• Home
  • News
  • In-depth
  • Opinion
  • Energy
    • Wind
    • Marine
    • Solar
    • Biomass
    • Nuclear
    • CCS
    • Infrastructure
  • Policy
    • Politics
    • Legislation
    • Taxation
  • Management
    • Marketing
    • Risk
    • Skills
    • Incentives
    • Carbon Accounting
  • Technology
    • Waste
    • Recycling
    • R&D
    • Efficiency
    • IT
  • Investment
    • Carbon Trading
    • Offsets
    • Venture Capital
  • Net Zero Now
  • Events & Awards
  • SDG Hub
  • Industry Voice
  • Newsletters
  • Sign in
  •  
      • Newsletters
      • Account details
      • Contact support
      • Sign out
     
    • You are currently accessing BusinessGreen via your Enterprise account.

      If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in.

      If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team.

      Phone: +44 (0) 1858 438800

      Email: [email protected]

      • Sign in
  • Follow us
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn
    • Newsletters
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
    • Instagram
  • Free Trial
  • Subscribe
  • Events & Awards
    • Upcoming events
      event logo
      NZF Pathway - Finance

      This exclusive half day online event will investigate how all businesses can support and accelerate the transition to low and net zero carbon buildings, while maximising the financial and productivity opportunities that will result.

      • Date: 16 Mar 2021
      • Online Event
      event logo
      NZF Pathway - Nature 2021

      Net Zero Nature brings together global experts, business leaders, NGO’s and innovators to explore why protecting and restoring nature is fundamental to global economic prosperity, investigate the transformative changes businesses must make now to avoid extinction, and consider best practices and latest developments. Register now to secure your place for a unique day of learning, leadership and practical insight.

      • Date: 27 May 2021
      • Online Event
      event logo
      Net Zero Festival 2021

      Net Zero Festival is the world's first business festival dedicated to exploring, advancing, and celebrating the global transition to a net zero emission economy. Join us at BusinessGreen's Net Zero Festival – for leaders who won't wait until 2050 to build a better business, and a better world.

      • Date: 29 Sep 2021
      • Worldwide
      View all events
  • SDG Hub
Business Green
Business Green
  • Home
  • News
  • In-depth
  • Opinion
  • Energy
  • Policy
  • Management
  • Technology
  • Investment
  • Net Zero Now
 
    • Newsletters
    • Account details
    • Contact support
    • Sign out
 
  • You are currently accessing BusinessGreen via your Enterprise account.

    If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in.

    If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team.

    Phone: +44 (0) 1858 438800

    Email: [email protected]

    • Sign in
  • Hot topics
  • Budget 2021
  • Carney row
  • Nature-based solutions
  • Net Zero Finance

Powering Past Coal Alliance

'Single most important step': Hungary, Uruguay, and Kyoto join Powering Past Coal Alliance
'Single most important step': Hungary, Uruguay, and Kyoto join Powering Past Coal Alliance

UK-Canada initiative welcomes 10 new members, as UN chief sets out three point plans for governments and businesses to accelerate coal power phase out

  • Policy
  • 02 March 2021
Fresh cohort of financial institutions join Powering Past Coal Alliance
Fresh cohort of financial institutions join Powering Past Coal Alliance

Legal & General, Aberdeen Standard Investments and Church of England Pensions Board join anti-coal, multi-stakeholder alliance that aims to encourage the phase out of coal by 2050 at the latest.

  • Investment
  • 02 June 2020
'Another milestone for Britain': UK grid completes first coal-free month
'Another milestone for Britain': UK grid completes first coal-free month

National Grid ESO confirms UK has completed 30 days and counting without coal power

  • Energy
  • 11 May 2020
Coal Free Kingdom
Coal Free Kingdom

Manifestos should go beyond the coal power phase-out, and commit to making the UK truly coal-free, argues campaign group Sandbag

  • Policy
  • 13 November 2019
'Prolonged uncertainty': Drax, Orsted and SSE call for post-Brexit carbon price clarity
'Prolonged uncertainty': Drax, Orsted and SSE call for post-Brexit carbon price clarity

Move echoes calls from green groups for 'robust carbon pricing' measures, as pressure grows for next government to bring forward UK coal power phase out date to 2022

  • Net Zero Now
  • 31 October 2019
RWE to close 1.5GW Aberthaw B coal plant next year
RWE to close 1.5GW Aberthaw B coal plant next year

RWE cites 'challenging' market conditions as it announces plan to close 1.5GW coal plant by end of March next year, taking UK coal power plant fleet down to four

  • Energy
  • 01 August 2019
National Grid ESO joins Powering Past Coal Alliance
National Grid ESO joins Powering Past Coal Alliance

National Grid's Electricity System Operator joins global alliance of governments, businesses, and organisations committed to quitting coal

  • Energy
  • 15 July 2019
Investors representing almost half the world's capital demand G20 climate action
Investors representing almost half the world's capital demand G20 climate action

Letter from investors and superannuation funds representing $34tr in assets under management write to world leaders calling for carbon price and coal phase out

  • Investment
  • 26 June 2019
UK sets annual coal-free power record - and it's only June
UK sets annual coal-free power record - and it's only June

Government confirms the UK has this afternoon set a new record for the most hours in a year when the grid operated without coal power

  • Infrastructure
  • 20 June 2019
US renewables capacity overtakes coal for the first time
US renewables capacity overtakes coal for the first time

Renewables now make up 21.56 per cent of US generation capacity, compared to 21.55 per cent for coal, according to official figures

  • Energy
  • 10 June 2019
Zero coal fortnight: UK smashes records to deliver fourteen days without coal power
Zero coal fortnight: UK smashes records to deliver fourteen days without coal power

UK grid runs for 14 days with no coal-fired generation, the longest stretch since the Industrial Revolution

  • Energy
  • 31 May 2019
Still no coal! Britain edges towards coal-free fortnight
Still no coal! Britain edges towards coal-free fortnight

Britain has now gone 12 days and 19 hours without using any coal-fired electricity

  • Energy
  • 30 May 2019
Record streak continues: Britain closes in on 12 days straight without coal
Record streak continues: Britain closes in on 12 days straight without coal

At more than 280 hours and counting, could the UK see its first entire fortnight without coal power by the end of the week?

  • Energy
  • 29 May 2019
10 days and counting: Britain smashes yet another coal free power record
10 days and counting: Britain smashes yet another coal free power record

UK has clocked up almost 11 days of coal-free power generation, while gas power has also been running at low levels

  • Energy
  • 28 May 2019
'New normal': UK grid poised for first coal-free week since Industrial Revolution
'New normal': UK grid poised for first coal-free week since Industrial Revolution

Grid operator confirms no coal plants scheduled to come online before 2pm this afternoon, meaning UK is set to complete a week without coal power

  • Infrastructure
  • 08 May 2019
How the UK chalked up 1,000-hours without coal power
How the UK chalked up 1,000-hours without coal power

A Bank Holiday record of 114 consecutive hours without using coal power underlined the UK's progress in quitting its dirtiest fuel, but where next for the fossil fuel phase out?

  • Infrastructure
  • 07 May 2019
UK smashes coal-free power record
UK smashes coal-free power record

Government confirms electricity grid clocked up 650 hours of coal-free generation during the first quarter of the year - more than was achieved during the whole of 2017

  • Infrastructure
  • 12 April 2019
Ryanair becomes first airline to enter top 10 ranking of EU carbon polluters
Ryanair becomes first airline to enter top 10 ranking of EU carbon polluters

As coal use drops off, aviation is coming to the fore as bloc's biggest emitter

  • Aviation
  • 02 April 2019
Britain has its first new deep coal mine in decades - a result of pretending climate change isn't political
Britain has its first new deep coal mine in decades - a result of pretending climate change isn't political

Rebecca Willis argues the controversial decision to approve a new coal mine in the UK is symptomatic of a wider political failure

  • Energy
  • 22 March 2019
'It wasn't an easy decision': Cumbria council unanimously approves new coal mine
'It wasn't an easy decision': Cumbria council unanimously approves new coal mine

County council claims potential for new jobs in the short term 'outweighed concerns about climate change and local amenity'

  • Policy
  • 19 March 2019
Finland bans coal power from 2029
Finland bans coal power from 2029

Government moves forward phase out date as part of new clean energy package

  • Infrastructure
  • 04 March 2019
Are we doing enough to prepare for the last days of coal?
Are we doing enough to prepare for the last days of coal?

The UK's coal phase out may be proceeding apace, but as Josh Burke argues there remains a gap where 'Just Transition' plans should sit

  • Infrastructure
  • 25 February 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
 Auf wiedersehen coal
Auf wiedersehen coal

The German coal phase out plan is a curate's egg - in truest sense of the term

  • Policy
  • 29 January 2019
123

Most read

Budget 2021: Treasury trails green bond launch and £22bn UK Infrastructure Bank plans
Budget 2021: Treasury trails green bond launch and £22bn UK Infrastructure Bank plans
Plant-based fast food: Beyond Meat inks deals for McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut
Plant-based fast food: Beyond Meat inks deals for McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut
Budget 2021: All the green announcements at a glance
Budget 2021: All the green announcements at a glance
Sweet smell of CCS: Coty and LanzaTech announce plan to infuse perfumes with captured carbon
Sweet smell of CCS: Coty and LanzaTech announce plan to infuse perfumes with captured carbon
'Future economy': Sunak pledges to put green investment at heart of economic recovery
'Future economy': Sunak pledges to put green investment at heart of economic recovery
  • Contact Us
  • Marketing solutions
  • About Incisive Media
  • Terms and conditions
  • Policies
  • Careers
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletters
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

Incisive Footer Logo

© Incisive Business Media (IP) Limited, Published by Incisive Business Media Limited, New London House, 172 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5QR, registered in England and Wales with company registration numbers 09177174 & 09178013

Digital publisher of the year
Digital publisher of the year 2010, 2013, 2016 & 2017
Loading