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Whitby hydrogen village trial rejected

ESO calls for faster decision on future of heat

CCC boss casts doubt on 600,000 heat pump target

It is “hard to see” how the ninefold increase required to meet the government’s 2028 target of 600,000 heat pump installations can be achieved, the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) head of net zero has warned. David Joffe said government is “doing the right things but not necessarily with sufficient urgency”.

Labour spending boost to benefit community power projects

Transport, school buildings and community power projects are some of the areas that could benefit from Labour’s plans to increase net zero investment, Ed Miliband has revealed. The shadow energy secretary of state outlined how the opposition plans to spend its plans to boost net zero investment to £28 billion during the next Parliament, at a net zero conference in London this week.

Industrial sites back hydrogen conversion

ECO scheme ‘beginning to fail’

Heat pump training grants to tackle skills shortage

Weekend press: Thames shareholders to inject £1bn

Axing levy poses ‘existential’ threat to hydrogen sector

The UK’s nascent hydrogen industry is at an "existential moment" and its growth will be undermined if the government abandons plans to introduce a household levy to support the sector’s development, MPs have been warned. In a last-ditch submission to the House of Commons committee scrutinising the Energy Bill, Hydrogen UK chief executive Clare Jackson urges MPs to safeguard the funding mechanism for hydrogen created by the legislation.

Drax and ESO fail to strike deal on coal units returning

More balanced gas and electricity bills ‘essential’

Broadening of industrial energy saving scheme mooted

Firms benefiting from the government’s flagship industrial decarbonisation scheme could be broadened out to include new sectors such as horticulture. The changes will feed into the third phase of the IETF, which provides grants to industries wanting to reduce their carbon footprint by investing in more energy efficient equipment.

Flint: Energy self-rationing must be investigated

Utilita backs clustered heat pump installations to drive down costs

Upgrading homes would slash billions off customer bills

A large-scale drive to upgrade the UK’s energy inefficient homes would slash billions off customer bills. Citizens Advice research claims that upgrading 13 million inefficient homes to EPC C by 2030 would save customers £951 per year per household, totalling a combined £23.8 billion.