Policy

Global Briefing: Sweden to set world's first consumption-based climate goal

Policy

Global Briefing: Sweden to set world's first consumption-based climate goal

Germany's clean energy blitz, Abu Dhabi's plastic bag ban, EU proposals for a coal embargo on Russia, and all the big green business news from around the world this week

clock 08 April 2022 • 8 min read
BEIS boosts relief for heavy industries facing soaring electricity costs

Policy

BEIS boosts relief for heavy industries facing soaring electricity costs

Government provides more detail on proposals unveiled in yesterday's Energy Security Strategy on how it will support businesses facing record electricity bills

clock 08 April 2022 • 2 min read
Energy Security Strategy: Where did it all go wrong?

Policy

Energy Security Strategy: Where did it all go wrong?

Campaigners have slammed the UK's long-awaited energy independence plan, warning Ministers have missed a major opportunity to boost energy security and climate action - but was it really that bad?

clock 08 April 2022 • 13 min read
Fresh boost for hydrogen as government launches £375m clean tech funding package

Technology

Fresh boost for hydrogen as government launches £375m clean tech funding package

New wave of funding announced to help bring hydrogen, CCS, and nuclear technologies to market

clock 08 April 2022 • 2 min read
Sunak accused of blocking proposals to tackle rising energy bills

Politics

Sunak accused of blocking proposals to tackle rising energy bills

Leaked documents show Treasury rejected plans to increase energy bill 'rebate' to households and boost energy efficiency funding

clock 07 April 2022 • 4 min read
A missed opportunity so big you can see it from the Kremlin

Policy

A missed opportunity so big you can see it from the Kremlin

The Energy Security Strategy contains a welcome boost for offshore wind, nuclear, and hydrogen, but on almost every other front it is not fit for purpose

clock 07 April 2022 • 10 min read
'Economically and environmentally illiterate': The green economy reacts to the Energy Security Strategy

Policy

'Economically and environmentally illiterate': The green economy reacts to the Energy Security Strategy

BusinessGreen rounds up the leading reaction to the government's plan for shoring up British energy independence in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

clock 07 April 2022 • 28 min read
Why losing focus on sustainability risks deepening the UK's cost of living crisis

Policy

Why losing focus on sustainability risks deepening the UK's cost of living crisis

Rising living costs should be a starting point for empowering a system-wide change towards more sustainable lifestyles, argues Cogo's Jonathan Ward

clock 07 April 2022 • 5 min read
Energy Security Strategy: Government promises 'major acceleration of homegrown power'

Policy

Energy Security Strategy: Government promises 'major acceleration of homegrown power'

But campaigners slam strategy that will 'do nothing to help the UK get off Russian gas this year', warning 'the person who will be happiest with it is Vladimir Putin'

clock 06 April 2022 • 11 min read
Future System Operator: New public body launched to manage Britain's net zero energy transition

Infrastructure

Future System Operator: New public body launched to manage Britain's net zero energy transition

FSO will take 'whole-systems' approach to integration of green energy technologies such as renewables, hydrogen, and CCUS, government confirms

clock 06 April 2022 • 4 min read