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Highest number of ‘excellent’ bathing waters recorded by EA

Desalination plants to be online next year in South West

Offshore wind already cheaper than onshore – Shapps

The new business and energy secretary of state has claimed that offshore wind procured through the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction round will be cheaper than equivalent power generated onshore. Grant Shapps made the claim as he was pressed repeatedly to end the confusion surrounding whether government is relaxing planning rules in England for onshore wind.

Hollick demands answers from EA on pollution inspections

DNOs get green light for £22.2bn of investment over ED2

Reservoirs still depleted despite autumn downpours

October saw switching spike

CCW: We must change how people view water

Heat pump scheme take-up ‘lower than anticipated’

Shapps gives green lights to energy bill and Sizewell

The government is resuming work on its delayed energy security bill as part of a package of measures to help implement prime minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge to secure British energy independence. The energy secretary also confirmed the government will provide £700 million worth of backing for EDF’s Sizewell C nuclear plant, enabling Chinese state-backed CGN to be bought out from the project.

Leaky loos cost Anglian £49m

NIC calls for drainage investment to ease surface flooding

Charity warns of ‘unsafe’ PPM installations in disabled households

BEIS awards £33m to long-duration energy storage demos

Shapps signals backdown on wind farm curbs