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CCC calls for government-wide net-zero test to end ‘mixed signals’

All government policy should be subject to a net-zero test to help minimise the kind of confused messages created by the ongoing row over plans for a new coal mine, a senior Climate Change Committee director (CCC) has urged.

3 years ago

Biogas producer reveals plans for 25 new plants with CCS

3 years ago

Britain on track for first periods of zero-carbon power in 2025

3 years ago

Solar developer Anesco acquired by joint venture

3 years ago

Weekend press round-up: EDF warning of plant closures limits Britain’s nuclear options

In our latest review of sector coverage in the national newspapers, EDF admits that more nuclear power plants are at risk of early closure. Meanwhile, there is a report on the investment boom in energy technology companies and suggestions that sewage is being discharged into rivers at a scale at least 10 times greater than Environment Agency prosecutions indicate.

3 years ago

RWE begins construction for Sofia offshore windfarm

3 years ago

Interconnectors – a vital link in the renewables chain

3 years ago

Drax signs deal with Mitsubishi for carbon capture technology

3 years ago

Centralised approach to heat decarbonisation will deter innovation

3 years ago

Carbon MOTs could help solve domestic heat decarbonisation

3 years ago

Turning off nuclear is a climate disaster

3 years ago

EDF will not re-start Dungeness B

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How can utilities accelerate the UK’s journey to net zero?

3 years ago

Change to network charges threaten water firms’ renewable plans

Proposed changes to network charges threaten to undermine plans by water companies to generate renewable power on their sites in efforts to become net zero by 2030. Utility Week speaks to senior figures at companies including Anglian Water and United Utilities about the impact of Ofgem's plans on their decarbonisation ambitions.

3 years ago

Sturgeon grilled on stalled launch of public energy agency

3 years ago

Challenge and change at the Utility Week Future Networks Conference

3 years ago

So Energy unveils solar storage solution

3 years ago

Countdown to COP: Unleashing local net zero ambitions

Date: 29/06/2021 11:00 am

Weekend press round-up: Water retailers face collapse due to unpaid bills

In our review of sector coverage in the national newspapers over the bank holiday weekend, there are warnings water retailers have been pushed to the brink by the impact of Covid. Meanwhile, there are calls for public subsidies to support the decarbonisation of heat and a plea for plain English to be used in utility bills.

3 years ago

Guaranteeing 24/7 clean power

3 years ago