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Last year saw a four-year high in the level of home heating and insulations delivered through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) programme, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A greater reliance on electrification of the energy system and a limited rollout of hydrogen and carbon capture infrastructure across the UK will lead to higher emissions from industry by 2050, the government’s industrial decarbonisation strategy has said.
To mark one year since prime minister Boris Johnson urged those who could to begin working from home, Utility Week presents a series of case studies and first-hand accounts from companies working on the frontline to celebrate some of the great work they have done over the past year. Energy networks, water companies and trade bodies come together to reveal how they have been keeping us connected over the last 12 months.
A senior backbench MP has said he is “disturbed” that the Cabinet’s Climate Action Strategy committee has only met once since it was set up nine months ago. Alok Sharma, president of the COP26 summit, responded to Bernard Jenkin's criticisms by insisting that there are plenty of opportunities to input views across government. He also rejected the suggestion that the Treasury is not fully behind COP26.
The government should set a target for one-third of all new onshore renewables to be in community ownership, the IPPR thinktank has urged.
The UK should think about how it can reach net-zero emissions eight years ahead of its existing 2050 target in order to secure competitive advantage, the government’s climate change champion has urged.