Infrastructure

EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners warn government plan to hire 300 planning officers equates to fewer than one new professional per local authority, at a time when housing and renewables projects already face lengthy delays

Partnership with GeoPura saw military vehicles at five bases charged with electricity generated using hydrogen power units

Plans for carbon capture and storage hubs in the north west and north east take another step forward

Group of eight NGOs and business groups warn current rules are allowing large numbers of developers to avoid paying into Biodiversity Net Gain schemes

Newly funded projects to provide low carbon heat to 17,000 new homes and buildings, saving over 385,000 tonnes of CO2 in the process

BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies among those funding industry-backed scheme to accelerate efforts to curb emissions from oil and gas projects

Government must 'go beyond' proposed revision to Nationally Planning Policy Framework if it wants to turn planning system into an 'economic multiplier', business group warns

DESNZ confirms it will not contest legal action against Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas projects, but insists licenses have not been withdrawn as new environmental guidance could yet allow projects to proceed

Chemicals sector stakeholders urge government to set out 'clear vision' for industry's future in forthcoming Industrial Strategy

Completion of Viking Wind Farm means UK's combined onshore and offshore wind capacity is now capable of powering over 26 million homes, according to RenewableUK