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The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has updated on its own performance towards reducing greenhouse emissions. Defra had set itself a target of reducing its overall GHG emissions by 50% by 2025 (from a 2017/ 18 baseline). According to the department’s annual Greening Government Commitments performance update, as of the end of March 2023 levels had reduced by 30%.
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Ofgem has appointed five new non-executive directors to bolster its board. The appointments include former employees of the likes of Ofwat, Thames Water and Drax, as well as an ex-government adviser and a former member of the European Parliament.
A Labour government would hand greater powers to the Future Systems Operator (FSO) and give its public-owned GB Energy company scope to be lead investor on projects, Alan Whitehead has revealed. In a fringe meeting at the Labour Party Conference, the shadow energy security minister fleshed out the opposition’s reformation plans for the sector while ruling out nationalisation.
Ofgem has awarded 36 network-led projects a combined £16 million through its Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF). The projects are broadly split into four categories: supporting a just energy transition, preparing for a net zero power system, improving energy system resilience and robustness and accelerating decarbonisation of major energy demands.
National Gas Transmission (NGT) is set to receive an additional £17.35 million to help manage and reduce methane emissions from the National Transmission System (NTS). The additional funding will support projects designed to capture methane emissions arising from pipeline inspection works and compressor station depressurisations as well as reduce methane emissions from compressor venting. NGT had requested an additional £29.91 million to fund several small net zero related projects under the RIIO-2 Net Zero Pre-Construction and Small Projects re-opener mechanism. However, in its minded-to position Ofgem has ruled that the amount of funding that will be made available will be some £12.56 million less than NGT had asked for.
