Energy
Government faces fresh legal threat over Heathrow expansion plans
Good Law Project and Ecotricity CEO Dale Vince threaten court action unless government reviews airports planning policy before the final approval process for third runway begins
Dewley Hill coal mine: Newcastle council blocks controversial project
Banks Mining slams 'outrageous' decision to reject opencast coal mine project, but decision is warmly welcomed by climate campaigners
Save your energy for a green winter
Smart meters are an easy way for businesses to understand how much energy they're using and to identify ways to reduce their consumption, explains Smart Energy GB
Make all new boilers hydrogen-ready by 2025, grid operators urge
Boiler manufacturers and Energy Networks Association call for sale of greener alternatives to fossil fuel boilers to be mandatory within five years
'Modern, smarter, digitally enabled': Ofgem sets out price control plan for local networks from 2023
Energy regulator sets out how it expects to deliver a 'more modern, smarter, digitally enabled' grid that can support up to 11 million electric vehicles by 2030 and increased demand for heat pumps
'Real risks of social backlash': UK utilities urged to publish dedicated 'just transition' plans
National Grid, E.On, RWE, Scottish Power, EDF and Centrica urged to follow SSE’s lead and publish dedicated strategies setting out how workers and consumers will be protected from any shocks of net zero transition
Giant 14MW mega-turbines heading for the North Sea
GE Renewable Energy confirms latest order from Dogger Bank wind farm will see upgraded 14MW Haliade-X turbines deployed for the first time
Six mind-bending energy moments of 2020
GreenBiz's Sarah Golden looks bag at an historic year for the clean energy transition
IEA: Global coal demand to rise in 2021 with 'no immediate decline in sight'
After major drop in recent years coal demand set to rise next year and is unlikely to flatten out until 2025, warns International Energy Agency
Wind-powered pints: Huge turbine powers Budweiser brewery in Wales
One of UK's largest onshore wind turbines installed to help directly power Budweiser's Magor brewery in South Wales
Good Energy to launch 'time-of-use' energy tariff for electric vehicle drivers
Green energy supplier claims its new tariff will offer a longer off-peak charging window than others on the UK market
'Important moment': UK oil and gas industry tasked with net zero obligations
Industry watchdog the Oil & Gas Authority submits revised strategy to Parliament that for the first time includes obligation for sector to support pursuit of UK's 2050 net zero goal
Inside ENGIE's plans to transform Rugeley coal power plant into a low carbon community
VIDEO: Rugeley coal station has generated electricity for over 50 years, but will soon make way for green homes and job opportinities - BusinessGreen paid a visit
'We're getting there': Smart meters on track to reach half of Britain's homes and businesses in 2021
The smart meter rollout has faced major disruption due to Covid-19, but installations are on the up again and experts believe the technology has the potential to unlock the next wave of the net zero transition
Lendlease to ban diesel on construction sites in zero carbon push
Property firm to phase out diesel use on its construction sites from 2025 as it sets out plans to align business with 1.5C global warming trajectory
Ofgem must put the UK's net zero goal at the heart of every decision in makes
To benefit current and future consumers, the energy watchdog should place net zero at the centre of everything it does, writes RenewableUK's Yonna Vitanova
Zoom in on Net Zero - with Ecotricity's Dale Vince
VIDEO: Green entrepreneur and Forest Green Rovers' chairman speaks to BusinessGreen's James Murray about his career in renewable energy and his new book 'Manifesto'
'Flexible and renewable focus': Drax to sell four gas power stations in £193m deal
Sale of four combined cycle gas turbine sites acquired just two years ago will allow Drax to slash emissions and enhance its focus on flexible and renewable power generation, company says
'Woefully inadequate': ExxonMobil touts 'Paris consistent' climate plan
US oil and gas major offers 'respect and support' for global ambition to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, but campaigners remain less than convinced
The Energy White Paper and the nuclear stand-off
The row over Sizewell led the headlines, but there is so much more to the Energy White Paper and its promise to deliver a decisive shift away from fossil fuels
Everything you need to know about the UK's landmark Energy White Paper
After several delays spanning at least a year, the government has finally unveiled vision for a future net zero energy system - here are the eight things you need to know about the long-awaited Energy White Paper
Energy White Paper: The green economy reacts
'Business stands ready to deliver the investment and innovation needed to turn ambition into reality, and the proposals outlined in the Energy White Paper will give firms further confidence to deliver new infrastructure'
Energy White Paper: Government unveils plan for 'decisive and permanent' shift away from fossil fuels
Long-awaited Energy White Paper set to be unleashed alongside plan to establish domestic UK emissions trading scheme from 2021
The business case for a fair and just transition to net zero
SSE's chief sustainability officer and member of Scotland's Just Transition Commission, Rachel McEwen, sets out the principles underpinning the firm's Just Transition strategy
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