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CBI: Spending review can kickstart ‘moon-shoot’ net-zero mission

The CBI has urged Rishi Sunak to create new market subsidy regimes to spur the UK’s fledgling CCUS and hydrogen industries. In its submission to the Treasury’s spending review, the employers’ body has included a raft of measures to spur economic growth that also delivers the UK’s net-zero goals

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Greenwashing investigation ‘should include energy retailers’

An investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into misleading claims about eco-friendly products should be broadened to include energy retailers, the chief executive of Good Energy has said. The CMA said its investigation is a response to the growing number of products and services marketed as environmentally friendly, adding that £41 billion was spent on ethical goods and services – almost four times as much as people spent two decades ago.

5 years ago

Carbon emissions projections for 2020s raised

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Onshore wind pipeline passes 30GW

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Scottish Power uses windfarm to restart grid in ‘world first’

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Thinktank calls for authority to oversee offshore development

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BEIS extends planning permission for repowering of Welsh windfarm

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New renewables fund looks to raise £200m with initial public offering

5 years ago

Weekend press round-up: New Sizewell plant looks set for green light

In our latest round-up of sector coverage from the national press, the government looks close to giving the green light to a new nuclear plant at Sizewell in Suffolk; RWE warns that Britain’s bid to power every home with offshore windfarms by 2030 is at risk of being derailed; and the founder of Ovo Energy has spun out a new start-up.

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ESO ends emergency flexibility service

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Chancellor urged to exempt onsite renewables from business rates

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The voices of the future: the next generation of energy leaders

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Scottish government raises offshore wind target to 11GW

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Offshore wind pipeline grows to more than 41GW

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More BEIS staff working on energy efficiency than any type of generation

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Kwarteng extends planning deadline for shelved nuclear project

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Voices of the future: Generation net zero

In the final part of the series, Adam John speaks to the winners of the Young Energy Professionals awards about how their generation considers the net-zero challenge.

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How feasible is Johnson’s green industrial revolution plan?

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‘The current energy system is rigged against low-income households’

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EDF backs carbon tax

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