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Podcast: How mobilising capital markets could drive decarbonisation of heavy industry
Podcast: How mobilising capital markets could drive decarbonisation of heavy industry

Climate Bonds CEO Sean Kidney and Decarb Connect founder Alex Cameron discuss the growing role for transition bonds in unlocking investment for tackling carbon-intensive sectors of the economy

  • Investment
  • 22 January 2021
Latest UK-France interconnector powers up to full capacity
Latest UK-France interconnector powers up to full capacity

National Grid confirms its second electricity link to France is now operating at full capacity providing a further boost to decarbonisation efforts

  • Energy
  • 22 January 2021
Water companies pledge to share more information about sewage overflows
Water companies pledge to share more information about sewage overflows

Government and water industry taskforce vows to establish a long-term goal to eliminate harm from discharges of sewage that occur during and after periods of heavy rainfall

  • Infrastructure
  • 22 January 2021
HyNet: First industrial boiler fired up with hydrogen at pioneering pilot project
HyNet: First industrial boiler fired up with hydrogen at pioneering pilot project

Progressive Energy says pilot project will provide evidence base to support switch from fossil fuel to hydrogen, as industry advances plans for UK's first hydrogen fuelled town

  • Energy
  • 21 January 2021
Ørsted gives green light for green hydrogen pilot project
Ørsted gives green light for green hydrogen pilot project

Offshore wind giant confirms final investment decision for trailblazing H2RES project, as it looks to deliver first green hydrogen in late 2021

  • Infrastructure
  • 20 January 2021
Decentralised energy, decentralised skills, and decentralised profits
Decentralised energy, decentralised skills, and decentralised profits

Britain has the potential to make a lot of money in efficient, decentralised energy, argues Lucy Symons-Jones of the Association for Decentralised Energy

  • Infrastructure
  • 20 January 2021
Nuveen agrees to acquire specialist renewables investor Glennmont Partners
Nuveen agrees to acquire specialist renewables investor Glennmont Partners

Trillion-dollar US fund manager to purchase UK clean infrastructure investor in bid to tap 'one of the most dynamic and fastest growing infrastructure sectors'

  • Investment
  • 19 January 2021
Necessity or distraction? How carbon capture and negative emissions debates are starting to heat up
Necessity or distraction? How carbon capture and negative emissions debates are starting to heat up

Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and Global Witness have all raised concerns about the creeping reliance on unproven carbon removal methods in companies' decarbonisation strategies, but some scientists maintain carbon capture is essential if net zero...

  • CCS
  • 19 January 2021
Smart home energy market the focus of new consumer protection drive
Smart home energy market the focus of new consumer protection drive

Citizens Advice teams up with energy industry groups to try and identify any gaps in consumer protections for burgeoning flexible home energy market

  • Energy
  • 15 January 2021
Poll: Renewables workers 'unfazed' by Covid-19 impact on industry
Poll: Renewables workers 'unfazed' by Covid-19 impact on industry

Survey of energy professionals worldwide points to strong confidence in the future resilience of the fast-expanding renewables sector

  • Workplace
  • 12 January 2021
IEA plots 'world's first' net zero roadmap for global energy sector
IEA plots 'world's first' net zero roadmap for global energy sector

UK government to also host joint clean energy summit with International Energy Agency in March in order to drive green momentum ahead of COP26

  • Energy
  • 12 January 2021
Save your energy for a greener 2021
Save your energy for a greener 2021

Smart Energy GB and Energy Saving Trust reveal five simple energy saving actions that will help small business owners in the retail sector to cut down on their environmental impact

  • Infrastructure
  • 11 January 2021
Back two-way EV charging technology to slash costs and emissions, white paper urges
Back two-way EV charging technology to slash costs and emissions, white paper urges

Vehicle-to-grid charging technology can deliver power system cost savings of almost £900m while helping slash the carbon intensity of electric vehicles, a new white paper backed by BEIS and EV manufacturer Nissan argues

  • BusinessGreen
  • 08 January 2021
Decarbonising the final 20 per cent: Is hydrogen up to the challenge?
Decarbonising the final 20 per cent: Is hydrogen up to the challenge?

Many governments are hoping hydrogen can bridge the most difficult sections of their net zero roadmaps - but precisely how hydrogen will enable deep decarbonisation is not yet clear, a new report from Edison warns

  • Energy
  • 07 January 2021
Blow for climate campaigners as government refuses to block controversial Cumbrian coal mining project
Blow for climate campaigners as government refuses to block controversial Cumbrian coal mining project

Decision not to intervene in planning process for coal mine draws widespread condemnation from politicians and green campaigners amid concerns over project's climate impact

  • Policy
  • 06 January 2021
Electrification of harbour crane moves Port of Tyne closer to carbon neutral goal
Electrification of harbour crane moves Port of Tyne closer to carbon neutral goal

Port selected to be maintenance base for massive Dogger Bank offshore wind farm cut 700 tonnes of carbon emissions in 2020 after electrifying its harbour crane and other key assets

  • Infrastructure
  • 06 January 2021
Ecotricity strikes landmark deal to secure geothermal power from Cornish plant
Ecotricity strikes landmark deal to secure geothermal power from Cornish plant

Major milestone for emerging renewable energy sector as developers of UK's first geothermal power plant agree to sell 3MW of baseload power to green energy supplier

  • Energy
  • 05 January 2021
Campaigners vow to oppose Gatwick Aiport's 'stealth' second runway following shareholder approval of plans
Campaigners vow to oppose Gatwick Aiport's 'stealth' second runway following shareholder approval of plans

As Gatwick kicks off planning permission process for plans to convert an emergency runway into functioning second runway, campaigners accuse airport off being 'disengenuous' by understating scale of upgrade

  • Aviation
  • 05 January 2021
Tyne and Wear village to tap blended hydrogen from gas grid in green heating pilot
Tyne and Wear village to tap blended hydrogen from gas grid in green heating pilot

Plan for 10-month hydrogen heating trial near Gateshead comes as WWF Scotland urges major energy efficiency investment programme to slash emissions from leaky and carbon-intensive homes

  • Buildings
  • 04 January 2021
Government unveils £8m to advance plans for six net zero industrial hubs
Government unveils £8m to advance plans for six net zero industrial hubs

Latest funding to be split between six regional industrial decarbonisation projects across the UK in support of hydrogen, carbon capture and renewable energy technologies

  • CCS
  • 04 January 2021
Magnetic induction cooking can cut your kitchen's carbon footprint
Magnetic induction cooking can cut your kitchen's carbon footprint

Shifting from fossil fuels to electricity is climate-friendly, but serious cooks don't think much of electric stoves. Will induction cooking finally catch on as an alternative?

  • Infrastructure
  • 04 January 2021
The impacts of 2020 that could ripple for years to come
The impacts of 2020 that could ripple for years to come

'Stay at home' - those three simple words that sum up 2020 have had a huge impact, the complexity of which will take years to unravel, writes AECOM's Robert Spencer

  • Infrastructure
  • 30 December 2020
Government faces fresh legal threat over Heathrow expansion plans
Government faces fresh legal threat over Heathrow expansion plans

Good Law Project and Ecotricity CEO Dale Vince threaten court action unless government reviews airports planning policy before the final approval process for third runway begins

  • Policy
  • 21 December 2020
Make all new boilers hydrogen-ready by 2025, grid operators urge
Make all new boilers hydrogen-ready by 2025, grid operators urge

Boiler manufacturers and Energy Networks Association call for sale of greener alternatives to fossil fuel boilers to be mandatory within five years

  • Infrastructure
  • 21 December 2020
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