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Philip Hammond calls for review of utility regulation

UK joins worldwide coalition for ‘net zero’ emissions target

Theresa May has signed up the UK to the coalition of nations working to support the Paris Agreement’s goal to eradicate net carbon emissions by 2050.

Renewables’ share of electricity generation record high in Q2

The contribution of renewables to electricity generation hit a new record peak in the second quarter of this year as solar power picked up the slack resulting from the summer "wind drought", new official statistics show.

Electricity generation costs could rise by 15% without nuclear

Wylfa nuclear site will be ‘considerably cheaper’ than Hinkley

Leon Flexman, corporate affairs director at Hitachi-backed Horizon Nuclear Power said that cost reductions in the Wylfa project are having a knock-on impact on the strike price, the guaranteed floor for the sum it will be paid for generating electricity.

‘Perverse’ price cap outcome could increase bills for poorest

The poorest customers could end up paying more for their energy bills following the introduction of the government’s price cap, Alan Whitehead has warned.

Political Agenda: “The environment is one topic that unites Labour”

However the environment is one topic that unites Labour’s fractured tribes. The party’s environmentalists rallied

Corbyn pledges ‘green jobs revolution’ to reduce emissions

In his keynote speech at the Labour annual conference today (26 September), the opposition leader said the investment required to deliver the party’s goal to achieve a 60 per cent cut in emissions by 2030 will create more than 400,000 skilled jobs.

Whitehead: Full electrification of domestic heating a ‘fantasy’

Speaking in a Labour party conference fringe meeting on the transition to hydrogen, the shadow energy minister said the scale and scope of the UK’s embedded gas infrastructure ruled out a wholesale switchover to electric heating.

Labour pledges to cut emissions to ‘net zero’ by 2050

Labour has pledged to cut emissions to "net zero" by 2050 with new targets to dramatically increase the amount of wind power generation and eliminate fuel poverty.