Policy

Industrial decarbonisation projects awarded £171m

‘Heat pumps will never be as cheap as gas boilers’

Integrated North Sea power grid could save up to £70bn

A year of Keeping Us Connected

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.

Water efficiency will be central to PR24

Tensions exposed between levelling up and climate fight

Cabinet climate committee has met just once

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.

Target needed to boost community ownership of renewables

The government should set a target for one-third of all new onshore renewables to be in community ownership, the IPPR thinktank has urged.

Charity launches emergency heat fund for off-grid homes

CBI: Tax system should reward firms for going green

COP expert urges UK to aim for net zero by 2042

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.

REA calls for new support mechanism for long-duration energy storage

No time to waste on securing net zero investment

Major utilities backer warns Ofgem ‘investments must be profitable’

Fairness in utilities: The implications of public purpose