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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.
6 years ago
Using excess electricity generated by wind to manufacture hydrogen could currently only provide enough fuel to replace a tiny fraction of the natural gas used in domestic heating, a new report has warned.
The government has asked the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) to explore how the UK’s climate change targets should be strengthened in order to meet the Paris climate change agreement.
The chief executive of multi-utility company Ervia has revealed the company is rolling out a “major investment” programme to address deficiencies in infrastructure following the summer heatwave.
“Our purpose is changing the way energy is generated, supplied and used for a better future”
Ironically, the steps the Government is proposing to take in relation to modern RHI-eligible boilers
At least two CCS (carbon capture storage) plants should be up and running by the mid-2020s, the government has been told by the force that it established to spur the development of the technology.
It’s once again the time of year when National Grid gazes deep into its crystal
One of the UK’s leading energy academics has cast doubt on whether carbon capture and storage (CCS) can be relied upon to facilitate the mass conversion of the heating system to hydrogen.
The government should agree support for only one more new nuclear power station before 2025, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has advised.
By backing the conversion of natural gas to hydrogen the government could be in “danger” of supporting technologies that make “minimal or no contributions” to the UK’s climate change objectives, a new cross-party inquiry has warned.
Switching over the gas network to hydrogen and other green gases could start immediately, Labour’s
"On the surface, Defra seem to be saying that biomass burning has air quality issues"
Summit Power said its Caledonia Clean Energy Project could be built as soon as the early 2020s with a strike price of just £80 to £90/MWh (2012) over a 20-year contract.
To casual observers, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been in danger of becoming the
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee has announced an inquiry into efforts to kickstart carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS).
Drax has announced plans to trial carbon capture and storage (CCS) on one of the three biomass units at its power station in Yorkshire.
South West Water has been awarded £2 million from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for a three-year project to restore peatland on the South West’s moors.
7 years ago
The UK is unlikely to need any new baseload gas generation to fill the gap left by the planned closure of coal plants, WWF and Sandbag have claimed in a new report.
The role of gas in the UK’s future power mix is set to rise to more than 50 per cent in under 10 years, according to BMI Research of ratings agency Fitch Group.