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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.

5 years ago

ESO launches first ever tender for inertia

5 years ago

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.

5 years ago

Weekend press round-up: Corbyn promises £250bn green upgrade to UK homes

Jeremy Corbyn promises a £250 billion green upgrade to the UK’s housing; Boris Johnson abandons government support for fracking; and sewage spills put swimmers at risk – all in this weekend’s press round-up.

5 years ago

The return of the capacity market

6 years ago

Chancellor urged to hold firm on carbon pricing

6 years ago

Deferred capacity market charges due in November

6 years ago

European Commission has ‘caved’ to industry pressure

6 years ago

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.

6 years ago

Solutions to decarbonising off-grid homes put forward

Analysis carried out by the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) industry’s trade association, and shown exclusively to Utility Week, has put forward a series of suggestions to tackle the decarbonisation of the UK’s 1.5 million rural off-grid homes

6 years ago

Political decisions ‘hampering competition’ in renewables

The UK has been warned against “putting all of its eggs in the offshore wind basket”. The lead author of the International Energy Agency's Renewables 2019 report talks to Utility Week about the UK's "unique" approach and the obstacles to speeding up deployment of green energy.

6 years ago

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.

6 years ago

ClientEarth mulling legal challenge to consent for gas turbines at Drax

6 years ago

Ofgem to remove trading obligation for incumbent suppliers

6 years ago

Nuisance tripping problem taking too long to solve

6 years ago

Waste heat from water treatment to warm low-carbon greenhouses in East Anglia

Construction is about to begin on two pioneering low-carbon greenhouses in Norfolk and Suffolk that will be kept warm with waste heat recovered from nearby water treatment facilities operated by Anglian Water using the biggest heat pumps ever deployed in the UK.

6 years ago

Cottam coal plant shuts down

6 years ago

‘Bigger than Brexit’: Is Labour’s net-zero plan viable?

6 years ago

Tories pledge energy efficiency drive, EV boost and fusion by 2040

A new Future Homes Standard is to be introduced from 2025, aimed at meeting “world-leading energy efficiency standards”, the Conservatives have announced. The party has also pledged to invest up to £1 billion in green growth in the automotive industry and to develop a fusion plant by 2040.

6 years ago

Sembcorp combines energy businesses under one brand

6 years ago