Carbon capture and storage

SNP calls for free national energy switching service

Greens see no role for gas in heating overhaul

Wind power would provide around 70 per cent of the UK’s electricity needs by 2030, the Green Party has pledged in its manifesto which also sees no need for any form of gas when heating is being replaced.

ENA calls for mandatory hydrogen boilers

The Energy Networks Association has urged the next government to commit to immediate action on boosting the amount of green gas on the network. The ENA has published its manifesto on the same day the CBI issued its own wishlist.

Renewables investors must up their game

The renewable energy market is evolving, and investors and asset managers must adapt, says Alex Brierley, co-head of Octopus Renewables.

Conservatives pledge 40GW from offshore wind by 2030

Boris Johnson has announced that the Conservatives will accelerate the roll out of offshore wind power and electric vehicles charging points if the party wins next month’s general election.

Green Party pledges 100,000 green homes a year

The Green Party has unveiled a £100 billion per annum to achieve a carbon neutral Britain by the end of the next decade.

Plans for zero-carbon industrial hub fleshed out in new roadmap

Competitions to create low-carbon industrial hubs kick off

Labour net-zero blueprint calls for 9,000 new wind turbines by 2030

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.

Compliance via the cloud

Legislation is changing energy generation, but the legal knowledge to accompany this is poor. Software can help suppliers to navigate regulatory complexity with clarity and certainty.

CCC: UK could face civil unrest over net-zero costs

The UK government should look to the ‘gilet jaunes’ movement in France as evidence of the importance of a fair distribution of costs when setting decarbonisation polices, Lord Deben has warned. He also announced the Committee of Climate Change is bringing forward its sixth carbon budget by three months

Armitt: Government is not addressing key net-zero targets

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

Tories’ pathway to net-zero starts to emerge

Labour’s 2030 net-zero target ‘unrealistic’

From climate crisis to coal-face: Why the UNGA matters