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Who is Anne Marie Trevelyan?

Utility Week profiles the new energy minister, who was once described as a “prominent anti-wind turbine campaigner.

Kwarteng replaces Sharma as BEIS secretary

Kwasi Kwarteng has been promoted to secretary of state for the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy after Alok Sharma quit the role to oversee the COP26 climate change summit full time. Kwarteng will be replaced as minister of state for energy and climate change by Anne-Marie Trevelyan.

WPD calls for overhaul of energy efficiency data

The data used to help rate the energy efficiency of new homes, which is nearly a decade old, must be updated to spur the installation of heat pumps, Western Power Distribution has urged.

Concern over slow pace of GHG

Policy calendar for 2021

What the Brexit deal means for energy

The trade deal agreed between the UK and the European Union set out plans for a new forum to co-ordinate offshore renewable energy development in the North Sea and the temporary continuation of existing interconnector energy trading arrangements. Utility Week explores these and other key points for the utilities sector.

Part-built projects could be locked out of CfD

The government is exploring moves to exclude partially built renewables projects from competing for support through the Contracts for Difference (CfD) system

Low-carbon generation dipped in Q3

Supply chain overhaul needed to hit heat pump target

Treasury says emerging low-carbon tech likely to need state support

The government may need to provide “more direct support” for testbed low-carbon technologies, according to the Treasury’s interim Net Zero Review. The report says the government will also need to consider how to recoup lost tax revenues on the consumption of fossil fuels and from emissions-intensive industries, including the move from petrol to electric vehicles.