Claire Coutinho

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho's speech on 30 April at the Innovation Zero conference in London

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary argues it is better for firms to 'live with some uncertainty' than suffer from strict government planning, but speech overshadowed by repeated protests

The government’s proposed package of energy market reforms are wide-ranging and broadly sensible, if worryingly incomplete - so why all the focus on controversial new gas power plants?

BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction from green business leaders, campaigners, and energy and climate experts to the government's sweeping package of energy market reforms

Government proposes new locational pricing regime and capacity market reforms, in bid to curb energy costs - but also sparks anger over plans for new gas plants

Memorandum of Understanding aims to improve R&D collaboration, boost skills base, and harmonise regulation

OVO Energy, Daiken, Kensa, and Good Energy among group urging government to retain key heat decarbonisation policy, as new analysis suggests 'boiler tax' could result in profit boost for boiler manufacturers

Official data confirms previously reported figures showing UK emissions have fallen 50 per cent since 1990 while the economy has grown almost 80 per cent

Claire Coutinho reportedly preparing to 'cave in' to lobbying from boiler manufacturers who she recently accused of 'price gouging, plain and simple'

Government says it will 'robustly defend' itself against separate legal challenges that aim to overturn the decision to develop UK's largest untapped North Sea oil field