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UK housebuilders to face 'zero carbon ready' standard from 2025
Government confirms Future Homes Standard will apply to any new homes built from 2025, delivering a major uptick in the pace of the shift away from gas boilers - but campaigners are left disappointed by failure to adopt more rapid timetable
Tyne and Wear village to tap blended hydrogen from gas grid in green heating pilot
Plan for 10-month hydrogen heating trial near Gateshead comes as WWF Scotland urges major energy efficiency investment programme to slash emissions from leaky and carbon-intensive homes
Vattenfall and Viridor team up for district heating push
Companies to work together to harness heat from waste to energy facilities
'Laying the groundwork': Heat Pump Association calls for heating policy revamp
Major new report sets out a series of recommendations for accelerating roll out of green heat technologies, as trade body warns UK is 'significantly behind' scheduled with its heat decarbonisation efforts
Pipeline to 2050: The government must deliver an ambitious, harmonised heat strategy
Agnes Szuda, policy manager – Sustainability team at Policy Connect
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
Zero Carbon Heating Taskforce: UK experts bid to overcome barriers to greener buildings
Taskforce includes members of the Green Finance Institute, the Coalition for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings, and the Association for Decentralised Energy, among others
Race to decarbonise UK heat finally warms up
New research has illuminated some of the challenges the UK government faces as it works to decarbonise the UK's heating system
'Heat Street': UK Power Networks launches community green heating study
Energy distribution firm launches study to map out which green heating technologies are best-suited to different areas, from rural to urban
Work on UK's 'largest' smart city green energy system kicks off in Peterborough
Plans to link up waste-to-energy, heat networks, battery storage and electric vehicle charge points could serve as a blueprint for other UK cities, according to council
Good Energy to launch home heat pump tariff in UK first
Green energy supplier claims new flexible tariff will make it 'easy and affordable' for customers to transition away from gas boilers
CBI calls for 2025 gas boiler phase-out to keep net zero on track
Government feels the heat over yawning gap in UK gas decarbonisation policy from two major reports from the CBI and the Net Zero Infrastructure Commission
Centrica throws weight behind UK heat electrification drive amid hydrogen cost fears
British Gas owner says UK should target one million heat pumps by 2025 as it fears hydrogen domestic heating may be a decade away
'World first': SGN launches bid for 300 green hydrogen homes project in Fife
Cooking and heating could be powered by hydrogen produced from offshore wind as part of gas network firm's H100 project
Research: Many Britons in the dark over CO2 impact of heating and eating
Energy Systems Catapult survey reveals high concern over climate change among the public, but less understanding of CO2 sources
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
Scottish-Swedish energy partnership aims to bring low-carbon district heating to south-east Scotland
Midlothian Council, which recently declared a climate emergency, is partnering with Vattenfall as it works to decarbonise the region's heat and power networks
What are the pathways to net zero gas and heating?
David Smith, chief executive of the Energy Networks Association, outlines a roadmap for decarbonising the UK gas system
Small change: Tweak washing and heating habits to save energy, study says
Research forms part of project aiming to identify the most effective long-term approaches for cutting energy consumption
Report: Natural gas home heating 'will still be around for a long time'
Further UK policy measures are needed to shift homes towards low carbon heating options, analysis by Cambridge Econometrics finds
Energy: A changing game, with changing players?
Tim Rotheray of the Association for Decentralised Energy argues the energy transition will require a more customer-centric approach
Energy efficiency 'U-turn': Tougher rules to force more landlords to upgrade homes
Government tweaks MEES rules to require more landlords to install energy efficiency measures, but campaigners warn some of the coldest properties will still be exempt
CCC boss Chris Stark: 'The threat of being ignored keeps me awake at night'
CEO of the Committee on Climate Change ponders 1.5C targets, Whitehall governance, and how capitalism can operate in a zero carbon future
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