Infrastructure
A 15 minute power outage, a nightmare for business
Even the briefest power interruption can have a costly impact on businesses - Alan Barlow, Director of UK and Ireland for Centrica Business Solutions, discusses what lessons can be learnt from the UK's recent major power cut
Scrapping of insulation scheme in 2013 has cost households £3.7bn, Labour claims
Installation of home insulation has plummeted since Warm Front Scheme was scrapped in 2013, which may have led to millions of tonnes of additional CO2 emissions
Government opens door to rethink on fracking earthquake limits
As fracking resumes in Lancashire, mixed messages emerge from government as it tones down the pro-shale gas rhetoric but hints at a review of crucial tremor rules
Plotting a route on the journey to EV enablement
Head of Solution Sales at Centrica Business Solutions, Louis Burford, outlines the potential potholes for Electric Vehicle adoption
SDG9: How Air Liquide is harnessing hydrogen to help fuel an industrial revolution
French firm is banking big on hydrogen's potential to transform energy, transport, industry - and its own business - in pursuit of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals
Government confirms plan for blackout investigation
Andrea Leadsom announces Energy Emergencies Executives Committee is to review last week's power cut, as National Grid boss defends company's response
Rush hour blackout sparks questions over UK energy system stability
Sudden shutdown of a gas plant and offshore wind plant has fired up an inevitable - and at times ill-informed - debate over how best to bolster grid security as the network decarbonises
'More convenient than ever': Government boosts on-street EV charging fund
Additional £2.5m of funding announced, as new Transport Secretary Grant Shapps declares that he wants electric cars to be 'normal rather than the exception'
Yorkshire rapid charge EV network powers up
First of 88 new charge points deployed by Engie as part of plans to improve air quality across Leeds and Bradford
'Smarter, greener lives': Five-year plan aims to boost smart meter innovation
Smart DCC, which runs UK's smart meter infrastructure, sets out vision for harnessing technology to boost EV and smart grid uptake
BusinessGreen Towards Net Zero Leaders Briefing: Super Early Bird offer extended
Reserve your place now at the latest BusinessGreen Leaders Briefing: Towards Net Zero Buildings and Infrastructure
BNEF: Energy storage to surge past 1,000GW worldwide by 2040 as costs halve
Expectations for stationary energy battery storage market continue to surge, as influential analyst house revises up deployment forecasts
Climate activists turn ire on SSE and Drax gas power plans
Anti-fossil fuel demonstrators force shutdown of SSE's Keadby 2 gas plant in Lincolnshire and try to picket Drax's London headquarters
Coal collapse: Are coal power's days in Europe numbered?
Coal power generation in the EU has plummeted 19 per cent since the start of the year, according to analysis by Sandbag, but will the trend continue?
SDG9: Top tips for driving sustainable industrialisation
All businesses have a role to play in delivering SDG9, but what steps should they take to aid the development of more sustainable industries
At a glance: BEIS' proposals for clean energy reforms
Your need-to-know guide to the pre-recess energy policy blitz from BEIS
'Action across all areas': Government releases flurry of new plans for nuclear, smart grids, and CCS
With the imminent Energy White Paper apparently on hold for the new Prime Minister, the government has instead released a wave of clean energy policy consultations
Net Zero: Are UK institutions fit for decarbonising purpose?
Overseas aid, local planning, and energy regulator Ofgem are just three of the areas where experts fear much needed net zero mandates are urgently required
Your oil major needs you
Shell's Ben van Beurden recently declared the pursuit of a net zero economy was 'the only way to go', but how can the fossil fuel industry overcome the barriers that block the path to deep decarbonisation?
London declared 'world's first' National Park City
UK capital becomes first to secure official status in a move designed to highlight how urban environments can better support biodiversity and public wellbeing
Hype and hope for hydrogen
It has long been touted as a key pillar of the low carbon economy, but is the hydrogen sector finally starting to live up to its promise?
UK gains four new EV charging 'centres of excellence'
Schneider Electric and Edmundson Electrical open centres of excellence for EV charging in Manchester, West Bromwich, Glasgow, and London
No 10 hands Jaguar Land Rover £500m loan to develop electric cars
Meeting of carmakers also told of plan for new houses to have EV charging point
Rapid EV chargers to get 'pay as you go' treatment
Government signals it is 'prepared to intervene' to simplify EV charging payment, as new consultation aims to ensure every new home comes with domestic charge points
