Infrastructure

£2.6bn scheme represents largest industrial investment England’s North East in more than three decades and will generate 8,000 local jobs, BritishVolt said.

Professor Peter Taylor and Alice Garvey from the University of Leeds set out the challenges and policy requirements for decarbonising heavy industry which they included in a recent report commissioned by the CCC

Uber rival aims to convert one per cent of its 50,000 drivers to EVs in the first six months of next year and roll out 30 new charge points in drivers’ neighbourhoods

Regulator confirms RIIO-2 price controls for next five years which earmark £40bn for green grid projects, but energy firms fear limits on returns could make it harder to attract much needed investment in the net zero transition

Policy Exchange report explores how energy market reforms could save customers £50bn on bills by 2050 while supporting green manufacturing and offshore wind deployment

GRIDSERVE cuts ribbon of first dedicated electric forecourt, marking first step in £1bn plan to build nationwide network

Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme will run for five years and explore how the seabed can best be protected as the UK's offshore wind boom continues

The UK must deliver a managed transition for the North Sea oil and gas industry that curbs production but maintains employment opportunities, a new IPPR report argues

A level playing field between heating technologies and an increase of the installer base are needed to drive a major rollout of heat pumps, argues the HPA's Graham Wright

Despite lockdown generating a steep decline in fossil fuel production, COVID-19 recovery plans risk accelerating it beyond pre-COVID levels, a UN-backed study warns