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High Court rejects legal challenge against major Drax gas power project
ClientEarth and Planning Inspectorate had both argued the power station could undermine the UK's climate change targets
Capacity Market: CO2 limits introduced for back-up power supply contracts
Move should make it easier for battery storage and demand side response to compete for contracts, say renewable energy providers
Government pushes back deadline for clean power contract consultation
Consultation proposes extending support offered for low carbon electricity projects via Contracts for Difference scheme by a further four years
Government moves to shore up clean energy contract regime, as new wave of renewables projects progresses
New consultation launched to help ensure Contract for Difference scheme can adjust to Covid-19 crisis, as plans for giant Dogger Bank wind farm move forward
Government public attitudes survey reveals limited awareness of 'net zero' concept
UK concern over climate change remains high but few understand or have heard of 'net zero' survey finds
Labour's Darren Jones to chair Parliament's BEIS Committee
Long-standing advocate for climate action to lead Select Committee of MPs that will lead scrutiny of government's net zero policies and green recovery plans
Heat: A policy chasm on the route towards net zero
Richard Lowes at the University of Exeter argues that the encouraging rhetoric in the government's latest green heat proposals conceals a paucity of ambition that looks to be way off track against the UK's net zero emission goals
Coronavirus recovery: Oil and gas firms call for UK hydrogen transport 'revolution'
Investment in hydrogen infrastructure should form major part of coronavirus recovery plan, argues North West Hydrogen Alliance
Government reveals plans to accelerate low carbon heating rollout
Proposals to replace RHI include Clean Heat Grants of up to £4,000 for homes and business for heat pumps and other technologies
Alok Sharma: 'Steps we take now to rebuild our economies can have a profound impact on our future'
Speech from UK Business Secretary and COP26 President at Petersberg Climate Dialogue meeting today
Government hurries out proposals to relax Capacity Market rules in response to Covid-19 crisis
BEIS seeks to relax obligations and deadlines for back-up power providers to 'reduce administrative and operational burdens' amid pandemic
Ed Miliband returns: Former Labour leader handed key climate role as Shadow Business Secretary
Key architect of the 2008 Climate Change Act returns to frontline politics, as Sir Keir Starmer unveils Labour's new front bench team
MPs launch probe into UK's green diplomacy efforts and COP26 preparations
Foreign Affairs Committee chair Tom Tugendhat argues that 'in order to ensure that COP26 is a success, it must be postponed'
'Extraordinary progress': UK emissions fell 3.6 per cent in 2019 amid clean power record
Provisional data shows greenhouse gas emissions have fallen more than 45 per cent since 1990, as low carbon power again reached record levels in 2019
UK energy firms suspend smart meter rollout amid coronavirus lockdown
Trade body Energy UK confirms its members have halted all non-urgent smart meter work, further dampening government's nationwide rollout ambitions
Energy data confusion hindering net zero transition, experts warn
Government and Ofgem endorse recommendations from Energy Data Taskforce calling on them to work closer together to drive digitisation of UK's energy system
'2020 is a turning point': Top corporates urge Boris Johnson to accelerate climate action
As the UK readies for the upcoming COP26 Summit in Glasgow in November, the Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change urge government to deliver ambitious net zero strategy
Powervault to rollout 'virtual power plant' scheme in South London
New project follows successful trial of home battery storage system in the city, which led to cuts in both energy bills and CO2 emissions
Ministry of Defence offers £2m to help solve offshore wind radar disruption risk
MoD claims £2m innovation competition could bolster UK's air defences while also spurring renewable energy growth
Energy efficiency drive could save businesses £6bn, government estimates
Firms urged to scale up energy efficiency efforts by the government ahead of new data reporting obligations coming into force next month
Confirmed: Low carbon generation delivers over half UK's power
New government stats show renewable generation grew by almost five per cent in 2019, while coal, gas and nuclear all experienced declines in output
COP26 President Alok Sharma: 'Our choices will make or break the zero-carbon economy'
Business Secretary and Glasgow summit President Alok Sharma's speech at the launch of the COP26 Private Finance Agenda in London
National Infrastructure Commission: Government must prioritise energy flexibility in 2020
Government's progress on infrastructure 'decidedly mixed' last year but 2020 offers major opportunities, says advisory body
UK industrial innovations win £9m energy efficiency funding boost
As many as eight innovations cut CO2 from plastics manufacturing, data centre cooling and other processes win public and private support
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