Bioenergy

Utilities 2020: The year ahead for energy and water

Utility of the Future: Can water reach net zero by 2030?

Urgent action needed as low-carbon generation stutters

Growth in low-carbon electricity generation stalled in 2019 despite almost a fourfold year-on-year increase in coal-free days. The figures have sparked calls for the government to go beyond its commitment to offshore wind and support other forms of renewables.

Drax aims to become ‘carbon negative’ by 2030

Plaid Cymru wants £15bn for green growth in Wales

Plaid Cymru has called on the UK government to allocate an additional one per cent of GDP to invest in green infrastructure over the next decade and to establish an energy agency for Wales. The Brexit Party has also set out its stall on green issues.

Polls show support for rapid net-zero journey, but confusion on the best path

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

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.

Drax appoints biomass advisory board

Drax is boosting its sustainability credentials by appointing an independent advisory board to inform its activities on sourcing and using biomass. Chaired by John Beddington, former government Chief Scientific Adviser, the group will make recommendations that minimise impact on forests and biodiversity

Renewable power overtakes fossil fuels in Q3 2019

A report by Carbon Brief found that electricity generated by renewable sources overtook fossil fuels in Q3 2019, the first time since the Industrial Revolution. Increased wind capacity was largely to thank for the increase.

Renewables investors ‘allowed to speculate at expense of the public’

“You barely have an energy market in this country at all, such is the level of intervention,” a libertarian thinktank has claimed.

Renewable generation record in Q2 2019

BEIS has released statistics on energy generation during the second quarter of 2019 showing more than 30 per cent came from renewables.

Foreign investors in UK renewables ‘spooked by Brexit’

The vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on climate change has said European investors are turning to South America, because they are concerned about the impact of Brexit. However, one of the founders of Octopus Energy said the long-term attraction of UK renewables remained attractive.

Consortium seeks government backing for net-zero industrial hub

Calls to double bioenergy use by 2032