Policy

Deferred capacity market charges due in November

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.

European Commission has ‘caved’ to industry pressure

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.

Capacity Market to return after European Commission gives approval

The European Commission has approved the Capacity Market after an eight-month investigation, saying it complies with EU State Aid rules and is necessary to guarantee security of electricity supply in the UK

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

Government to remove planning threshold for electricity storage

National support for AD is ‘critical’

Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid has been urged to provide stop gap funding to support the rollout of biomethane plants when the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme expires in 2021.

Government must not hamper ‘aggressive’ local net zero plans

Decisions on decarbonisation should be made by local communities instead of a “one size fits

Watchdogs live to bare their teeth again

A landmark report by the National Infrastructure Commission into the future of utilities regulation leaves Ofgem and Ofwat off the lead – for now.

Utility Week Congress 2019 report: The heat of the debate

A thank you letter to Extinction Rebellion

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.

CCC: UK could face civil unrest over net-zero costs

The UK government should look to the ‘gilet jaunes’ movement in France as evidence of the importance of a fair distribution of costs when setting decarbonisation polices, Lord Deben has warned. He also announced the Committee of Climate Change is bringing forward its sixth carbon budget by three months