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'The sky's the limit': How 'cheap, abundant' renewables could boot fossil fuels from the electricity sector by mid-2030s
'The sky's the limit': How 'cheap, abundant' renewables could boot fossil fuels from the electricity sector by mid-2030s

Carbon Tracker study finds solar and wind energy potential is 100 times as much as global energy demand

  • Energy
  • 23 April 2021
Bridgestone and Lightyear team up for long-range solar powered car venture
Bridgestone and Lightyear team up for long-range solar powered car venture

The electric vehicle boasts an 'unprecedented' 725km range powered by solar roof panels and is set for launch to market later in 2021

  • Technology
  • 23 April 2021
'Crucial': EU unveils green finance rules as decision delayed on gas and nuclear
'Crucial': EU unveils green finance rules as decision delayed on gas and nuclear

Leading finance and investment figures hail EU Commission's latest sustainable finance rules as crucial to net zero and fighting greenwashing

  • Investment
  • 22 April 2021
'The cost of inaction is just too high': IKEA to ramp up €4bn clean tech push
'The cost of inaction is just too high': IKEA to ramp up €4bn clean tech push

Ingka Group, which owns most IKEA stores worldwide, accelerates efforts to power entire value chain with its own renewables capacity

  • Energy
  • 22 April 2021
We need to move on from the theoretical electric heat pump vs hydrogen debate
We need to move on from the theoretical electric heat pump vs hydrogen debate

With pipes connecting each building, and an individual heat pump in each property, much more than 20 per cent of homes couple be served by a heat network in the UK, writes Kensa Group's Karl Drage

  • Efficiency
  • 22 April 2021
Ofgem's half hour: Watchdog confirms plan for half-hourly settlement across retail electricity market
Ofgem's half hour: Watchdog confirms plan for half-hourly settlement across retail electricity market

Industry groups welcome move that promises to unlock a new era for clean technologies and flexible grids

  • Infrastructure
  • 21 April 2021
'Dire warning': Fears grow over net zero 'complacency' as emissions rebound
'Dire warning': Fears grow over net zero 'complacency' as emissions rebound

Three major new reports raise alarm that for all the talk of a green recovery on the national and international stage net zero transition plans remain badly underpowered

  • Policy
  • 20 April 2021
Amazon orders up wave of record-breaking renewables projects
Amazon orders up wave of record-breaking renewables projects

Company says plans for nine new utility scale wind and solar projects make it world's largest purchaser of renewable power

  • Energy
  • 19 April 2021
'Not fit for purpose': Powering Past Coal Alliance slammed by NGOs as 'smokescreen' for greenwashing
'Not fit for purpose': Powering Past Coal Alliance slammed by NGOs as 'smokescreen' for greenwashing

UK is failing to lead by example as PPCA co-chair it mulls a brand new coal mine in Cumbria, while financial institutions in group are not acting fast enough to cut ties with sector, report warns

  • Energy
  • 19 April 2021
Ørsted powers into onshore wind market with Brookfield Renewables deal
Ørsted powers into onshore wind market with Brookfield Renewables deal

Offshore wind giant set to snap up 1GW UK and Ireland onshore wind pipeline

  • Wind
  • 19 April 2021
'The end of Big Oil': Are we heading for $10 a barrel oil?
'The end of Big Oil': Are we heading for $10 a barrel oil?

Influential analyst firm publishes Paris Agreement compatible scenario that would see oil prices plummet over the coming decades

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  • 19 April 2021
Report: Green steel investment blitz could 'revolutionise' Northern England's economy
Report: Green steel investment blitz could 'revolutionise' Northern England's economy

Green steel 'stimulus for the north’ could revitalise the industry and establish UK as a global leader in low carbon steel technologies, according to IPPR North

  • Infrastructure
  • 17 April 2021
'Good news': Study charts contrasting fortunes for coal and renewables financing costs
'Good news': Study charts contrasting fortunes for coal and renewables financing costs

Landmark analysis from Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme reveals costs of financing coal projects have soared over the past decade, while renewable energy financing costs have moved in the opposite direction

  • Energy
  • 17 April 2021
UK subsidy-free solar market shines as intallations surpass 1GW
UK subsidy-free solar market shines as intallations surpass 1GW

A further 1GW of subsidy-free solar could also be added this year as decarbonisation of buildings and energy gathers pace, Solar Energy UK claims

  • Solar
  • 16 April 2021
RE100 initiative hits 300 member milestone
RE100 initiative hits 300 member milestone

Corporate clean energy initiative now boasts 300 members after Heineken, Epson, Novartis and LG Energy Solution pledged to switch their operations to renewables

  • Energy
  • 16 April 2021
Will innovating the retail market help drive a transition to net zero?
Will innovating the retail market help drive a transition to net zero?

By 2050 the UK must replace almost all current electricity capacity and build at least as much again in order to meet climate goals – this can only be funded on the basis of robust business models, explains Atkins Global's David Cole

  • Energy
  • 15 April 2021
EV driver survey raises alarm over public charge point frustrations, as industry warns of smart charging barriers
EV driver survey raises alarm over public charge point frustrations, as industry warns of smart charging barriers

EV drivers want contactless payments and clearer charge point pricing, Electric Vehicle Association poll suggests

  • Automotive
  • 15 April 2021
BusinessGreen Leaders Awards returns for 2021
BusinessGreen Leaders Awards returns for 2021

UK's largest and most prestigious green business awards is set to return this September as part of the Net Zero Festival

  • Management
  • 14 April 2021
Europe's wind sector weathers pandemic with €43bn investment in 2020
Europe's wind sector weathers pandemic with €43bn investment in 2020

UK leads the way as Europe's onshore and offshore wind sector sees investment grow 70 per cent, despite Covid-19 disruption

  • Wind
  • 14 April 2021
Octopus Energy expands offering through tie-up with energy non-profit Ebico
Octopus Energy expands offering through tie-up with energy non-profit Ebico

Strategic partnership aims to offer two new green energy tariffs to low income customers

  • Energy
  • 14 April 2021
Why was the Green Homes Grant scheme scrapped so quickly?
Why was the Green Homes Grant scheme scrapped so quickly?

It is vital the government come up with a series of new initiatives to ensure Boris Johnson's proud green boasts to the UN really do become a reality in our housing stock

  • Energy
  • 14 April 2021
'Zap Flash': Good Energy to offer electric vehicle drivers free power
'Zap Flash': Good Energy to offer electric vehicle drivers free power

Good Energy becomes latest energy supplier to introduce innovative time of use tariff that promises to slash EV recharging costs

  • Technology
  • 13 April 2021
Electricity North West debuts £2bn green upgrade plan
Electricity North West debuts £2bn green upgrade plan

Power network operator seeks public feedback on ambitious five year green grid investment programme

  • Infrastructure
  • 13 April 2021
Drax completes acquisition of biomass pellet producer Pinnacle Renewable Energy
Drax completes acquisition of biomass pellet producer Pinnacle Renewable Energy

Deal aims to shore-up Drax's wood pellet supply chain as it sets sights on global biomass and carbon capture growth

  • Venture Capital
  • 13 April 2021
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