Energy

Spending Review: 'A huge net positive for net zero'

Politics

Spending Review: 'A huge net positive for net zero'

Business leaders, campaigners, and climate experts react to Spending Review that reiterated government support for the net zero transition

clock 11 June 2025 • 19 min read
Powerful Women: UK energy sector still failing to remove career barriers for women

Management

Powerful Women: UK energy sector still failing to remove career barriers for women

Latest data shows progress is being made on female representation in middle management roles, but all-male boards persist

clock 11 June 2025 • 4 min read
Jeremy Leggett awarded $500,000 Blue Planet Prize

Biodiversity

Jeremy Leggett awarded $500,000 Blue Planet Prize

Solar and rewilding pioneer named as winner of long-running environmental prize

clock 11 June 2025 • 2 min read
Oxford secures funding for low carbon heat network

Energy

Oxford secures funding for low carbon heat network

Project will supply historic landmarks with low carbon heating and could reduce city's gas demand by 10 per cent

clock 11 June 2025 • 3 min read
Report: Carbon levies and diverse supply chains 'essential' for energy transition

Supply chain

Report: Carbon levies and diverse supply chains 'essential' for energy transition

Energy Transitions Commission warns against the West responding to China's clean tech dominance by shifting to overconcentrated supply chains

clock 11 June 2025 • 4 min read
How biomass power could save UK up to £900m a year by balancing renewables

Biomass

How biomass power could save UK up to £900m a year by balancing renewables

Biomass could provide up to 5.5GW of low carbon power to help manage weather-dependent renewables, a new REA report calculates, but concerns remain over sustainable feedstocks

clock 10 June 2025 • 6 min read
Study: Clean tech engineering and construction jobs to reach 42,000 by 2030

Skills

Study: Clean tech engineering and construction jobs to reach 42,000 by 2030

New study predicts surge in demand for engineering and construction jobs from renewables, carbon capture, and hydrogen sectors

clock 10 June 2025 • 4 min read
The government must address electricity prices to lower bills and boost competitiveness

Energy

The government must address electricity prices to lower bills and boost competitiveness

There is no silver bullet for solving Britain's high electricity prices - rather, an effective package of measures across strategies is needed to shift to a clean energy system, writes the Aldersgate Group's Marie-Laure Hicks

clock 10 June 2025 • 5 min read
Rishi Jain: 'The aim is always to drive progress and set ourselves up for success both on and off the pitch'

Management

Rishi Jain: 'The aim is always to drive progress and set ourselves up for success both on and off the pitch'

Rishi Jain, director of impact at Liverpool FC, talks about leading 'The Red Way' strategy as the title-winning club enters a busy summer period

clock 10 June 2025 • 6 min read
'A golden age of nuclear': Rolls-Royce SMR named as preferred bidder for UK's first small modular reactors

Nuclear

'A golden age of nuclear': Rolls-Royce SMR named as preferred bidder for UK's first small modular reactors

Government says revamped Great British Energy - Nuclear agency is aiming to confirm first site for SMR development by the end of the year

clock 10 June 2025 • 4 min read