Low-carbon generation

Armitt: ‘Now is not the time for caution’

The chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission talks to Denise Chevin about the risk-averse culture of government, why onshore wind should get more support and his views on renationalisation.

The Climate Emergency:“… this year the answers are different.”

Speaking at the Royal Holloway's Gordon Manley lecture on climate, Sir James Bevan says answers must change as fast as the problems. Although we may not know them yet but they will be different to last year.

Regulatory shake-up needed to hit net-zero

Securing renewable assets

Time to make our case for the climate

Until recently, the climate change message was a study in reasoned, intellectual persuasion but over the past few months the mood music has changed. Suzanne Heneghan discusses how the sector can cut through the acrimony and noise.

Labour net-zero blueprint calls for 9,000 new wind turbines by 2030

More than half of the UK’s electricity needs should be supplied from wind power by 2030, according to a radical new decarbonisation plan drawn up for the Labour Party. The 30 by 2030 report stops short of committing to net-zero by 2030 but does set a target of 90 per cent of non-transport electricity demand being met from renewable and low-carbon sources.

Solutions to decarbonising off-grid homes put forward

Analysis carried out by the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) industry’s trade association, and shown exclusively to Utility Week, has put forward a series of suggestions to tackle the decarbonisation of the UK’s 1.5 million rural off-grid homes

Expert view: Collaborate to innovate: why the client-supplier partnership is key to industry advances

Utility Week Congress 2019 report: The heat of the debate

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.

Ovo acquires stake in renewable energy marketplace

Ovo has made a series of investments since Mitsubishi acquired a 20% stake in February. As part of this deal, Steven Ackroyd, Ovo’s director of business development, will be appointed to the board of the digital marketplace.

ESO sees pathway to carbon-free grid

The technology is available now to run the electricity grid without carbon emissions, the director of the National Grid’s Electricity System Operator has said.

SSEN launches ‘urgent review’, as Ofgem refuses £258m of funding

The energy regulator has turned down a series of projects from electricity distribution network companies, totalling £258 million. However, it has approved £64 million for other projects.

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

Tidal stream energy project marks point of maturity for the sector

A collaborative project between groups in the UK and France will see tidal stream turbines installed across the Channel, could "herald a point of maturity for the sector". Work is expected to be completed by 2023 at the five turbine sites with the option to increase capacity to 8MW and the ultimate potential for several GW across the Channel.