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The next Labour manifesto will include a commitment to decarbonise the UK's electricity supply by 2030, according to the shadow energy minister.
The Duchy of Cornwall and the Office of the Prince of Wales will receive the UK's first Green Gas Certificates tonight.
"Horrendous" and inconsistent grid connection fees are a major obstacle to major electricity users developing their own renewable projects, according to members of the Major Energy Users' Council at a recent meeting in London.
Renewable gas will be available to buy via the grid in the next two or three years, experts say.
Plans for an 18km barrage across the Severn Estuary lack detail, MPs have said.
The government is offering local communities greater incentives to host onshore windfarms, as well as giving them more power to block the developments.
EDF Energy has signed two labour relations agreements with trade unions and a major contractor for the proposed new nuclear reactor at Hinkley Point.
The European Commission has given China a last chance to act on alleged dumping of cheap solar panels before it brings in punitive import tariffs.
Households close to new onshore windfarms are set to get up to a 20 per cent discount off their electricity bills.
Welsh Water is to up its renewable energy generation to 100GWh in 2020 from 40GWh now, as part of a £2 billion programme of investment.
The government has cut subsidy levels for mid-scale biomass heating after spending exceeded its target by 70 per cent.
EDF's Torness nuclear power station is coming back online after seaweed shut off two reactors late last week.
Overzealous interpretation of EU state aid policy has left UK community energy schemes that are dependent on FIT revenues high and dry, say Simon Steeden and Sarah Payne
A majority of EU member states are fighting a plan for punitive import levies on Chinese solar panels, following outcry from installers.
