Policy

Red-letter day spells disaster for the poorest households

Defra demands 80% CSO cut by 2050

Financial innovation framework needed for energy efficiency

Whitehall energy policy bandwidth ‘at 30 year’ low

The government’s energy policy making bandwidth has “never been smaller” in the last 30 years and the UK needs a national transmission plan, according to a former senior official.

Desire to cut Russian gas use spurs heat pump appetite

A third of people say they would be more likely to get an electric heat pump in order to help insulate the UK from Russian interference in the gas market, according to a new poll. This proportion rises to 49% among those living in those homes, which are ready to install a heat pump because they are  sufficiently well insulated.

OEP ‘keenly interested’ in agricultural polluters

MPs urge ‘robust’ monitoring of bio-energy CCS plants

‘Water efficiency needs a seat at the big table’

DfT moots minimum number of chargepoints for fuel stations

Octopus submits plan to slash onshore wind development time

The time it takes to plan and build onshore wind farms could be slashed from nearly a decade to less than a year, Octopus has told the government. The supplier blames the bulk of the delay in commissioning projects on securing planning consents and grid connections.

Energy efficiency installs double compared to pre-pandemic

Sunak axes VAT on retrofits but offers no new relief on bills

Offshore wind pipeline now stands at 86GW

The evolution of water customer engagement

Gas crisis, price crisis, climate crisis