Energy

The IRA is a huge boost for CCS - but rockets need firing on all cylinders to deliver at scale

CCS

The IRA is a huge boost for CCS - but rockets need firing on all cylinders to deliver at scale

Aniruddha Sharma, chair and CEO of UK CCS developer Carbon Clean, assesses the positives and pitfalls of the USA's flagship clean tech legislation for carbon capture worldwide

clock 24 August 2023 • 5 min read
If we can 'just adapt' to climate change, why aren't we?

Risk

If we can 'just adapt' to climate change, why aren't we?

As four new reports detail the worsening threat to national and global water security, predictable risks are continue to be ignored, even by those who insist climate resilience should be prioritised

clock 23 August 2023 • 10 min read
E.ON successfully issues €1.5bn of green bonds

Investment

E.ON successfully issues €1.5bn of green bonds

Two tranches of green bonds to help European energy giant push forward with renewables and digitalisation investments

clock 23 August 2023 • 1 min read
Study: Rural residents overestimate local opposition to new onshore wind farms

Energy

Study: Rural residents overestimate local opposition to new onshore wind farms

Oxford Brookes research finds nine out of 10 rural communities back proposals for new wind farm projects

clock 23 August 2023 • 3 min read
Rendesco plots £150m ground-source heat pump rollout for new-build homes

Infrastructure

Rendesco plots £150m ground-source heat pump rollout for new-build homes

Clean heating developer aiming to 'turbocharge the rollout' of ground source heat pumps in partnership with Last Mile

clock 23 August 2023 • 3 min read
'Power Move': Ovo to pay 1.5 million customers to use greener off-peak power

Energy

'Power Move': Ovo to pay 1.5 million customers to use greener off-peak power

Energy retailer launches £15m-a-month 'Power Move' programme to pay customers for using less power between hours of 4pm and 7pm

clock 22 August 2023 • 3 min read
Northvolt raises further $1.2bn investor backing for global battery gigafactory charge

Infrastructure

Northvolt raises further $1.2bn investor backing for global battery gigafactory charge

Latest funding round comes as Swedish battery developer assembles its Northvolt Dwa battery manufacturing plant in Poland

clock 22 August 2023 • 3 min read
Socially Grown and Residential Energy Services secure funding for mobile energy advice service

Efficiency

Socially Grown and Residential Energy Services secure funding for mobile energy advice service

Funding awarded as part of the government's Local Energy Advice Demonstrator Programme

clock 22 August 2023 • 2 min read
United Utilities Water fined £800,000 for illegally abstracting 22 billion litres

Infrastructure

United Utilities Water fined £800,000 for illegally abstracting 22 billion litres

Water company fined after illegally abstracting water from boreholes in Lancashire following successful prosecution from the Environment Agency

clock 21 August 2023 • 4 min read
Energy bills: Millions of cold homes to face £700 inefficiency tax

Energy

Energy bills: Millions of cold homes to face £700 inefficiency tax

New ECIU analysis warns expected fall in energy price cap will still leave the most inefficient homes paying hundreds of pounds more each year compared to greener properties

clock 21 August 2023 • 5 min read