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Milestone: Renewables overtake fossil fuels as main source of UK power
Milestone: Renewables overtake fossil fuels as main source of UK power

New analysis from think tank Ember reveals how renewables generation outstripped that from gas and coal last year, as floating wind sector celebrates latest plans

  • Energy
  • 28 January 2021
EDF inks heat pump partnership as calls grow for post-boiler strategy
EDF inks heat pump partnership as calls grow for post-boiler strategy

Energy giant partners with Daikin for heat pump offer, as new report warns 'boiler backlash' could derail net zero agenda

  • Technology
  • 04 November 2020
Why online retailers should increase transparency about their products
Why online retailers should increase transparency about their products

What would change if e-commerce retailers shared information about a product's climate footprint?

  • Supply chain
  • 21 August 2020
Transform to Net Zero: Microsoft, Nike, Starbucks and others launch corporate climate alliance
Transform to Net Zero: Microsoft, Nike, Starbucks and others launch corporate climate alliance

Danone, Unilever, Mercedes-Benz, Maersk, Wipro and Natura & Co among founding members of corporate drive to share expertise in setting science-based climate targets

  • Net Zero Now
  • 21 July 2020
Moorside Clean Energy Hub: Firms tout nuclear and hydrogen plan for Cumbria
Moorside Clean Energy Hub: Firms tout nuclear and hydrogen plan for Cumbria

Coalition including EDF, construction firms and trade unions sets out vision for new 3.2GW nuclear station linked with renewables and hydrogen production

  • Nuclear
  • 01 July 2020
EDF finally submits plans for 3.2GW Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk
EDF finally submits plans for 3.2GW Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk

Move follows several months delay in lodging consent application for the 'near replica' of Hinkley Point C on East coast of England

  • Nuclear
  • 27 May 2020
Reports: Coronavirus forces EDF to delay application for new UK nuclear plant
Reports: Coronavirus forces EDF to delay application for new UK nuclear plant

French energy giant looks set to lodge plans to build Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk later than planned

  • Nuclear
  • 27 March 2020
EDF, Kaluza, and Dimplex team up for flexible electric home heating trial
EDF, Kaluza, and Dimplex team up for flexible electric home heating trial

More than 100 homes fitted with smart electric storage heaters to be controlled remotely via AI software in bid to cut CO2 and bills

  • Infrastructure
  • 12 March 2020
'2020 is a turning point': Top corporates urge Boris Johnson to accelerate climate action
'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

  • Net Zero Now
  • 09 March 2020
Reports: EDF readies plans for £16bn Sizewell C nuclear plant
Reports: EDF readies plans for £16bn Sizewell C nuclear plant

French-owned energy giant reportedly plotting new nuclear power station in Suffolk in partnership with China's CGN

  • Nuclear
  • 17 February 2020
EDF snaps up electric vehicle charging firm Pod Point in £100m deal
EDF snaps up electric vehicle charging firm Pod Point in £100m deal

French-owned energy giant's takeover bid proves successful as it acquires majority stake in one of UK's largest EV charge point firms

  • Energy
  • 14 February 2020
EDF charges up £110m Pod Point bid
EDF charges up £110m Pod Point bid

Offer would support French-owned utility's ambitions of becoming leading player in e-mobility in the UK

  • Energy
  • 10 February 2020
EDF acquires Pivot Power in bid to become 'a leader in battery storage'
EDF acquires Pivot Power in bid to become 'a leader in battery storage'

Energy giant snaps up UK start up in a major boost for ambitious plans to deliver battery and electric vehicle charging hubs across the UK

  • Infrastructure
  • 04 November 2019
'Challenging': Hinkley Point C nuclear plant to soar £2.9bn over budget, EDF admits
'Challenging': Hinkley Point C nuclear plant to soar £2.9bn over budget, EDF admits

French developer again forced to increase its cost estimates for Somerset nuclear project, which may now not be generating energy until 2026

  • Nuclear
  • 25 September 2019
Nissan and EDF team up to accelerate electric vehicle V2G charging
Nissan and EDF team up to accelerate electric vehicle V2G charging

Agreement will see Nissan provide V2G-capable electric cars, as EDF delivers smart charging solutions

  • Automotive
  • 18 September 2019
Onshore wind critical to 2050 net zero goal, energy giants tell ministers
Onshore wind critical to 2050 net zero goal, energy giants tell ministers

Firms including Scottish Power, SSE, EDF, Vestas, Vattenfallm and Siemens Gamesa call on government to end effective 'ban' on new onshore wind in UK

  • Wind
  • 05 August 2019
Dunkirk auction provides boost for France's offshore wind industry
Dunkirk auction provides boost for France's offshore wind industry

Winning bid of just €50/MWh came from a consortium led by EDF Renewables, Innogy and Enbridge

  • Wind
  • 17 June 2019
Cottam closure to take UK coal power plant count down to six
Cottam closure to take UK coal power plant count down to six

EDF Energy announces closure of Cottam coal-fired power station in Nottinghamshire, citing 'challenging market conditions', as government survey again highlights renewables popularity

  • Energy
  • 07 February 2019
V2G surge: EDF Energy and Nuvve to install 1,500 smart EV chargers
V2G surge: EDF Energy and Nuvve to install 1,500 smart EV chargers

Two companies team up to offer EDF Energy's business customers V2G chargers aimed at providing 15MW of additional energy storage capacity

  • Automotive
  • 31 October 2018
Green GB Week: Big business beefs up climate action
Green GB Week: Big business beefs up climate action

30 of the UK's largest companies unveil fresh pledges to tackle climate change in support of government's Green GB Week

  • Carbon Accounting
  • 16 October 2018
Global businesses, cities and unite for Zero Emission Vehicle Challenge
Global businesses, cities and unite for Zero Emission Vehicle Challenge

The Climate Group and C40 Cities-led initiative sees firms and governments unite to boost EV purchasing power and drive demand for low carbon transport

  • Automotive
  • 10 July 2018
Pension funds snap up £701m stake in EDF Renewables wind farms
Pension funds snap up £701m stake in EDF Renewables wind farms

Energy giant sells 49 per cent stake in 24 UK wind farms to Dalmore Capital Limited and Pensions Infrastructure Platform

  • Wind
  • 02 July 2018
EDF Energy fined £350,000 for missing smart meter target
EDF Energy fined £350,000 for missing smart meter target

Energy supplier was three weeks late in meeting its 2017 smart meter installation target

  • Infrastructure
  • 15 June 2018
'Strong ambition': EDF snaps up giant Neart Na Gaoithe offshore wind farm
'Strong ambition': EDF snaps up giant Neart Na Gaoithe offshore wind farm

450MW offshore wind project was threatened by bitter legal battle with the RSPB, but is now on course to start generating by 2023

  • Wind
  • 03 May 2018
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