Lord Alok Sharma has been appointed chair of the Transition Finance Council and Irem Yerdelen as Deputy Chair.

Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) and RenewableUK, supported by the UK and Scottish governments is launching the first stage of a programme to help workers move around the UK’s energy mix, including oil and gas and offshore wind.

The UK’s first smart electricity substation has been installed in Kent, ready to ‘talk’ to other sites and share power to balance loads peak times and freeing up to 50 per cent of additional capacity when it is safe to do so.

The global economy could face a 50 per cent loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090, unless immediate policy action on risks posed by the climate crisis is taken.

A survey from Vattenfall shows that a majority of the public want climate-friendly lifestyles, but that concerns remain about energy infrastructure.

• Octopus Energy reports over 200,000 homeowners enquired about a heat pump in 2024.
• Miliband states they may not match gas on cost
• 60,000 installations in 2024 according to Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS).
• Government target of 600,000 by 2028 still far off.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has published details of the Nature Restoration Fund, designed to accelerate infrastructure projects and enable developers to meet their environmental obligations faster.

Ørsted is sharing plans for Kingfisher Solar Farm in the East Riding of Yorkshire, which would have a capacity of approximately 320MW.

Donald Trump’s second term starts off with a blitz of executive orders, and climate measures are in the crosshairs.

Octopus has taken 24 per cent market share and serves 7.3 million customers in the UK, only nine years after launching to the market.

Volkswagen is building its green energy portfolio to achieve caron reduction beyond the manufacture of EVs and to support a wider view of sustainability including the use of offsetting ‘grey’ charging.

Jatco, a Japanese powertrains manufacturer, has opened a new factory in the International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP), Sunderland, to supply the nearby Nissan plant.