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Everything you need to know about the UK's landmark Energy White Paper
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

  • Politics
  • 14 December 2020
Green Homes Grant scheme: MPs urge improvements in response to major teething issues
Green Homes Grant scheme: MPs urge improvements in response to major teething issues

Survey by Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee reveals 'poor experience' among many applicants for the schemes' vouchers

  • Buildings
  • 14 December 2020
'Open for low carbon business': UK climate advisors unveil 'world first' 2050 net zero economy plan
'Open for low carbon business': UK climate advisors unveil 'world first' 2050 net zero economy plan

'This investment programme is going to breathe life into the UK economy - it's as much an economic policy as a climate policy, particularly over the next 10 years as we recover from the pandemic'

  • Net Zero Now
  • 09 December 2020
Government urged to heed external advice when drawing up net zero policies
Government urged to heed external advice when drawing up net zero policies

Report from Institute for Government calls on Ministers to engage more extensively with external sources of evidence and analysis when designing energy policies, warning that departments have 'at times been too insular'

  • Policy
  • 07 December 2020
'Reach outside of Whitehall': Spending watchdog calls for holistic net zero strategy
'Reach outside of Whitehall': Spending watchdog calls for holistic net zero strategy

National Audit Office calls for greater clarity for how responsibility and roles of net zero will be divided across government and different public bodies

  • Net Zero Now
  • 04 December 2020
Government sets sights on securing 12GW of renewable power from next contract auction
Government sets sights on securing 12GW of renewable power from next contract auction

Plans to hold fourth Contracts for Difference auction for range of different renewables technologies confirmed by government for late 2021

  • Energy
  • 24 November 2020
UK's 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution 'falls short' on CO2 goals, official figures show
UK's 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution 'falls short' on CO2 goals, official figures show

Government accused of delivering underpowered green recovery plan that only delivers half of CO2 cuts required over coming decade

  • Policy
  • 19 November 2020
Government funds five 'state of the art' circular economy R&D centres
Government funds five 'state of the art' circular economy R&D centres

Innovation centres in London, Loughborough and Exeter secure £22.5m to develop waste-cutting techniques for textiles, metals, electronics, construction and chemicals

  • R&D
  • 12 November 2020
'Build back greener': Government announces £180m wave of green business funding awards
'Build back greener': Government announces £180m wave of green business funding awards

From pothole fixing robots to retro electric motorcycles, over 1,000 recipients of coronavirus response, clean tech innovation funding have been announced

  • Technology
  • 04 November 2020
Left in the cold: Why UK homes are still hundreds of years off schedule for delivering net zero emissions
Left in the cold: Why UK homes are still hundreds of years off schedule for delivering net zero emissions

Without a clear and ambitious government plan zero carbon home heating by 2050 remains a pipe dream, a new analysis from the UK Energy Research Centre warns

  • Infrastructure
  • 09 October 2020
Green Homes Grant: Demand expected to soar as energy efficiency scheme launches
Green Homes Grant: Demand expected to soar as energy efficiency scheme launches

The government's Green Homes Grant scheme opens for applications today, but demand from homeowners expected to outstrip 600,000 vouchers available

  • BusinessGreen
  • 30 September 2020
Government opens £6.9m fund for energy efficiency skills training
Government opens £6.9m fund for energy efficiency skills training

Funding opens in support of the government's Green Home Grants Voucher Scheme to support low carbon retrofitting of fuel-poor building stock

  • Skills
  • 24 September 2020
CBI tells government: Net zero action 'speaks 1,000 times louder than words'
CBI tells government: Net zero action 'speaks 1,000 times louder than words'

Britain's biggest business group urges government to fast track rollout of host of green technologies, including new CCUS, hydrogen, EV, and renewables projects

  • Policy
  • 14 September 2020
Government launches £300m manufacturing R&D funding push
Government launches £300m manufacturing R&D funding push

14 projects across the UK clinch funding in first round of government's 'Manufacturing Made Smarter' challenge, geared at streamlining supply chains and slashing waste

  • Investment
  • 11 September 2020
Climate Assembly UK demands 'strong and clear' government leadership on net zero
Climate Assembly UK demands 'strong and clear' government leadership on net zero

Assembly convened by Parliament of more than 100 members of the public call for urgency, fairness, and leadership to be at the heart of the net zero transition

  • Policy
  • 10 September 2020
Alok Sharma: 'There has never been a better time to invest in the green economy'
Alok Sharma: 'There has never been a better time to invest in the green economy'

COP26 President and Business Secretary Alok Sharma's speech at the Online Platform on Sustainable and Resilient Recovery from Covid-19, hosted by the Japanese government

  • Politics
  • 08 September 2020
Net zero compatible? Government announces North Sea oil and gas sector review
Net zero compatible? Government announces North Sea oil and gas sector review

Review of the UK's oil and gas licensing regime to look at how to align future of the sector with 2050 net zero target

  • Net Zero Now
  • 03 September 2020
Renewables costs keep on falling fast, but clean energy challenges remain
Renewables costs keep on falling fast, but clean energy challenges remain

New reports from the government and the Energy Systems Catapult have today provided further evidence the UK's energy industry is facing a decade of unprecedented and rapid change

  • Infrastructure
  • 25 August 2020
UK tots up £6bn in climate finance for developing counties since 2011
UK tots up £6bn in climate finance for developing counties since 2011

International Climate Finance mobilised by UK has helped avoid an estimated 33 million tonnes of greenhouse gases, government estimates

  • Investment
  • 20 August 2020
'Britain can lead the world': Government offers glimpse of CCUS vision for the 2020s
'Britain can lead the world': Government offers glimpse of CCUS vision for the 2020s

Government sets out plan to establish business models and funding mechanisms to deliver carbon capture and storage at scale in the 2020s

  • CCS
  • 19 August 2020
UK whisky industry toasts £10m fund to help distilleries go green
UK whisky industry toasts £10m fund to help distilleries go green

Applications open for £10m government funding pot to help distilleries switch to low-carbon fuels such as hydrogen, biomass and repurposed waste

  • Policy
  • 17 August 2020
Alok Sharma urges businesses to sign up for £2bn Green Home Grant scheme
Alok Sharma urges businesses to sign up for £2bn Green Home Grant scheme

Builders, plumbers, and other tradespeople advised to become TrustMark accredited so they can 'crack on' and offer grant-funded services under the government's new energy efficiency scheme

  • Work
  • 13 August 2020
Floating wind, captured mine heat, and net zero transport projects scoop government R&D funding
Floating wind, captured mine heat, and net zero transport projects scoop government R&D funding

Latest round of UK Research and Innovation's (UKRI's) Strength in Places Fund delivers boost to 17 projects across the UK, including pioneering clean tech developments

  • Investment
  • 11 August 2020
MPs warn UK hydrogen development hamstrung by lack of strategy
MPs warn UK hydrogen development hamstrung by lack of strategy

Environmental Audit Committee voices fears the UK risks missing out on fast-emerging green hydrogen opportunity

  • Policy
  • 06 August 2020
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