Infrastructure
'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
Electricity North West debuts £2bn green upgrade plan
Power network operator seeks public feedback on ambitious five year green grid investment programme
One year on: UK power sector emissions fell 7.6 per cent during pandemic
Wartsilla publishes scorecard ranking the electricity sector carbon reductions of the 10 largest European economies since the first spate of Covid lockdowns
Liberty Charge kicks off national EV infrastructure rollout
First project from Zouk Capital and Liberty Global backed venture sees 20 on street charge points installed across the London borough of Waltham Forest
Warming up: EnergyNest secures €110m investment boost for thermal battery vision
European thermal battery developer inks major investment agreement with Infracapital as it seeks to accelerate roll out of industrial heat storage technologies
Green Hydrogen for Glasgow: ScottishPower debuts plans for 'UK's largest electrolyser'
Major new Scottish facility to harness wind and solar power to produce green hydrogen
'A lot of mainstream financiers saw us as a bunch of hippies': James Alexander reflects on UKSIF at 30
As the UK's Sustainable Investment and Finance Association celebrates 30 years of existence, CEO James Alexander discusses what is in store for the sector over the next three decades
Engie secures green light for 2,300 low carbon homes at former Rugeley coal plant site
Developer secures planning permission for major redevelopment of Staffordshire site that aims to provide 'tangible articulation of the whole transition to zero carbon'
'Tipping point': Study reveals electric trucks are 'very close' to challenging diesel vehicles
Fast charging networks 'the linchpin’ in drive to decarbonise heavy transportation industry, according to study
'World first': SSE and Equinor plot major blue hydrogen power plant in Scunthorpe
Partnership will explore whether SSE's under-construction Keadby 2 gas-fired power station could be ‘progressively decarbonised’ through hydrogen blending
'Europe's largest': Zenobe plots 'pioneering' 100MW battery project near Chester
Zenobe claims Battery will be largest grid-connected battery in Europe and first to absorb reactive power directly from a transmission network
EU risks 'overestimating' costs of meeting 2030 climate goals, businesses warn
European Commission's economic and energy modelling must be improved to avoid inflating costs, European Corporate Leaders Group warns
'Bolt on the rocket boosters': Energy Systems Catapult calls for sweeping electricity market reform to drive net zero revolution
New report says raft of policy changes geared incentivising innovators to create new low carbon products and services for consumers could generate 'big bang' moment for the energy sector akin to finance in the 80s and telecoms in the 90s
'Build Back Better': When is an industrial strategy not an industrial strategy?
As the government announces another wave of clean tech funding, a new Plan for Growth is taking shape – and it looks a lot like the industrial strategy it replaces
How wind and solar drove a record fall in coal power in 2020 - and why it's nowhere near enough
Analysis from energy think tank Ember celebrates a record fall in coal-fired power generation through 2020, but warns the global energy system remains far from alignment with the goals of the Paris Agreement
Do the UK's hydrogen ambitions risk being 'captured' by fossil fuel companies?
Fossil fuel firms are increasingly eyeing up plans for blue hydrogen production, but think tank E3G fears the nascent sector risks locking in a new generation of high carbon infrastructure and jobs
Green heat: How can the UK drive mass heat pump adoption in the 2020s?
The UK must ramp up heat pump installations at least 25-fold by 2028 to meet current goals, but governance, incentives, and funding support are lacking, a new report argues
'Green and red together': Labour steps up critique of a government 'asleep at the wheel' of the green recovery
Ed Miliband is to unveil sweeping plans for an electric vehicle revolution, as opposition accuses government of delivering a badly 'underpowered' green industrial strategy
UK offshore wind: Industry predicts £60bn investment blitz to drive 69,000 jobs
The forecast is outlined in a new report from the OWIC, which details £60bn of planned investment in offshore wind between now and 2026
Crown Estate plans giant floating wind farms for the Celtic Sea
Floating wind projects as large as 300MW could be developed in the Celtic Seas the Crown Estate outlines plans to design leasing contracts for early commercial-scale projects
'Denial and delusion': Green groups slam government refusal to rule out new North Sea oil and gas exploration
But Ministers insist end to financial support for overseas fossil fuel energy projects, £16bn transition plan for North Sea, and climate compatibility test for new projects can put UK on track to net zero emissions
EDF to close 2GW West Burton coal power station in 2022
The closure would leave Uniper's 2GW Ratcliffe facility as the UK's last remaining coal-fired power station
UK's first consumer-owned wind farm secures green light and fresh funding
The Graig Fatha wind farm will be owned by an initial 675 households who have signed up to Ripple Energy's platform
World Water Day: Prince of Wales kicks off water-focused climate finance drive
Water Aid-led Resilient Water Accelerator launched as UN-backed Race to Zero campaign urges water utilities around the world to commit to net zero emissions
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