operators.
Posted: 09/12/2024
Friends of the Earth and two co-claimants are appealing against the High Court’s decision in October to reject their legal challenge to the Government’s climate adaptation plans.
Posted: 09/12/2024
By adopting the principles of regenerative design, 22 cities can increase the size of their green-blue areas by 42 per cent, that is areas of comprised of water and/or vegetation, according to a new study by engineering consultancy company Sweco.
Posted: 09/12/2024
New analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) shows that heat pumps would mean less imported energy, with a household using only half as much imported primary energy with a heat pump as with a gas boiler.
Posted: 06/12/2024
Speaking at the Nuclear Industry Association's Nuclear 2024 conference Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband, described nuclear energy as having “a crucial role to play in powering Britain’s clean energy future”.
Posted: 06/12/2024
Keir Starmer has ‘reset’ the government after five months with a set of ‘milestones’ that include a significant reduction in climate targets.
Posted: 06/12/2024
Hinkley Point C has installed the UK’s first new nuclear reactor for more than 30 years. The first of two 13m long reactor pressure vessels have been fitted, when its twin is in place the two units could provide 7 per cent of the country’s electricity.
Posted: 05/12/2024
Shell and Equinor are to combine their UK offshore oil and gas assets to form a new company which will be the UK North Sea’s biggest independent producer.
Posted: 05/12/2024
“The first ice-free day in the Arctic won’t change things dramatically,” said Jahn, associate professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and fellow at CU Boulder’s Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. “But it will show that we've fundamentally altered one of the defining characteristics of the natural environment in the Arctic Ocean, which is that it is covered by sea ice and snow year-round, through greenhouse gas emissions.”
Posted: 05/12/2024
The UK has reached “peak petrol” according to an Auto Trader analysis as the number of petrol cars on the road will half over the next decade.
Posted: 05/12/2024
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero have launched a consultation on the reform of the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPB) framework covering consolidating the regulations and updating EPC metrics.
Posted: 04/12/2024
Ofgem has postponed reformation of smart meters, that would have introduced half-hourly meter readings.
Posted: 04/12/2024
Ford’s Halewood plant has started production of its new eDrive units, critical to Ford’s electrification strategy, that will power the electric versions of the Transit Custom and Puma vehicles.
Posted: 04/12/2024
An agreement with Qatar will bring an initial £1bn of investment to create climate technology hubs across the UK and Qatar to accelerate development in the area.
Posted: 04/12/2024
The IFC has issued a green bond in the “kangaroo market”, raising 700m Australian dollars, to bridge the biodiversity finance gap and advance economic growth in emerging markets.
Posted: 03/12/2024
The Offshore Wind Industry Council is welcoming the funding by the Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme (OWEC) for further research into an environmentally friendly way of catching scallops, using underwater LED lights, enabling more diversified fishing around offshore wind farms.
Posted: 03/12/2024
Japan is set to ramp up its development of perovskite solar cells, with a goal of 20GW of capacity by 2040 its Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has said.
Posted: 03/12/2024
A major agreement on tackling plastic pollution has fallen apart after two years of negotiation.
Posted: 02/12/2024
After announcing plans to close its Luton factory and a profits warning, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has resigned.
Posted: 02/12/2024
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has started to consider its advisory opinion on the obligations of states in respect of climate change.
Posted: 02/12/2024
The UK ETS Authority has announced its intention to include the maritime sector from 2026 and recognise non-pipeline transport methods, such as shipping, road or rail, for moving captured carbon into geological storage.
Posted: 29/11/2024
Figures from DESNZ show that October was a new record for the boiler upgrade scheme (BUS) with the total number of applications for BUS vouchers during October at nearly 4,000 for all types, a 20 per cent increase on September and 15 per cent higher year on year.
Posted: 29/11/2024
Louise Haigh, the Transport Secretary, has resigned adding to the pressure on the ZEV mandate.
Posted: 29/11/2024
The Green Finance Institute (GFI) has released a report calling for the introduction of low-interest loans and grants to support the retrofitting of the UK’s housing stock.
Posted: 28/11/2024
The Government has backed a review to help UK small businesses be more sustainable.
Posted: 28/11/2024
Sales are rising, sales are stalling, ZEV Mandate is working, ZEV Mandate is failing. It seems pretty every day there is a story and a contradiction.
Posted: 27/11/2024
The majority of large companies are well prepared for the advent of mandatory reporting on sustainability, according to the 2024 edition of KPMG’s Survey of Sustainability Reporting.
Posted: 26/11/2024
A survey of education leaders reveals over 60 per cent of institutions did not report Scope 3 emissions data.
Posted: 26/11/2024
As farmers descended on Westminster to protest the end of IHT exemption for farms, the implications for climate action and the country’s regenerative farming movement can be added to the concerns for UK agriculture.
Posted: 26/11/2024
Green flightpaths between key global locations could help to fast-track fully decarbonised aviation, according to research led by an international team based at Heriot-Watt University and the American University of Sharjah in the UAE.
Posted: 25/11/2024
The proportion of EVs running out of charge this year in the UK has dropped to the lowest ever, according to new AA statistical analysis.
Posted: 25/11/2024
The global market share of petrol and diesel has fallen by a fifth in two and half years, according to data from New AutoMotive’s latest Global Electric Vehicle Tracker (GEVT).
Posted: 25/11/2024
Well, it went to the wire, but finally a deal was done. In the early hours of a Baku Sunday morning after hurried texts and walkouts and the closest of close flirtations with collapse, developing countries will be providing climate fiancé of $300bn a year by 2035.
Posted: 25/11/2024
CHN Energy’s 1GW offshore photovoltaic project in Kenli District, east China’s Shandong Province, successfully connected its first batch of units to the grid.
Posted: 21/11/2024
The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) which annually assesses 63 countries and the EU, collectively responsible for 90 per cent of global emissions considers emissions, renewables and climate policy of each country and ranks them against the ideal.
Posted: 21/11/2024
The Government is attempting to boost its Warm Homes Plan with a raft of tweaks.
Posted: 21/11/2024
A new approach to managing green energy has seen UK Power Networks’ Distribution System Operator (DSO) get an additional 160GWh of renewable power for customers' homes.
Posted: 21/11/2024
Ofgem is consulting on introducing a new investment fund worth between £5bn and £8bn that should help energy transmission owners cut delays, control costs and attract international investment in the drive to net-zero.
Posted: 20/11/2024
Octopus will enter France's offshore wind market, in new joint venture between Octopus and Skyborn.
Posted: 20/11/2024
A new initiative to combat misinformation surrounding electric vehicles has been created by Auto Trader, ChargeUK and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Posted: 19/11/2024
The UK and US have agreed to a civil nuclear collaboration at COP29 to pool billions in R&D to help speed up deployment of advanced nuclear technologies.
Posted: 19/11/2024
RSA Insurance has launched a Climate Professionals Professional Indemnity (PI) product, the first-of-its-kind in the UK designed specifically for companies and consultants who advise businesses and organisations on sustainability, net-zero and climate-related activities and strategies.
Posted: 19/11/2024
FTSE Russell has launched the FTSE MIB ESG Risk-Adjusted Index. The new index will adjust for ESG and carbon risks within the universe by tilting away from companies with fossil fuel reserves and carbon emissions and tilting towards companies with higher ESG scores.
Posted: 19/11/2024
Triodos Bank will provide at least €500m in investments, loans and contributions to the nature-based solutions sector by the end of 2030 as part of its biodiversity targets.
Posted: 19/11/2024
Good Energy has partnered with GRYD Energy in an export-only power purchase agreement (PPA) that is the first of its kind for households in the UK.
Posted: 18/11/2024
The EU is promoting LNG as a cleaner alternative to traditional shipping fuels, but new evidence on upstream emissions shows that Europe’s gas mix is a lot dirtier than EU officials thought.
Posted: 18/11/2024
Arsenal has become the only football club in the world to have a net-zero target approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
Posted: 18/11/2024
The Government has published its policy paper containing six principles to improve the Voluntary Carbon and Nature Markets (VCNMs).
Posted: 18/11/2024
The former UN secretary general and former UN climate chief have added their names to an open letter criticising the UN COP climate talks.
Posted: 15/11/2024
The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance’s Transforming Global Finance for Climate Action: Addressing Misaligned Incentives and Unlocking Opportunities report assesses the flow of capital to the projects needed to address climate change.
Posted: 15/11/2024
The End Coal Finance coalition report suggests that some commercial banks are prepared to finance a wave of new coal power projects across Asia.
Posted: 15/11/2024
The Future Homes study has pointed to air source heat pumps being capable of providing heating for new homes for less than £2 a day.
Posted: 14/11/2024
A new report shows of the 195 countries attending COP29, only 12 have committed to reducing food waste and just 17 to tackling food loss. In total, 24 countries commit to reducing food loss and/or waste while 88 per cent attending the global climate conference have made no commitments to address either so far in their NDCs.
Posted: 14/11/2024
EcoOnline has launched its 2024 EU CSRD Readiness Report 2024, exploring how EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) regulations are perceived by mid-market and enterprise businesses.
Posted: 14/11/2024
Tesla and Fastned are the top charging networks, according to a Zapmap survey of drivers.
Posted: 13/11/2024
Ofgem has approved five new undersea energy links to boost energy security and the shift to clean power.
Posted: 13/11/2024
Kier Starmer has revealed his new climate goals at COP29, including reducing emissions by 81 per cent compared to 1990 levels by 2035, and called on other countries to accelerate their own targets.
Posted: 13/11/2024
“Colleagues, following years of stalemate, the breakthroughs in Baku have now begun” said Yalchin Rafiyev, the COP29 lead negotiator. (Credit: Kamran Enceladus UN Climate Change.)
Posted: 12/11/2024
Despite growing numbers of jobs in green industry, a new report highlights that 40–65-year-old workers see green jobs as ‘riskier’ than ‘traditional’ jobs in terms of pay and security requirements.
Posted: 12/11/2024
The Court of Appeal of The Hague has overturned the landmark decision by the District Court of The Hague’s in the case brought against Shell by Milieudefensie, other NGOs and a group of private individuals.
Posted: 12/11/2024
Kier Starmer has announced a boost for clean energy in the UK at the first day of the World Leaders Summit at COP.
Posted: 12/11/2024
Octopus Energy, in a partnership with Idris Elba, has outlined its first renewables project in Africa, a wind farm with solar panels and battery storage on Sherbro Island in Sierra Leone.
Posted: 12/11/2024
SSE has taken a final investment decision to proceed with its first onshore wind farm projects in Italy, adding to its expansion in Continental Europe.
Posted: 11/11/2024
Octopus Energy has added more than $2bn of offshore wind investments in two years. Making the announcement at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, the company recommitted to invest $20bn into offshore wind worldwide by 2030.
Posted: 11/11/2024
It’s here. COP29 has opened in Azerbaijan with a speech from UN Climate Change executive secretary Simon Stiell.(Pictured, Credit: Kiara Worth, UN Climate Change.)
Posted: 11/11/2024
The Adaptation Gap Report 2024 finds that attempts to address rising impacts of climate change are being hampered by the huge gap that exists between adaptation finance needs and current international public adaptation finance flows.
Posted: 08/11/2024
Donald Trump has made it clear that he is not a great fan of climate change mitigation, and many fear a rapid and brutal repealing of the Biden Administration’s funding for green energy and clean tech.
Posted: 08/11/2024
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has declared October 2024 the second-warmest October globally, at 1.65C above the pre-industrial level and was the 15th month in a 16-month period for which the global-average surface air temperature exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
Posted: 07/11/2024
A new eco-friendly village has gained planning approval on 1,000 acres of open land in Hampshire.
Posted: 07/11/2024
The Twyn Hywel wind farm project has been approved by the Welsh Government giving the go ahead to 14 wind turbines generating 92 MW of energy.
Posted: 07/11/2024
A new £1bn low-carbon infrastructure project has been launched in Westminster, and is set to become one of the UK’s first ‘heat network zones’.
Posted: 07/11/2024
SSE is now producing renewable energy for the first time in mainland Europe having achieved first power at the 28MW Chaintrix-Bierges and Vélye Wind Farm in France’s Grand-Est region.
Posted: 07/11/2024
The Energy Institute’s Country Transition Tracker, which plots the relative progress of around 80 of the world’s largest energy consuming countries along eight metrics, has been released in advance of ADIPEC in the UAE and COP29 in Azerbaijan later in the month.
Posted: 07/11/2024
REN21’s Global Status Report reveals that investment in renewable energy accounted for seven per cent of global GDP growth in 2023 and created 16.2 million jobs worldwide.
Posted: 07/11/2024
The ballot papers haven’t all been counted yet, but Donald Trump has made a dramatic comeback to win the 2024 US election, and it is certain he will be in the White House.
Posted: 06/11/2024
Plans for Scout Moor II, a 100MW onshore wind farm set to become the largest in England, have been announced by Cubico Sustainable Investments.
Posted: 05/11/2024
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has released an analysis of the road to clean power (CP30 Report).
Posted: 05/11/2024
EVs have been getting a bad press of late, whether it be the resale value or lack of private car buyers (opposed to fleet) or EU car makers feeling the heat of transition, but the market share of EV sales in the UK has reached over 20 per cent for the third month running.(Picture: Caterham Project V).
Posted: 05/11/2024
Electric pylons remain the most effective way to transmit electricity across the UK.
Posted: 04/11/2024
The Green Finance Institute (GFI), Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest Group have unveiled a ‘greenprint’ to unlock up to £70bn of private investment in sustainable retrofit across the UK.
Posted: 04/11/2024
Business leaders have warned that without bold governmental policy, the next wave of large-scale investments in the net-zero transition are at risk.
Posted: 01/11/2024
Although the Government has pledged £3.4bn for household efficiency and upgrades in its first Budget, it falls short of the £13.2bn promised.
Posted: 01/11/2024
Solar farms could provide up to 64MW of energy, around five per cent of the electricity needed to run the Tube network in the near future.
Posted: 01/11/2024
The global market for key clean technologies set to triple to more than $2tr over the coming decade as energy transitions advance according to the IEA.
Posted: 31/10/2024
Additional contributions of $163m from Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, the UK, and the Province of Québec have been made to the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF).
Posted: 31/10/2024
Brookfield is to acquire a 12.45 per cent in minority stake in four of Ørsted’s operational UK offshore wind farms: Hornsea 1, Hornsea 2, Walney Extension, and Burbo Bank Extension, which have a combined total capacity of approximately 3.5GW.
Posted: 30/10/2024
The Chancellor has maintained the ‘benefit-in-kind’ salary sacrifice for EVs in an attempt to speed the growth of electric vehicles on UK roads.
Posted: 30/10/2024
The Government has announced development of England's first-ever heat network zones, based in Leeds, Plymouth, Bristol, Stockport, Sheffield, and two in London. The schemes will receive a share of £5.8m of funding, with construction expected to start from 2026.
Posted: 29/10/2024
Geothermal technology has the potential to cut emissions by up to 94 per cent for cooling and 41 per cent for heating in the UK compared to other low-carbon systems.
Posted: 29/10/2024
The new EU Solar Jobs Report 2024 reveals that at the end of 2023, the EU solar sector hosted 826,000 jobs, a 27 per cent growth since 2022, but that the annual growth of solar employment will stall in 2024, with a projected growth of only 0.4 per cent this year.
Posted: 29/10/2024
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer, met on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Apia, Samoa, agreeing to enhance bilateral cooperation on climate change and energy.
Posted: 29/10/2024
The CCC has recommended that the UK’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) commits to reduce territorial greenhouse gas emissions by 81 per cent by 2035 from a 1990 baseline. This is based on the CCC’s advice on the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget, due to be published in February 2025.
Posted: 29/10/2024
Sales of new EVs in the US have outpaced Europe for the first time ever according to data from New AutoMotive’s Global Electric Vehicle Tracker (GEVT).
Posted: 29/10/2024
Mercedes-Benz has opened Europe's first battery recycling plant, making it the first car manufacturer worldwide to close the battery recycling loop with its own in-house facility.
Posted: 29/10/2024
Octopus Energy has announced that it has paid over £3bn to the Government following its acquisition of Bulb.
Posted: 29/10/2024
Managed testing service provider Resillion has partnered with the University of Strathclyde’s PNDC innovation centre, ScottishPower Energy Retail and QualityLogic to carry out real-world environment performance testing of demand side response energy systems.
Posted: 2024-10-24
Insurance broker and risk advisory, WTW, has published the latest edition of its Climate Reporting Comparative Table, with the goal of providing a comprehensive overview of climate-related financial disclosure requirements across key global jurisdictions.
Posted: 22/10/2024
In its first greenwashing complaint against a financial institution, ClientEarth has filed complaint against BlackRock for misleading marketing in France.
Posted: 18/10/2024
Tesco has signed its largest UK Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), facilitated by EDF, securing 65 per cent of the solar power generation from Cleve Hill Solar Park.
Posted: 17/10/2024
Up to $41bn in World Bank climate finance, or nearly 40 per cent of all climate funds disbursed by the Bank over the past seven years, is unaccounted for due to poor record-keeping practices, a new Oxfam report claims.
Posted: 17/10/2024
During a Lords Select Committee on Environment and Climate Change debate on EV, chair Baroness Parminter (pictured) called the move to electric transport “an urgent priority”.
Posted: 17/10/2024
The Government is speeding up of delivery of a ‘skills passport’ to support oil and gas workers to move into offshore wind and renewable energy sectors.
Posted: 17/10/2024
The AXA Future Risks Report 2024 sees that climate change as the top risk for both experts and the public in all international regions surveyed.
Posted: 17/10/2024
Project Mercury, a new alliance of providers aims to set global standards for the integration of clean tech with smart energy systems.
Posted: 17/10/2024
IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2024 (WEO) predicts that, based on today’s policy settings, low-emissions sources are set to generate more than half of the world’s electricity before 2030 – and demand for all three fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – is projected to peak by the end of the decade.
Posted: 16/10/2024
The majority of the UK public believe 2035 deadline for ICE vehicles will not be achieved and one in four plan to buy an ICE car close to the deadline, despite the ZEV mandate.
Posted: 16/10/2024
Microgenerators are to be recognised as producing renewable electricity for the first time since the inception of the Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) scheme in 2010.
Posted: 16/10/2024
A heavy reliance on gas leaves UK vulnerable to price spikes following years of policy inconsistency and insufficient investment, the Energy Crisis Commission finds.
Posted: 15/10/2024
A Finnish company has succeeded in producing biodegradable plastic using carbon dioxide emissions from waste incineration. The technique, based on carbon capture and utilisation (CCU), could be a significant step towards reducing and utilising industrial carbon emissions.
Posted: 15/10/2024
Google has signed an agreement for the world’s first corporate agreement to purchase nuclear energy from multiple small modular reactors (SMR).
Posted: 15/10/2024
MPs are getting greener, but as they champion the environment, they are also getting some basic facts wrong.
Posted: 14/10/2024
Macquarie has announced that the Australian-headquartered group will support new investment to roll out a network of fast-charging electric vehicle infrastructure as part of a wider £20bn of package of planned investment activity across its UK portfolio.
Posted: 14/10/2024
The British Library is installing solar panels that could reduce its carbon emissions by over 55 tonnes annually with the largest solar heat installation in the UK.
Posted: 14/10/2024
Iberdrola has announced plans to more than double its UK investment plans through its ScottishPower business.
Posted: 11/10/2014
EU President, Ursula von der Leyen, has pledged to stay on the course to deliver on the goals set by the European Green Deal with a focus on “implementation and investment to make it happen on the ground”.
Posted: 11/10/2014
More than 100 CEOs and senior executives have shared an open letter to world leaders ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference 2024 (COP29).
Posted: 10/10/2024
The Government has launched another new scheme, this time to attract investment opportunities in renewable energy storage technologies.
Posted: 10/10/2024
The total Gross Value Added (GVA) contribution to the UK economy of the UK automotive sector could rise by 35 per cent, or £16.1bn, by 2035 or decrease by 73 per cent, or £34.1bn, depending on how rapidly the sector transitions to the manufacture of Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs), a new report finds.
Posted: 10/10/2024
A new report by the joint Government-industry Floating Offshore Wind Taskforce shows that floating wind could be the “opportunity of the century”.
Posted: 09/10/2024
The Body mandated by the Paris Agreement to set up a new UN carbon market has agreed mandatory environmental and human rights safeguards early into a five-day meeting in Baku.
Posted: 09/10/2024
With rapid deployment of solar, renewables are on course to meet almost half of global electricity demand by the end of this decade, a new IEA report says.
Posted: 09/10/2024
The 320MW battery energy storage system (BESS) at Monk Fryston, North Yorkshire is officially underway with construction is expected to be completed by early 2026.
Posted: 09/10/2024
The UN-convened Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) has published its 2024 progress report that claims that most NZBA banks are taking significant steps towards meeting their climate goals.
Posted: 09/10/2024
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is calling for action from the Government to accelerate green investments, reduce taxes and unleash private capital.
Posted: 08/10/2024
Equinor has acquired a 9.8 per cent stake in Ørsted, making it the second largest shareholder after the Danish State, which holds a controlling stake in the company.
Posted: 08/10/2024
An estimated 2.9 million properties need to be improved under the Government’s proposal for rental homes to reach a minimum EPC rating of C by 2030, costing £23.4bn.
Posted: 07/10/2024
M&S has run an ‘autonomous field’ trial, resulting in the sale of lower carbon parsnips later this year as part of its journey to be net-zero across its entire operations by 2040.
Posted: 07/10/2024
The Government has confirmed up to £21.7bn of funding over 25 years for CCUS and hydrogen technologies at two carbon capture sites in the North West and North East of England.
Posted: 04/10/2024
The UK electric car sales recorded their best month on record in September with over 56,000 new vehicles registered last month. (picture credit: Lotus)
Posted: 04/10/2024
This year’s awards celebrated the groundbreaking achievements of individuals and organisations driving positive change through sustainable innovation. From cutting-edge renewable energy solutions to revolutionary eco-friendly practices, the entrants displayed the breadth and depth of solutions to creating a greener future.
Posted: 03/10/2024
Toyota will invest $500m in Joby Aviation, a company developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service.
Posted: 03/10/2024
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and HSBC Asset Management are to establish a fund vehicle targeting corporate bond issuers in emerging markets that aims to increase access to finance and support sustainable growth.
Posted: 03/10/2024
The major technology companies are consuming ever greater amounts of energy as they ramp up the use of AI and storage capacity.
Posted: 03/10/2024
China has invested over $100bn in outbound cleantech since 2023 spanning Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
Posted: 02/10/2024
IEA’s Global Hydrogen Review 2024 reveals that projects are growing as policy support races to catch up.
Posted: 02/10/2024
A new initiative to support biodiversity has been launched. Voluntary biodiversity credits (VBC) work in a similar way to carbon credits, helping address a UK that has become one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world.
Posted: 02/10/2024
Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm has signed an agreement with Vestas to buy 72 new wind turbines.
Posted: 01/10/2024
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has been officially launched, giving strategic oversight of both the electricity and gas systems, energy infrastructure and decarbonisation to reach net-zero.
Posted: 01/10/2024
The Government has yet to commit to continuing funding the Nature for Climate scheme for tree planting ahead of October’s Budget announcement.
Posted: 01/10/2024
A new report has shown renewable energy jobs grew by a record amount in 2023.
Posted: 01/10/2024
Coal has provided electrical energy in the UK for 142 years, but on 30 September 2024 it ends. The Ratcliffe-on-Soar power plant closes.
Posted: 30/09/2024
CEOs from 50 companies have called on new EU Commission and MEPs to maintain the 100 per cent zero-emission car target in 2035, whilst others have begged for it to be changed.
Posted: 30/09/2024
Octopus Energy’s generation arm will invest £2bn into UK clean energy projects by 2030.
Posted: 26/09/2024
JLR has announced a £500m investment to transform its Halewood facility to support the parallel production of electric vehicles, alongside existing combustion and hybrid models.
Posted: 26/09/2024
British Airways is set to become the largest carbon removals purchaser in the UK and the largest airline purchaser globally as it enters a new six-year agreement.
Posted: 26/09/2024
UK Power Networks has revised guidance to use lamp posts as street charging for EVs.
Posted: 24/09/2024
Octopus Energy Generation has acquired Exagen Group from founder Jeremy Littman, giving it the company’s development pipeline that includes over 2.4GW of solar and energy storage projects across England.
Posted: 25/09/2024
Great British Energy will be headquartered in Aberdeen, the Government has finally confirmed.
Posted: 25/09/2024
A new Government consultation will investigate introducing regulations for third-party services in the energy retail market to protect consumers and businesses.
Posted: 25/09/2024
Research from ReLondon, Valpak and WRAP shows that the packaging being used in London has a carbon footprint equivalent to half of the capital’s transport emissions.
Posted: 25/09/2024
Of the record 473GW added in 2023, 81 per cent of newly commissioned, utility-scale renewable projects had lower costs than their fossil fuel-fired alternatives. As such, renewables remain competitive despite fossil fuel prices returning closer to historical cost levels, concludes Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2023, released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Posted: 25/09/2024
The energy investment arm of transport operator FirstGroup is investing in KleanDrive, a specialist in the conversion of heavy vehicles to electric power.
Posted: 25/09/2024
Octopus Energy has announced a target to deliver 100,000 ‘Zero Bills’ homes by 2030.
Posted: 23/09/2024
Despite the recent headwinds to EV adoption, a new survey found just under 1 in 5 (19 per cent) commercial landlords surveyed currently offer public EV charging in 31-40 per cent of their spaces. However, 94 per cent of commercial landlords surveyed in the East of England said they plan to continue offering EV charging points over the next 1-2 years, demonstrating a strong regional commitment to supporting the transition to EVs.
Posted: 23/09/2024
ING, the Dutch bank, has published its fifth climate Progress update, announcing it will stop providing new financing for new LNG export terminals after 2025, immediately stop financing pure-play upstream oil and gas companies that continue to develop new fields, and strengthen its oversight of client’s climate transition plans, including ending business relations with clients that do not develop such plans.
Posted: 20/09/2024
The Solar for Schools Community Benefit Society (CBS), an organisation that funds solar installations on schools, has received a £3m loan from Triodos Bank UK to help it grow its network of solar-powered schools across the country.
Posted: 20/09/2024
The EU BEV market share is down by almost one third as the market continues to shrink, with Germany experiencing a fall of nearly 70 per cent.
Posted: 19/09/2024
EDF is giving away free electricity for customers who sign up to its Sunday Saver challenge as a reward for using less electricity during peak times.
Posted: 19/09/2024
UK-based OX Delivers, makers of an electric truck for the Global south, has outlined plans to almost double its workforce.
Posted: 19/09/2024
The UK needs to increase the delivery of renewable technology to hit 2030 targets amid concerns over supply chain.
Posted: 19/09/2024
The UK's last remaining coal-fired power station will be decommissioned in the coming weeks.
Posted: 18/09/2024
The inaugural UK Net-Zero Business Census has found that over a third (40 per cent) consider net-zero as a high or very high priority, and 73 per cent a priority in the medium-term.
Posted: 18/09/2024
Despite renewable energy now accounting for 30 per cent of global electricity, increasing the share of renewables is not enough to shift the energy system away from fossil fuels, and according to REN21's latest report there is an urgent need for improvements in grid distribution, energy storage, and system flexibility to handle the variability of wind and solar power.
Posted: 17/09/2024
Electric cars (BEV) should reach between 20-24 per cent market share in 2025, according to Transport & Environment (T&E) modelling based on sales in the first half of this year and sales forecasts.
Posted: 17/09/2024
Ruth Todd CBE will join Rolls-Royce SMR as operations and supply chain director. Todd is tasked with an immediate focus on the industrialisation and scale up of small modular reactors (SMR).
Posted: 17/09/2024
Supermarket Swegreen, is using hydroponics and vertical farming to grow produce locally. In fact, very locally, as in in-store.
Posted: 16/09/2024
The UK's first new coal mine in three decades has been blocked by the High Court.
Posted: 16/09/2024
Global oil demand growth is down sharply this year from the rates seen in recent years an IEA analysis shows.
Posted: 16/09/2024
BP and Iberdrola have made a final investment decision for a 50:50 joint venture to develop a 25MW green hydrogen project.
Posted: 13/09/2024
In addition to existing issues, climate change and an aging population will push the UK’s debt to three times its current level.
Posted: 13/09/2024
SSE Renewables is estimated to have contributed over £2bn to the UK and Irish economies over its last financial year and supported 16,000 green jobs, analysis by PwC finds.
Posted: 12/09/2024
Car design has gone through several iterations. First there was the chassis, then the monocoque using the body as a structural element. In the 1960s Colin Chapman popularised the engine as a structural member in racing cars. Now, with the event of EVs Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden is proposing using the battery as the major structural element.
Posted: 12/09/2024
Nearly a third or 30 per cent of the biggest corporate emitters have long-term (2050) climate targets aligned with 1.5C. That is according to the State of Transition Report 2024 analysis published by the Transition Pathway Initiative Centre (TPI Centre) based at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Posted: 11/09/2024
Plans for the UK’s largest biochar production facility in Royal Wootton Basset, Wiltshire have been announced by A Healthier Earth.
Posted: 11/09/2024
The Ministry of Defence has been trialling hydrogen fuelled charging facilities to power its electric vehicle fleet.
Posted: 10/09/2024
Provisional data from Defra suggests England set for historically poor harvest, as industry forecasts indicate the rest of Britain in a similar position.
Posted: 10/09/2024
The North Sea oil and gas industry made further progress on its transition to net-zero by cutting production emissions 4 per cent last year, contributing to an overall reduction of 28 per cent between 2018 and 2023.
Posted: 10/09/2024
Swedish battery developer Northvolt is to scale back its ambitions as part of its strategic review. Reflecting a challenging macroeconomic environment the company will focus on a nearer timeline and a “resizing” of its workforce.
Posted: 10/09/2024
Mario Draghi has made a few hard truths in his assessment of the EU’s economic prowess, and in turn its ability to tackle climate change.
Posted: 10/09/2024
The Secretary of State has granted development consent for the Cottam Solar Project, a proposed new solar and energy storage project that would cross the county border between Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.
Posted: 09/09/2024
With EVs hitting a high-water mark of 23 per cent of new UK sales, it might be worth pondering exactly why this progress has been made ahead of some major economies, especially as the UK does not have access to raw materials that some have.
Posted: 09/09/2024
BMW and Toyota are expanding collaboration in the field of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV), with BMW launching a series-production hydrogen car in 2028.
Posted: 06/09/2024
CCS Europe has written an angry response to American NGO Oil Change International for condemning CCUS.
Posted: 06/09/2024
Finland is installing the world’s largest air-to-water heat pump for Helsinki’s district heating, aiming to reduce CO2 emissions by 26,000 tonnes annually.
Posted: 05/09/2024
Volvo halted its plans to be an electric only manufacturer by 2030 citing a shift in global markets.
Posted: 05/09/2024
Sales of EVs reached 23 per cent of new vehicle market share in August, meaning manufacturers exceeded this month’s zero emission vehicle (ZEV) target - according to NGO New AutoMotive’s latest Electric Car Count.
Posted: 04/09/2024
On the roof of a factory in Oxford, a white object resembling the centre of the Tardis gazes out on the city. The UK’s first “motionless” wind energy system will serve as a testbed for the technology, assessing how it might be used to support energy efficiency across sites worldwide.
Posted: 04/09/2024
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has announced seven projects to support rapid development of Earth observation instruments monitoring the climate and marine environment.
Posted: 03/09/2024
The sixth renewables auction has delivered a new record of 131 energy projects, a major advance on the 2023 round that failed to secure any.
Posted: 03/09/2024
The new 55MW Slough Multifuel plant will divert waste away from landfill and convert it into energy. The facility in Slough has been developed by SSE Thermal and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and has entered commercial operations ahead of schedule.(Picture credit: Hitachi Zosen Inova.)
Posted: 02/09/2024
We’re a little late on reporting this, but Ember’s figures on the biggest UK emitters is worth the read.
Posted: 02/09/2024
Polling of petrol and diesel car drivers by YouGov for the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has found a ‘poor’ level of knowledge of electric cars.
Posted: 02/09/2024
A report by RenewableUK shows that the UK’s pipeline of onshore wind projects at all stage of development (operational, under construction, consented, in planning and pre-planning) has grown by 4.2GW since last September, from 38.5GW to 42.7GW.
Posted: 02/09/2024
The UK has hit a milestone 30GW of wind generation capacity with the opening of SSE Renewables’ Viking Wind Farm on the Shetland Islands (see story) adding 443MW of capacity.
Posted: 29/08/2024
The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero has designated the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) as the counterparty for carbon transport and storage revenue support contracts.
Posted: 29/08/2024
The UK’s most productive onshore wind farm and 260km subsea transmission link have been completed in Shetland.
Posted: 29/08/2024
The Government wants more money, but where does it come from? The oft suggested rise in capital gains tax (CGT) seems a favourite given the rhetoric, but could it actually stall the Party’s pledge of green investment? The Telegraph has reported that Stefano Sommadossi, chief executive of NatPower UK and pictured, thinks so.
Posted: 28/08/2024
Equinor has signed a contract with Eidesvik Offshore for the conversion of the Viking Energy supply vessel to ammonia operation for use in 2026. (Picture credit: Peter Tubaas / Equinor.)
Posted: 28/08/2024
DNV Energy Industry Insights 2024: Leading a Data-Driven Transition, makes the case that digitalisation is directly linked to efficiency and climate protection, giving such initiatives the same urgent priority as the decarbonisation.
Posted: 27/08/2024
A new method for extracting lithium from saltwater could solve lithium supply chain issues, making lithium cheaper to produce and far more widely available.
Posted: 27/08/2024
An agroforestry initiative aims to support Sainsbury’s farmers and growers to enable new farming practices and support a positive impact on the environment.
Posted: 27/08/2024
Brian Deese, a senior advisor to the White House, has argued that a renewable energy version of the post-World War Two Marshall Plan could encourage the financial heft required to reach net-zero.
Posted: 27/08/2024
Giving it nearly nearly 850,000 connected public car chargers, Octopus Electroverse’s ‘one card, one app’ has now been integrated with 950 charge point brands, including InstaVolt, Osprey, IONITY, MFG, ChargePlace Scotland, as well as Aral pulse, TotalEnergies, Powerdot and Free To X.
Posted: 27/08/2024
Chris Davies, director of Carbon Capture & Storage Europe (CCS Europe), is making a rallying cry to promote extensive carbon capture and storage deployment ahead of the EU’s appointment of its Commissioners.
Posted: 23/08/2024
Okay, so perhaps not a frenzy, but renewable power supplier Good Energy is doubling its solar export payments, and this may create something of a step change to feed-in tariffs
Posted: 23/08/2024
In an open letter more than 40 organisations said the confirmed increase to the Energy Profits Levy (EPL) to 78 per cent, the removal of the investment allowance and a reduction in capital allowances risks thousands of jobs, and the companies critical to the UK Government’s industrial strategy and progress towards its net-zero targets.
Posted: 22/08/2024
Polling conducted by YouGov for the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has found the Government’s recent clean energy announcements have struck a chord with the public.
Posted: 22/08/2024
Caffè Nero has become Octopus Energy’s biggest business customer, switching 630 stores in the UK to the ‘Electric Match’ tariff.
Posted: 22/08/2024
The Prime Minister and Welsh First Minister have outlined plans to make the UK as energy “superpower” by investing the sector.
Posted: 21/08/2024
Latest data from MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) reveals that the UK has now reached 250,000 certified heat pump installations.
Posted: 21/08/2024
A giant 3D, giant pink cat hologram will watch commuters at London Waterloo as the Recycle Your Electricals campaign encourages recycling of electricals ahead of October’s International E-Waste Day (14th October.)
Posted: 20/08/2024
A partnership between RepAir Carbon and C-Questra carbon tech startups could give France the first onshore Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) plant of its kind in the EU.
Posted: 20/08/2024
The US is to agree to the global treaty for a reduction in plastic production, according to Reuters.
Posted: 20/08/2024
Polling conducted for think tank Onward shows that more drivers are eager to make the switch from ICE to EV.
Posted: 20/08/2024
An expert commission has been created to review the impacts of the gas crisis and pathways to net-zero.
Posted: 19/08/2024
Insurance broker Marsh is launching an insurance solution specifically designed for the transportation and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).
Posted: 19/08/2024
Keltbray’s Infrastructure Services Limited (KISL) an energy and transport specialist has been acquired by EMK Capital in a drive for growth for an undisclosed sum.
Posted: 19/08/2024
The latest (July 2024) Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) shows that the UK now has over 11,000 renewable electricity projects of over 150kW progressing in the planning system and construction (shown on the map).
Posted: 16/08/2024
Ørsted has scrapped its plans for making e-fuels citing a slower than expected market development.
Posted: 15/08/2024
The race for faster charging EVs in on, and Chinese maker Zeekr is claiming pole position.
Posted: 14/08/24
Banks have promised much in terms of environmental action, but there lurks a suspicion that not all are really trying that hard. Research by the WRI’s Financial Institutions Net Zero Tracker has assessed their work as a whole.
Posted: 14/08/2024
NatWest has executed a £1.1bn own-asset securitisation deal with funding from Nuveen Infrastructure and Christofferson Robb and Company to derisk its renewable lending portfolio and increase available capital for lending to the renewable energy and energy transition sectors.
Posted: 14/08/2024
The number of blue light vehicles (police, fire and ambulance) powered by electric has more than doubled in the last three years.
Posted: 14/08/2024
SSEN Distribution is unlocking greater volume across its networks following the adoption of the ElectronConnect platform, with the first in a new season of flexibility auctions also starting.
Posted: 13/08/2024
Six in ten Britons support GB Energy in principle, with the public highly supportive of expanding renewable energy production.
Posted: 13/08/2024
The world is getting hotter, on land and sea. Both the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have recorded new records for July.
Posted: 13/08/2024
A £3.4bn funding package has been awarded to build a new subsea and underground 500km cable between Scotland and Yorkshire.
Posted: 13/08/2024
M&S Food is the first retailer to move single and twin garlic baguettes into paper packaging. It might not seem significant, but the change is expected to remove 5.5 million units of plastic from the business every year.
Posted: 12/08/2024
ESG rating agencies may face regulation as the Government seeks to tighten the current voluntary code of conduct.
Posted: 12/08/2024
Ocado Retail is the first major supermarket to pilot a reusable packaging scheme in an effort to reduce the use of single-use packaging.
Posted: 09/08/2024
Polling by Opinium Research, commissioned by RenewableUK, shows that the majority of people want new clean energy projects to go ahead where they have local support and would be frustrated if new wind and solar farms were blocked by a small number of objectors.
Posted: 09/08/2024
The UK’s used car market has grown 7.2 per cent in the second quarter, marking sixth successive quarter of growth, driven by used battery electric vehicles recording their highest ever market share at 2.4 per cent, as sales soar 52.6 per cent.
Posted: 09/08/2024
Communicating climate commitments was identified as a key way for insurers to appeal to potential new Gen Z recruits, amid a perceived “talent shortage crisis” in the industry. This is amongst the views held by the Chartered Insurance Institute’s New Generation Underwriting group.
Posted: 06/08/2024
Marine consultancy firm, Van Ameyde Marine, has welcomed the Government’s £1.5 billion funding pledge for clean energy at a “pivotal moment” in the country's transition to renewable energy.
Posted: 01/08/2024
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is publishing four technical outputs as an early step in the process for the revision of the SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard and will decide next year on whether carbon offsetting can be increased.
Posted: 31/07/2024
Climate solutions provider 3Degrees has announced that Microsoft will purchase over 80,000 metric tons of carbon removals from Western Rivers Conservancy's Blue Creek Improved Forest Management Project located in Northern California.
Posted: 31/07/2024
The Government has announced a budget of over £1.5bn for the sixth renewable auction (Contracts for Difference scheme) that provides developers with initial subsidies for clean electricity projects.
Posted: 31/07/2024
ScottishPower continues its £12bn investment programme through to 2028 as it deliveres a £1bn boost for the energy supply chain and over £1.1bn in investment in the first six months of 2024.
Posted: 30/07/2024
Air New Zealand is abandoning its 2030 science-based carbon target and withdrawing from the Science Based Targets initiative.
Posted: 30/07/2024
Ofgem has confirmed Elexon as market facilitator for local energy flexibility with a “mission is to spearhead and enable” greater flexible energy use across electricity distribution networks.
Posted: 30/07/2024
Lamborghini has recorded its best-ever results for deliveries, revenues, and operating income as the company nears its transition to a hybrid and electric brand.
Posted: 29/07/2024
West Berkshire Council is one of the first UK councils to offer a through-pavement system for charging electric vehicles on the street.
Posted: 29/07/2024
Ed Miliband has appointed Juergen Maier CBE as chair of the newly formed Great British Energy vehicle.
Posted: 26/07/2024
Climate change is causing a dramatic increase in the frequency of temperature extremes and number of temperature records the UK experiences.
Posted: 25/07/2024
The Government has announced its first major partnership between the freshly minted state owned Great British Energy and The Crown Estate.
Posted: 25/07/2024
King Charles III is on a mission to curtail and reduce carbon emissions from Royal activities, emissions that have been slowly rising over the last year.
Posted: 25/07/2024
Scotland’s statutory body for consumers has launched an investigation into consume protections in the market for energy efficiency and low carbon heating products.
Posted: 24/07/2024
Barclays has released a new paper detailing of how the company believes that the new Government can unlock financing for scaling next generation climate tech companies.
Posted: 24/07/2024
Global EV sales have recorded the best ever Q2, with sales up nearly a fifth (19 per cent) on the first quarter of 2024, according to data from New AutoMotive’s Global Electric Vehicle Tracker (GEVT).
Posted: 24/07/2024
Agratas, Tata’s gigafactory company, has selected Sir Robert McAlpine to create the facility, near Bridgwater in Somerset
Posted: 23/07/2024
The Association of British Insurers (ABI), the insurers body, has set out potential areas for investment, including a significant number of green projects.
Posted: 23/07/2024
The UK’s emissions are now less than half the levels they were in 1990. This is largely due to the phase out of coal and the ramping up of renewable, with the CCC saying: “This project has been a huge success.”
Posted: 23/07/2024
Montel Gorup’s Quarterly Review of GB Electricity Market Q2 2024 shows that gas-fired generation output was very low at 13.4TWh, the lowest quarterly aggregate of CCGT generation output in its 20-year data series. Average demand declined this quarter to reach around 23.5GW, the lowest for any Q2 since the first lockdown in 2020, in part due to milder weather particularly in May and late June.
Posted: 22/07/2024
The IEA sees world’s demand for electricity rising at its fastest rate in years, driven by steady economic growth, intense heatwaves and increasing uptake of technologies that run on electricity, such as EVs and heat pumps, but at the same time, renewables continue their rapid ascent, with solar PV on course to set new records.
Posted: 22/07/2024
New analysis shows that emissions reductions for farming and land use in England are off track or going backwards.
Posted: 22/07/2024
The US now has nearly 9,000 public charging stations, with 704 new, public fast-charging stations switched on in the second quarter, an increase of 9 per cent in three months, according to a Bloomberg Green analysis of Department of Energy data.
Posted: 19/07/2024
The Government has launched its Onshore Wind Industry Taskforce, with a remit to double onshore wind deployment by 2030.
Posted: 19/07/2024
Integrals Power has started production of high-performance Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) and Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate (LMFP) cathode active materials at its new UK pilot plant.
Posted: 19/07/2024
Within days of winning the election, the Labour Party has started to accelerate solar installations.
Posted: 16/07/2024
Data from ElectraLink shows that in the first six months of 2024 more than double the number of switches in H1 2022 and over 40 percent more than H1 2023 as changes of supplier (CoS) were made.
Posted: 18/07/2024
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has published a Green Physician Toolkit to support doctors to play their part in tackling the climate crisis.
Posted: 18/07/2024
The Renewable Energy Statistics 2024 released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows that despite renewables becoming the fastest growing source of power, the world risks missing the tripling renewables target pledged at COP28. To stay the course, the world will now have to grow renewables capacity at a minimum 16.4 per cent rate annually through 2030.
Posted: 18/07/2024
PepsiCo Europe has entered a long-term partnership to provide farmers with crop nutrition programmes to help decarbonise the food value chain.
Posted: 17/07/2024
IHG Hotels & Resorts has launched a Low Carbon Pioneers programme, to bring together energy efficient hotels that have no fossil fuels combusted on-site.
Posted: 17/07/2024
The King’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament sets out the new government’s agenda, and right off we are being informed that Labour will create a long promised Great British Energy.
Posted: 17/07/2024
British smart home energy technology manufacturer myenergi has switched the energy supply of its operations to Good Energy, using renewable electricity in an hourly matching service.
Posted: 16/07/2024
EVs rose to 19 per cent of the UK new car market in June and have now increased their share of the new car market for four consecutive months.
Posted: 16/07/2024
A New Coalition for Negative Emissions study that shows that negative emissions solutions including BECCS, DACS and NCS can each provide at least 1Gt of sustainable negative emissions, and that as 1Gt of negative emissions are needed globally by 2025, keeping global warming within the Paris Agreement target of 1.5C cannot be achieved without them.
Posted: 16/07/2024
Broadband network company, Openreach, has formed a partnership with education charity, IntoUniversity, to offer disadvantaged young people career opportunities in the telecoms sector. Under the initiative, individuals aged 12 to 18 have this week been competing in Dragons Den-style exercises to develop their teamwork, communication and leadership skills.
Posted: 12/07/2024
Clean technology company, Altilium, and energy storage systems developer, Connected Energy, have joined forces to explore ways of extending the life of electric vehicle batteries. Under the agreement, the two organisations will work to develop sustainable and environmentally responsible business models for the repurposing and recycling of EV batteries.
Posted: 11/07/2024
Loss adjuster, Sedgwick, has this week launched a sustainable damage management solution for the UK market. Following a scientific assessment of damage extent, recovery options prioritise sustainability, including a greater emphasis on restoration, more energy-efficient drying, the use of resilient repair materials and the repurposing and recycling of waste streams.
Posted: 10/07/2024
Corporates have reported that their Scope 3 supply chain emissions were, on average, 26 times greater than their emissions from direct operations (Scopes 1 and 2) last year, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group and CDP. It found that upstream emissions from the manufacturing, retail and materials sectors had a footprint 1.4 times the total CO2 emitted in the EU in 2022.
Posted: 09/07/2024
The first of its kind green hydrogen plant, combining four different sectors: electricity, transport, heating and hydrogen, has been constructed in Finland.
Posted: 04/07/2024
The widely anticipated levy on Chinese EVs been enacted by the EU, with raised tariffs being imposed to protect the EU's manufacturers and combat what the EU sees as state subsidies.
Posted: 04/07/2024
Dr Luiz Amaral (pictured) will step down from his role as CEO as Jenny Ehr, currently chief legal officer, will step in as interim CEO at SBTi.
Posted: 03/07/2024
The European Climate Neutrality Observatory’s latest analysis shows promising developments across 13 building blocks of a climate neutral society but warns speed of progress to climate neutrality still needs to accelerate.
Posted: 03/07/2024
EV charging tariff are beginning to move. At the end of June EDF launched what it claimed was the cheapest EV tariff, meanwhile a new fixed EV tariff from Good Energy comes with Zapmap Premium included.
Posted: 03/07/2024
Meeting global goals will require a substantial increase in capital investment in the energy sector. But who is making investments in energy today, and who is financing these investments?
Posted: 02/07/2024
The US Supreme Court has issued an opinion that overturns the longstanding legal principle of Chevron deference.
Posted: 02/07/2024
An International Maritime Organization (IMO) ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil (HFO) by Arctic shipping came into force on 1 July.
Posted: 01/07/2024
In the first half of 2024, renewables made up more than half of all electric power generation in Europe while nuclear provided a stable share of 24 per cent according to latest figures from Eurelectric’s electricity data platform.
Posted: 01/07/2024
Nyobolt has demonstrated the successful charging of a EV battery from 10 per cent to 80 per cent four minutes and 37 seconds.
Posted: 28/06/2024
Eight out of the ten largest EV markets experience growth in year to May with only Germany and Sweden falling behind.
Posted: 28/06/2024
The Supreme Court has passed judgment that could have profound implications for new fossil fuel projects.
Posted: 27/06/2024
France recently published the results of its 250MW floating offshore wind auction off South Brittany (AO5), scoring a record-low price for floating offshore wind at €86/MWh and well below the €140/MWh ceiling price.
Posted: 27/06/2024
TagEnergy’s Golden Plains Wind Farm in Victoria has moved closer to operation and becoming the largest wind farm in the Southern Hemisphere at 1.3TW.
Posted: 27/06/2024
US-based EV truck maker Rivian and Volkswagen (VW) have announced their intention to form a joint venture to create next-generation electrical architecture and best-in-class software technology.
Posted: 26/06/2024
A study from Voxeurop and European Investigative Collaborations shows that companies engaged in oil extraction, car manufacturing and fashion are some of the biggest recipients from EU green funds.
Posted: 26/06/2024
Glastonbury Festival will again see a bright pink wind turbine, nicknamed Gusty Spinfield, help power the Williams Green area for food traders and bars.
Posted: 26/06/2024
E.ON and Australian real estate developer Lendlease have signed an agreement to build a low-carbon energy network for more than 6,000 new homes and business properties at Silvertown in London.
Posted: 25/06/2024
In an interview in the Sunday Telegraph, shadow energy secretary Ed Miliband hinted at the course a Labour government would take on energy policy.
Posted: 25/06/2024
The risk of solar and wind turbine fires, combined with the growth of co-located energy storage, has created a potentially worrying cocktail of hazards.
Posted: 24/06/2024
Ferrari, the name evokes large V12s, red flashes of speed, unreliability and dubious sporting tactics, but electric? Well not really.
Posted: 24/06/2024
By 2030, with faster trends in renewables and even without new oil and gas licences, a household with energy efficiency at EPC C, an electric heat pump and an electric vehicle will cut primary energy imports by 80 per cent.
Posted: 21/06/2024
Octopus Energy will repay the Government £3bn for the funds it received for the takeover of Bulb.
Posted: 21/06/2024
An Energy Institute Statistical Review reveals that energy use is at all time highs, with coal and oil pushing fossil fuels and their emissions to record levels and China’s per capita consumption overtaking Europe for the first time.
Posted: 20/06/2024
Despite last year’s $1.8tr in clean energy investment, investment still remains below what is needed to meet the COP28 target of tripling renewable capacity by 2030, according to the latest EY Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI 63).
Posted: 19/06/2024
DNV forecast that by 2050, wind and solar will supply almost 70 per cent of the world’s electricity. By then, global electricity consumption will have doubled compared to today. This significant increase in variable renewables will present many challenges and create new market dynamics for grids worldwide.
Posted: 19/06/2024
The Government shelved plans for a “hydrogen town” pilot project in May, which aimed to test hydrogen use in residential heating and cooking for 10,000 homes. The primary reason cited for this decision was the lack of a main hydrogen supply.
Posted: 19/06/2024
Octopus Energy has made its first investment in US renewables with the target of investing $2bn in generation projects by 2030.
Posted: 19/06/2024
A Stanford University is working on liquids for energy storage.
Posted: 18/06/2024
SolarPower Europe’s annual Global Market Outlook for Solar Power 2024-2028 reveals that, in 2023, global solar yearly installations grew by 87 per cent on the previous year, adding 447GW of new solar to the world’s total solar capacity to 1.6TW.
Posted: 18/06/2024
RenewableUK is reporting the growth of global offshore wind capacity by 21 per cent over the last 12 months, from 61.5GW a year ago to 75GW today.
Posted: 17/06/2024
Headline capacities at offshore wind farms make the cost of delays substantially higher than a decade ago and slimmer margins in today’s economic environment mean delays can make the difference between profit and loss up and down the supply chain.
Posted: 17/06/2024
Tual is opening its new commercial headquarters at Bicester Motion in Oxfordshire to help grow its electrification of commercial vehicles.
Posted: 17/06/2024
UN climate talks in Bonn have ended with limited progress on finance.
Posted: 14/06/2024
Two months after the European court of Human Rights found the Swiss state had breached article eight of the European Convention on Human Rights, by not guaranteeing the “right to respect for private and family life”, by failure to set or reach environmental targets, the Swiss government has said it will not comply with the ruling.
Posted: 13/06/2024
Osprey Charging and NewRiver who own and manage a portfolio of community shopping centres and retail parks across the UK, have announced a partnership to expand EV charging points.
Posted: 13/06/2024
The EC’s investigation into chinse state subsidies for its EV production has provisionally concluded that electric vehicle value chains do unfairly benefit.
Posted: 13/06/2024
The National Grid ESO will pay UK households who turn down their electricity at any time of the year, not just winter, in a revolutionary change for the UK energy system.
Posted: 13/06/2024
Whilst remaining committed to delivering net zero by 2050, and rather pointedly reminding the public of quite how far the country has tilted to renewables with half of electricity from renewables sources compared to seven per cent when they took office, the new manifesto is a definite hybrid vehicle.
Posted: 13/06/2024
Swedish company Berg Propulsion has won a contract for hybrid propulsion on three wind-assisted Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) ro-ro vessels.
Posted: 12/06/2024
Westwood’s recent Floating Wind Survey shows that recent market upheaval, caused primarily by cost inflation, together with the subsequent re-focusing of developer strategies, means that many offshore wind targets are now likely to be missed.
Posted: 12/06/2024
A virtual Earth modelling initiative to better understand changing climate and extreme weather events has been launched.
Posted: 12/06/2024
Boston College analysis has shown that global nitrous oxide emissions grew by 40 per cent between 1980 and 2020.
Posted: 12/06/2024
UK Power Networks (UKPN) has created an API bridge to help low carbon electricity customers get connected faster.
Posted: 11/06/2024
Collectively, the green parties across the EU have suffered the biggest loses in the recent European Parliament elections as the political pendulum swings to the right.
Posted: 11/06/2024
New analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has found that the rise in British renewables will play a much larger role in bolstering the UK’s energy security than potential new domestic oil and gas production.
Posted: 10/06/2024
Climeworks’ has revealed its Generation 3 technology at its fifth annual summit, predicting that that direct air capture could follow the same scale-up and cost-reduction path as solar energy.
Posted: 10/06/2024
The first power has been produced at Viking Wind Farm on Shetland, which once fully operational will be the UK’s ‘most productive onshore’ wind farm.
Posted: 10/06/2024
A coalition of major brands including B&Q, Barratt Developments, Starbucks, TSB and Unilever is supporting the development of Home Advantage, a series of trials to encourage homeowners on sustainability.
Posted: 06/06/2024
Since 2019, global EV sales have rapidly grown from 1.6 million to 9.6 million cars in 2023, or around 15 per cent of the global market.
Posted: 06/06/2024
Global spending on clean energy technologies and infrastructure is on track to hit $2tr in 2024 even with higher financing costs.
Posted: 06/06/2024
The ITV general election leaders’ debate was sparky, at points aggressive, and as expected left no clear idea of what an incoming Labour government might do. You guess that Labour feels it is doing enough by ‘just not being the Tories’, and it may be, but it leaves some big questions over green policies.
Posted: 05/06/2024
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an Italian scheme to support a total of 4590MW of new capacity for electricity production from renewable energy sources.
Posted: 05/06/2024
Vattenfall is highlighting the potential increases to grid connections, pointing out that earlier this year, NGED, the DNO which manages electricity distribution in the South Midlands, Wales and the Southwest of the UK, published the statement saying the charging method for larger connections will changing from 1 April 2024 with customers seeking quotations for connections greater than 250kVa at high voltage required to pay for them when they are issued.
Posted: 05/06/2024
The Telegraph is reporting that Stellantis and Mercedes are putting their gigafactory ambitions on hold as EV sales slow.
Posted: 05/06/2024
The leap in solar power during 2023 has been attributed to the rise of China’s solar industry, but Ember analysis has revealed a more nuanced picture.
Posted: 04/05/2024
National Grid is starting work on a new 275kV substation that will connect Sunderland’s new gigafactories into the electricity transmission network.
Posted: 04/05/2024
EDF has now migrated over five million meter points in the UK onto Octopus’s Kraken platform, and building on this a broader partnership including Accenture will support organisations, scale the Kraken technology and deliver customer services globally.
Posted: 03/05/2024
A new polling by YouGov for the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has found many MPs are at odds with the British public over the shape of the UK’s energy security and MPs also significantly underestimate support for solar and wind farms.
Posted: 03/06/2024
The UK needs to more than double its current rate of installing electric vehicle (EV) charge points to meet the 2030 target of 300,000 units.
Posted: 31/05/24
UK-based flood science specialist JBA Risk Management is partnering with Oxford University to study the impacts of climate extremes on infrastructure networks. The Oxford Programme for Sustainable Infrastructure Systems, led by Jim Hall, will be provided with access to JBA’s global flood maps and event sets to help generate new insights into present day and future infrastructure risks.
Posted: 30/05/2024
The first ever UK trial to replace a diesel engine with a battery on an intercity train is underway.
Posted: 29/05/2024
Planned renewable energy projects are being hindered due to problems accessing the electricity grid, a new report published by the Environmental Audit Committee has found.
Projects are facing obstacles including slow connections, limited capacity, inappropriate planning regulations and market uncertainty.
Projects are facing obstacles including slow connections, limited capacity, inappropriate planning regulations and market uncertainty.
Posted: 29/05/2024
A study published today by the Lord Mayor of London and the Royal Society of Chemistry suggests that global temperatures are on track to increase by over 3 degrees by 2100. The paper calculates the amount of carbon dioxide generated by burning the world’s current reserves, and finds that it exceeds the recommendations by the IPCC by 5 to 10 times.
Posted: 28/05/2024
Industry leaders from wind, oil and gas sectors have come together to prototype an ‘energy skills passport’ to recognise expertise and training across the energy sector to help workers in oil and gas transition into renewable sectors.
Posted: 23/05/24
Concrete has long been a major contributor of carbon, but researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a method to produce very low-emission concrete at scale.
Posted: 23/05/2024
The unprecedentedly wet winter, coming at the end of the wettest 18 months in the UK since records began in 1836, has had a significant impact on farmers’ cropping plans, with wet weather in the autumn preventing the drilling of winter crops, and ongoing wet weather in February and March preventing the drilling of spring crops.
Posted: 23/05/2024
April was a record-breaking month for electricity with a low carbon record at 21gCO2/kWh on 5 April, another low carbon record at 19gCO2/kWh on 15 April and a share of fossil fuels in the generation mix hitting a record low of 2.4 per cent on 15 April.
Posted: 23/05/2024
The Government has announced that it has decided that surplus greenhouse gas emissions over the last five years (under the third carbon budget) will not be carried forward into the next carbon budget, which follows the advice of the independent Climate Change Committee.
Posted: 22/05/2024
Wylfa in Anglesey is the Government's preferred site for a large-scale gigawatt nuclear power plant.
Posted: 22/05/2024
Nearly one in five shareholders at the Shell AGM have protested its stance on climate targets, urging the company to align with the Paris Agreement.
Posted: 22/05/2024
Ofwat has published its second public consultation on a five-year £100m Water Efficiency Fund (WEF) to find ways to help people reduce their water usage.
Posted: 21/05/2014
A new scheme is offering Uber drivers in London an incentive to switch to electric transport with up to £5,000 of grants for EVs.
Posted: 21/05/2014
A new report by Robert Gordon University (RGU) has revealed that the UK will fail to achieve a ‘just and fair’ transition by 2030 unless there is urgent alignment across the political spectrum to sustain UK offshore energy industry jobs, supply chain investments and the economic contribution of the workforce.
Posted: 21/05/2014
Unite, the union which represents members in the offshore oil industry, has launched an extensive campaign to ensure that a future Labour government drops its planned ban on blocking new licenses for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea, until a genuine programme for the just transition of work is operational.
Posted: 21/05/2014
A planned fifth hydro project proposed at Loch Ness is going before public consultation, as Glen Earrach Energy's (GEE) pumped storage hydro project seeks permission in the Loch Ness area.
Posted: 20/05/2024
Delays to auction schemes across key EU offshore wind markets are increasing competition among developers, leading to an ‘arms-race’ of the most prepared to meet the goals of the EU 2030 Agenda.
Posted: 20/05/2024
Plunge Pricing has been adopted by Octopus for first time on the public EV charging network, building on the domestic experience with the Agile Octopus smart tariff.
Posted: 20/05/2024
Honda is planning to invest approximately £60bn in EV production as it gambles on a future “period of full-fledged popularisation of EVs” in 2030.
Posted: 17/05/2024
Tetra Pak’s new Approach to Nature framework on nature loss and enhancing water security aims to manage the impacts of the company’s value chain on nature and to support the restoration of ecosystems.
Posted: 16/05/2024
With only a handful of CCS projects being operational or under construction, there is an urgent need to ensure that CCS becomes a reality in Europe, and as of today, no CO2 at all is being captured for permanent storage within the EU.
Posted: 16/05/2024
A guerrilla billboarding action across UK is targeting Shell in the run up to its AGM. (Artwork by Michelle Tylicki, Credit: Brandalism.)
Posted: 16/05/2024
Volklec, a new Coventry-based manufacturing business making batteries for electric vehicles, has been launched.
Posted: 15/05/2024
Three Japanese companies and Drax Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the world’s first biomass-fuelled ship (bioship) and the technology that could power it.
Posted: 15/05/2024
The US has quadrupled tariffs on Chinese EVs, along with extra tariffs on solar panels, steel, rare minerals and other goods.
Posted: 15/05/2024
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) notes that “since AR5 [the fifth assessment report of 2014] there is increased evidence that climate hazards associated with extreme events and variability act as direct drivers of involuntary migration and displacement and as indirect drivers through deteriorating climate-sensitive livelihoods”.
Posted: 14/05/2024
The Ocean 14 Capital Fund I, focusing on the marine ‘blue economy’, has announced it has closed on €201m to fund sustainable solutions to improve ocean health.
Posted: 14/05/2024
The UK can become an early mover in the deployment of zero emission fuel according new report published by UMAS, an independent maritime and energy decarbonisation consultancy, and Arup.
Posted: 13/05/2024
On Wednesday 15 May the Manchester Stop EACOP (East African Crude Oil Pipeline) coalition will be holding a peaceful protest during the largest insurance event of the year, the BIBA Conference in the Manchester.
Posted: 13/05/2024
Pepsico’s hsas announced its first net-zero plant in Spain, calling it a “big milestone” in its PepsiCoPositive programme.
Posted: 13/05/2024
Waitrose is committing in its support to its British farmers as they move to nature-friendly farming practices, helping to boost financial resilience of farms in the long-term and combat the effects of climate change.
Posted: 13/05/2024
Onshoring the EV supply chain to Europe would cut the emissions of producing a battery by 37 per cent compared to a China-controlled supply chain, according to new analysis by Transport & Environment (T&E).
Posted: 13/05/2024
Sky has signed a 10-year agreement with Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust to receive renewable energy from the Crossdykes Wind Farm in Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Posted: 13/05/2024
The Green Finance Institute (GFI) is establishing a mortgage training programme to drive the greening of the built environment.
Posted: 09/05/2024
Greenpeace Canada has accused Shell’s flagship carbon capture project of making over $145m by selling emissions credits for reductions that never happened.
Posted: 09/05/2024
The largest direct air capture and storage (DAC+S) plant currently in existence, the Mammoth in Iceland, has started operations. It is the second commercial DAC+S facility of Climeworks and is about ten times bigger than its predecessor plant, Orca.
Posted: 09/05/2024
Renewables generated a record 30 per cent of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind, and combined with nuclear, the world generated almost 40 per cent of its electricity from low-carbon sources. (Picture credit: SSE.)
Posted: 08/05/2024
Octopus Energy has reached a new valuation of $9bn as existing shareholders Generation Investment Management and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) increase their stakes in the business.
Posted: 08/05/2024
Microsoft has signed a contract with Stockholm Exergi covering 3.33 million tonnes of permanent carbon removals from bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) at Värtan, Stockholm.
Posted: 07/05/2024
A new study has revealed for the first time the vital role CO2 plays in determining the lifespan of airborne viruses, namely SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.(picture credit:Allen Haddrell).
Posted: 07/05/2024
A new type of porous material that can store carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases has been developed by a team of scientists jointly led by Heriot-Watt University.
Posted: 07/05/2024
Battery electric vehicle (BEV) made up 16.9 per cent of the new car market in April, But the rise was sustained entirely by business buyers, as private retail demand dropped by five per cent.
Posted: 07/05/2024
Chinese battery maker CATL has unveiled its Shenxing PLUS, the first LFP battery that can achieve a range above 1,000km with 4C superfast charging.
Posted: 07/05/2024
The current climate action plan is unlawful, the High Court has ruled.
Posted: 03/05/2024
Lithium-ion batteries prices have fallen 90 per cent since 2010 and seen higher energy densities and longer lifetimes according to an IEA report.
Posted: 03/05/2024
British Gas has built on its partnership with Toyota with HomeCharge, a domestic wallbox chargepoint designed exclusively for Toyota electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Posted: 03/05/2024
The UK pipeline of battery projects has increased by two-thirds in the last year, going from 57.1GW to 95.6GW.
Posted: 02/05/2024
Brookfield will deliver 10.5 GW and SSE Renewables and FuturEnergy Ireland will add 30MW.
Posted: 02/05/2024
Detailed in its first sustainability report, its “quest” is to power its trains using 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030.
Posted: 02/05/2024
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for urgent action to deepen the understanding on the formation and climate impact of aviation contrails to develop effective mitigation measures.
Posted: 01/05/2024
Overall, it looks like good news: the G7 countries have agreed to phase out coal before 2035, but, as always, the Devil is in the detail.
Posted: 01/05/2024
SSE has acquired a fully consented battery storage project near Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, from Heron Energy.
Posted: 01/05/2024
A major scheme to unlock capacity for new energy generation has seen almost 1GW of projects accept fast-track offers to connect to the electricity network.
Posted: 01/05/2024
Pity the EU, it has, on the one had and as reported yesterday, a series of farmers’ protests on the restrictive nature of the Common Agricultural Policy, including its ‘green’ measures, and on the other now faces legal action if it tries to ‘water down’ these laws.
Posted: 30/04/2024
Octopus has gained more than 1.9 million customers since Q1 2023, reaching a market share of 22 per cent with 6.8 million households now served by the company.
Posted: 29/04/2024
The EU Solar Charter was signed at meeting of 23 EU energy ministers and around 100 solar sector representatives, committing governments and the sector to support EU solar manufacturing.
Posted: 29/04/2024
Protests by farmers across the EU are congealing into more focussed political action, with agendas to end what they see as excessive green policies, prioritise products produced in Europe and reduce import trade agreements including grain from Ukraine.
Posted: 29/04/2024
Earlier this month the KSTAR fusion reactor broke its previous record and successfully sustained the plasma with ion temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius for 48 seconds.
Posted: 26/04/2024
Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf did the inevitable yesterday and told the Scottish Greens that he was ending their power-sharing deal, demonstrating the ‘realpolitik’ of renewable policy.
Posted: 26/04/2024
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has created the Forum for Insurance Transition to Net Zero (FIT).
Posted: 25/04/2024
Following the UK, which left earlier this year along with France, Spain and the Netherlands, the EU has finally accepted that it cannot agree on modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty, and MEPs have given their consent to leave it.
Posted: 25/04/2024
MEPs have adopted new EU rules to tackle constantly growing packaging waste.
Posted: 25/04/2024
Climate activists interrupted Abrdn’s AGM, demanding the asset manager end investment in coal, oil, and gas, and oututside the meeting in Edinburgh, protesters staged a dance routine set and unfurled banners reading ‘abrdoomed.’
Posted: 25/04/2024
Floating offshore wind farms could be faster to build following an investment by Octopus Energy’s generation arm into Ocergy.
Posted: 25/04/2024
The Green Volt wind farm off the coast of Aberdeenshire has been granted offshore planning approval.
Posted: 25/04/2024
Tesla’s profits have halved as the car maker sees increased competition and falling volumes. In return the company is gearing up to launch new models, reduce headcount and cut prices on existing lines.
Posted: 24/04/2024
The industrial sector, responsible for 25-30 per cent of global CO2 emissions, has moved from the slow lane of decarbonation to a full-on green transition.
Posted: 24/04/2024
The Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) was founded in 2021with 43 founding signatory banks committed to bringing down all emissions related to their lending and investment portfolios to net-zero by 2050.
Posted: 24/04/2024
A “staggering” number of workers, amounting to more than 70 per cent of the global workforce, are likely to be exposed to climate-change-related health hazards, and existing occupational safety and health (OSH) protections are struggling to keep up with the resulting risks, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Posted: 23/04/2024
Only 14 per cent of professionals in the UK think their employer is doing enough to help combat climate change.
Posted: 23/04/2024
Ripple has announced that the Whitelaw Brae wind farm will be built Scottish Borders moorland, around 15 km north of Moffat, close to Tweedsmuir. It is set to be the largest people-owned green energy project in the UK with the potential to save typical households 1,434 kg CO₂ annually, once operation begins in late 2026.
Posted: 23/04/2024
The global electric car fleet is continuing to grow strongly, with sales set to reach 17 million this year, despite some near-term challenges in some markets.
Posted: 23/04/2024
Only two-fifths of the world’s largest 100 private firms (40) have net-zero targets, compared with 70 of the largest 100 publicly owned peers, according to Net Zero Tracker (NZT).
Posted: 22/04/2024
M&S is embarking on a major drive to give pre-loved clothing a second life, with a free postal donation service.
Posted: 22/04/2024
Queen's University is looking at recycling waste energy from high-performance computing (HPC) to heat hospitals, homes and schools.
Posted: 22/04/2024
Labour, should it be elected, plans to upgrade of Britain’s ports with a £1.8 billion investment as part of its proposed Green Prosperity Plan.
Posted: 20/04/2024
Analysis of UK aviation emissions by Transport & Environment (T&E) has found that aviation emissions are on track to return to pre-pandemic levels. Many budget airlines are now emitting more than they ever have and 32 Mt of CO2 was emitted. Compared to 2022, the number of flights increased by 16 per cent and the number of emissions from those flights rose by 23 per cent.
Posted: 22/04/2024
Unilever has long been the standard-bearer for caring corporate culture, but Hein Schumacher, Unilever CEO, is now looking to “focus”.
Posted: 22/04/2024
Port Talbot has recently been boosted by the Government's Department of Energy Security and Net Zero decision to advance the Future Port Talbot Programme to the Primary List phase of the Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme (FLOWMIS), and a visit from Maritime Minister, Lord Davies. Now it has appointed property consultancy Knight Frank as joint marketing agents for its five ports in South Wales.
Posted: 19/04/2024
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is looking to strength regulation on climate-related financial risks.
Posted: 19/04/2024
After first quarter results, Tesla has shown a decline in the number of vehicles, in part owing to greater competition and a slowing of demand for EVs. Although the company itself ascribed the fall as being due to “the early phase of the production ramp of the updated Model 3 … and factory shutdowns resulting from shipping diversions caused by the Red Sea conflict and an arson attack at Gigafactory Berlin.”
Posted: 18/04/2024
RenewableUK, the Offshore Wind Industry Council, The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland have published a detailed Industrial Growth Plan, setting out how to triple offshore wind manufacturing capacity over the next ten years, firmly establishing the UK as a leader the global market.
Posted: 18/04/2024
The interim target of reducing emissions by 75 percent by 2030 has been abandoned by the Scottish Government.
Posted: 18/04/2024
SSE Renewables has announced its principal contractor and battery supplier for its largest 320MW battery storage project at Monk Fryston, North Yorkshire.
Posted: 17/04/2024
The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), the business group devoted to pricing and trading greenhouse gas reductions, has unveiled its Guidelines for High Integrity Use of Carbon Credits, setting out clear guidance on how corporate buyers should consider their use of carbon credits to progress towards the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Posted: 17/04/2024
Octopus Energy Group with Energisa Group are to progress te development of green renewables across Brazil.
Posted: 17/04/2024
Okay, to be frank, I’ve never had much time for the B Corp tag in the UK. In the US it makes more sense, but you have to say it has caught on and brings with it at least the intent to greater sustainability, and that is hard to argue with.
Posted: 16/04/2024
Northumberland County Council’s cabinet is consider the Northumberland Energy Park (NEP3) land site in Cambois for a new ‘hyperscale Datacentre campus’.
Posted: 16/04/2024
Hydrogen has been used to refuel and power critical parts of EasyJet’s ground operation at Bristol Airport, the first airport trial of its kind at a major UK airport.
Posted: 16/04/2024
Sixty NGOs have signed an open letter calling on banks and investors to stop participating in bonds issued by TotalEnergies.
Posted: 15/04/2024
SSE’s first battery energy storage system (BESS) project at Salisbury in Wiltshire is now fully operational. The 50MW/100MWh BESS project is now trading in the wholesale energy market following the completion last week of final energisation tests at the site.
Posted: 15/04/2024
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