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Bevan: The ‘main thing’ is the climate emergency

Approaching the climate emergency in the “right way” will help business thrive and secure a more prosperous future for all, according to the head of the Environment Agency, who warned that “doing it the wrong way will be catastrophic”. Chief executive James Bevan said putting climate change ahead of other business concerns is essential to tackling the crisis.

6 years ago

Flexible energy firms laud Ofgem’s net zero action plan

6 years ago

Industry faces ‘major challenge’ to hit 40GW offshore wind by 2030

Analysis by Aurora Energy Research has set out the scale of the challenge in reaching the government’s target of 40GW of offshore wind by the end of the decade, with an estimated cost of £48 billion - double the amount invested in the sector during the 2010s.

6 years ago

Who will get burnt in the Boris bonfire?

The new prime minister’s unassailable hold over parliament and his party is likely to pave the way for a dramatic policy overhaul. An impending reshuffle - which could spell the end of BEIS - will be followed by a flagship Budget, where the government could unleash a torrent of infrastructure spending. David Blackman examines where decarbonisation is likely to sit within these plans and how the sector may be affected.

6 years ago

Target to end coal power brought forward

The government has pledged to eliminate coal power generation from the grid by 2024 – a year earlier than previously planned. Boris Johnson has also confirmed plans to bring forward the ban on petrol and diesel cars – including hybrids – by five years, to 2035. David Blackman looks at the figures behind the plans and gauges industry reaction.

6 years ago

Onshore windfarms win first Capacity Market contracts

6 years ago

Ousted COP26 president says PM doesn’t understand climate change

Claire O’Neill has hit back at the prime minister and his civil servants over what she claimed was inaction around the UN climate change summit, to be held in Glasgow this November. She said she “could not stand by and see this extraordinary opportunity fail for lack of any leadership”.

6 years ago

Steps to speed sustainability

Organisations that do not embed a sustainable strategy will lose out, according to Gillian Huart, of Engie Impact

6 years ago

EDF’s Heysham 2 reactor is shutdown for £25m maintenance

6 years ago

Weekend press round-up: Sale of petrol and diesel cars to be banned five years earlier

Reports on the fall-out of the sacking of Claire Perry O’Neill as COP26 chair and government plans to accelerate the EV rollout featured in this weekend’s papers. There is also a profile of the local grid project while Scottish Water’s CEO gives his view on how the industry should respond to the challenges of climate change.

6 years ago

Ofgem to launch net-zero innovation fund

6 years ago

SSE gives go-ahead to subsidy-free windfarm extension

6 years ago

Regional growth and utilities: Power to the regions

6 years ago

Tory opposition to onshore wind “thawing”

Voter concern about climate change is impacting on Conservative thinking, a leading Tory environmentalist has suggested. However, translating this into an overturning of the existing block on onshore wind farms will still be “really tricky”.

6 years ago

Let’s build a distributive energy system that works for everyone

We can’t afford to keep supporting slow and expensive nuclear technology when there are better, quicker and cheaper alternatives that will ultimately benefit consumers, says Good Energy's Kit Dixon

6 years ago

Trading places – energy co-operation in a post-Brexit world

6 years ago

Utilities 2020: The year ahead for energy and water

6 years ago

Drax hits back over judicial review into gas turbine plans

The project to replace two coal units at Drax’s north Yorkshire plant are now subject to a judicial review. The company has insisted that the project will “help the UK on its path to net zero by 2050”

6 years ago

Pipeline of ‘shovel-ready’ onshore wind and solar projects passes 6GW

6 years ago

How will the Huawei decision affect utilities?

The government has banned Huawei from providing 5G equipment for nuclear power stations as part of a wider crackdown on the Chinese telecommunications giant.

6 years ago