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Will the UK's CCS plans prove a model or a cautionary tale?

CCS

Will the UK's CCS plans prove a model or a cautionary tale?

Regulations being drawn up for UK CCS power stations are being closely watched by governments around the world, writes Ember's Richard Black

clock 22 March 2024 • 6 min read
Record drop in EU power sector emissions driven by 'unprecedented collapse' of coal and gas

Energy

Record drop in EU power sector emissions driven by 'unprecedented collapse' of coal and gas

New Ember analysis confirms wind generation hit an all-time high last year, as UK and EU power sector emissions fell to record lows

clock 07 February 2024 • 3 min read
Study: Global power sector emissions 'likely to peak this year'

Solar

Study: Global power sector emissions 'likely to peak this year'

Fresh analysis from think tank Ember suggests global electricity system approaching 'turning point' where clean power generation exceeds additional new demand

clock 08 December 2023 • 3 min read
Ember: Tripling of global renewable energy capacity 'more possible than ever'

Energy

Ember: Tripling of global renewable energy capacity 'more possible than ever'

Ember urges governments to hike policy ambition in order to put world on track to triple renewables capacity by 2030

clock 21 November 2023 • 3 min read
'On the cusp of a new era': Study shows fossil fuel electricity has passed its peak in half of world's economies

Energy

'On the cusp of a new era': Study shows fossil fuel electricity has passed its peak in half of world's economies

New report from Ember think tank confirms global clean energy revolution is continuing to gather pace

clock 20 October 2023 • 3 min read
'Teetering at the peak': Global power sector emissions flatlined in first half of 2023

Energy

'Teetering at the peak': Global power sector emissions flatlined in first half of 2023

Emissions savings generated by solar and wind additions were offset by historic drop in hydro capacity, new Ember research reveals

clock 05 October 2023 • 3 min read
'Coal and gas are too expensive': How clean tech is slowly but surely squeezing out fossil fuels' dominance

Energy

'Coal and gas are too expensive': How clean tech is slowly but surely squeezing out fossil fuels' dominance

Two new studies have this week been added to the library of evidence showing clean power technologies are more cost competitive than the fossil fuel generation they are replacing

clock 30 August 2023 • 11 min read
'Sign of the times': Fossil fuels hit record low, accounting for just a third of EU power mix

Energy

'Sign of the times': Fossil fuels hit record low, accounting for just a third of EU power mix

New analysis reveals how fossil fuel power generation across the EU fell 17 per cent during the first half of the year

clock 30 August 2023 • 4 min read
'Europe's electricity transition has hit hyperdrive': Wind and solar overtake fossil generation across the EU

Energy

'Europe's electricity transition has hit hyperdrive': Wind and solar overtake fossil generation across the EU

New data from Ember celebrates fresh renewable records for Europe in May, as zero carbon power exceeds fossil fuel generation across the bloc

clock 08 June 2023 • 4 min read
Report: Wind and solar are edging coal off G20 power grids

Energy

Report: Wind and solar are edging coal off G20 power grids

As the UK generates its one trillionth kWh of renewable power, a new analysis from think thank Ember confirms the world's largest economies are slowly kicking their coal habit

clock 15 May 2023 • 4 min read