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More than half of the UK’s electricity needs should be supplied from wind power by 2030, according to a radical new decarbonisation plan drawn up for the Labour Party. The 30 by 2030 report stops short of committing to net-zero by 2030 but does set a target of 90 per cent of non-transport electricity demand being met from renewable and low-carbon sources.
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Analysis carried out by the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) industry’s trade association, and shown exclusively to Utility Week, has put forward a series of suggestions to tackle the decarbonisation of the UK’s 1.5 million rural off-grid homes
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid has been urged to provide stop gap funding to support the rollout of biomethane plants when the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme expires in 2021.
A landmark report by the National Infrastructure Commission into the future of utilities regulation leaves Ofgem and Ofwat off the lead – for now.
The technology is available now to run the electricity grid without carbon emissions, the director of the National Grid’s Electricity System Operator has said.
This week’s Queen’s Speech marked the first point when the government could start backing up its environmental rhetoric with legislation, says David Blackman
The committee, which the government has described as the first of its kind, will bring together key ministers to hold departments to account for their actions to combat climate change and co-ordinate efforts to cut emissions and improve air quality.
The chair of the government’s National Infrastructure Commission has said he is fed up with “warm words” from ministers. Sir John Armitt said the government had accepted 42 of the 45 recommendations issued by the arms-length advisory body since its establishment four years ago, but only delivered ten to date
Speaking at the BEIS select committee the secretary of state said the long-awaited document would focus on the decarbonisation of the power, heat and transport sectors.
However, renewables campaigners expressed disappointment about the lack of a mention for the already delayed energy white paper in the Queen’s Speech.
