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'We will be the biggest green energy company in the world': Bankrolled by UAE, Masdar embarks on its 100GW journey
21 January 2022
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16 min read
Global Briefing: Rio Tinto loses lithium mining license in Serbia
Plus EU beats renewables target, Shell faces CCS concerns, New Zealand's first electric ferry and all the top green business news from around the world this week
21 January 2022
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7 min read
'A major boost for Britain': Britishvolt gigafactory project secures government backing
Battery start-up Britishvolt announces it has been awarded an undisclosed sum from the Automotive Transformation Fund in principle, which has helped unlock a further £1.7bn from private investors
21 January 2022
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2 min read
The power skills driving UK business towards net zero
Industry Voice: Green skills must be embedded in organisational culture until a ‘sustainable way of working' is the default, writes Project Management Institute's Ashwini Bakshi
21 January 2022
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3 min read
How caterers can go plant-forward all year round this Veganuary
21 January 2022
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4 min read
Hydrogen to Humber: Equinor unveils offtake agreements for flagship hydrogen project
21 January 2022
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4 min read
UK government rejects plan for Aquind power cable link between France and England
21 January 2022
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3 min read
'Irreparable damage to net zero': Ditching ECO levy would put 30,000 jobs at risk, industry body warns
21 January 2022
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3 min read
UK airports awarded funding to help deliver 'quicker, quieter, and greener' flightpaths
21 January 2022
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3 min read
In-depth
Energy bills crisis: The wretched legacy of David Cameron's decision to 'get rid of the green crap'
Coalition-era cuts to energy efficiency and clean energy programmes could hold crucial lessons for policymakers today as they wrestle with how to respond to soaring gas prices
20 January 2022
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7 min read
The showcase must go on
The BusinessGreen Leaders Awards are back for 2022, at a time when promoting the many strengths of the green economy has never been more important
20 January 2022
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3 min read
An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it
Michael Grubb explores how government can better harness the remarkable innovation that is already underway across the energy sector to deliver on its climate goals
20 January 2022
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3 min read
'Green Cold War': Why insurers and businesses should prepare for net zero geopolitical tensions
Net zero transition will be characterised by competition as much as cooperation, and as such insurers should gear up to underwrite 'systematically important assets' that could be foundation of cooperation between countries, report warns
19 January 2022
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5 min read
Apocalypse maybe: Forget the worst case climate scenarios, the official government risk assessment is plenty scary enough
Policymakers, infrastructure owners, and business leaders are all guilty of failing to take climate resilience seriously enough, and in so doing only increase the likelihood of dystopian worst case scenarios coming to pass
18 January 2022
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8 min read
'It is not woke. It is capitalism': What BlackRock CEO Larry Fink thinks of the net zero transition
Annual letter from boss of world's largest asset manager defends focus on climate action, but campaigners accuse BlackRock of continuing to invest heavily in fossil fuels infrastructure
18 January 2022
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5 min read
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'Start of a new era': Scotwind leases hailed as one the 'biggest ever steps towards net zero'
17 January 2022
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5 min read
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SSE snaps up first UK solar project
20 January 2022
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1 min read
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How green hydrogen could completely reshape the global energy map
17 January 2022
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10 min read
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The power skills driving UK business towards net zero
21 January 2022
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3 min read
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'Green Cold War': Why insurers and businesses should prepare for net zero geopolitical tensions
19 January 2022
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5 min read
Editors blog
The showcase must go on
The BusinessGreen Leaders Awards are back for 2022, at a time when promoting the many strengths of the green economy has never been more important
20 January 2022
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3 min read
We're facing a Gappy New Year
By the end of 2022 the world will be nearly a third of the way through the decade when global emissions are supposed to start falling sharply - the emissions gap needs closing before it becomes a chasm
06 January 2022
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5 min read
Winter is coming
After a hugely dramatic year, the green economy faces a uniquely challenging few months as the opponents of climate action prepare to ramp up their opposition to the net zero transition
17 December 2021
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9 min read
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