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Report: UK’s net-zero transition could bring £240bn economic boost
…including solar and wind component manufacturing, upstream nuclear and electric vehicle (EV) component manufacturing. Also set to gain significantly would be the construction, automotive, energy generation and energy storage and…
Australia’s funding boost for cycling and free youth access to UK nature reserves: The sustainability success stories of the week
Published every week, this series charts how businesses and sustainability professionals are working to achieve their ‘Mission Possible’ across the campaign’s five key pillars – energy, resources, infrastructure, mobility and…
Manchester’s new ‘green’ office and an F1 net-zero pledge: The sustainability success stories of the week
…forward in our commitment to sustainable clean energy. The collaboration… underscores our shared dedication to fostering Greece’s energy transition.” RESOURCES: New Balance adds shoe resale platform to US website More…
Off-road electric trucks and Britain’s ‘most sustainable’ neighbourhood: The sustainability success stories of the week
…Energy Catalyst fund to develop energy and charging infrastructure for these trucks in Rwanda. OX Delivers provides access to its two-dozen trucks as a service. Businesses do not need to…
World Economic Forum launches global green aviation initiative
…to fulfil their potential as clean energy hubs and standard-bearers for the net-zero economy.” According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) report, aviation accounted for more than 2% of global…
COP28 President outlines vision for climate conference, including ‘inevitable’ reduction in fossil fuels
…by publishing their ‘action plan’ for the summit. Regarding energy, the host team has confirmed that they will advocate for an agreement to double the annual rate of energy efficiency…
Policy barriers could hold up efforts to triple renewables capacity
…to dramatic clean energy scale-ups and reducing emissions from methane production. A total of 116 countries have signed up to the Global Renewables and Energy Efficiency Pledge, which will see…
New Year’s Honours 2024: The environment activists and net-zero leaders on the King’s list
…services to Business, to Gender Equality and to Net-Zero Lee McDonough Director General, Net Zero, Nuclear and International, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. For services to Energy and…
Government funnels £185m into Industrial Energy Transformation Fund
…from the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund. The fund is designed to reward businesses with projects and initiatives that can help their operations run on clean energy by switching to renewables,…
Going beyond net-zero a ‘once-in-a-generation economic opportunity’ for UK
…to the UK’s trade balance. A further £14.7bn is derived from lower energy prices. The scenario would also create an additional 279,000 UK jobs, bringing the total clean energy jobs…
UK urged to kick-start geothermal energy revolution
…has stated that the findings will be used by Ministers to determine the need for any further investigation into scaling geothermal energy. Industry body the Association for Renewable Energy and…
Carbon-negative beer and Patagonia’s push for repairs: The sustainability success stories of the week
…array at its site in Derbyshire will be delivered by YLEM energy. It will reduce Denby Pottery’s annual energy-related emissions by 475 tonnes. YLEM Energy’s managing director Ian Gadsby said:…
UK to unblock grid delays for renewables as athletes call out fashion greenwash: The sustainability success stories of the week
…this week. ENERGY: UK poised to unblock grid delays for clean energy transition Energy developers in the UK have, time and again, spoken out about extensive delays with grid connections…
UK’s largest community-owned solar farm supported by local councils
…its electricity consumption with renewables by 2035. It has this month set up a new publicly owned energy company to help support the development of new community-owned renewable energy capacity…
Expected drop in oil and gas demand could blindside North Sea investors, Carbon Tracker warns
…on climate grounds, questions have been asked about whether the Bill would result in any meaningful reductions to energy bills or have a significant impact on preserving energy sector jobs….
VIDEO: Juliet Davenport on the big clean energy announcements at COP28
Davenport is a highly respected figure in the renewables industry in the UK and on the global stage. She is best known for founding renewable energy company Good Energy and…
CCC: UK councils struggling to deliver net-zero plans without direction from Government
…Centre for Sustainable Energy, polling local authorities on their climate-related strategizing and delivery. None of the local authorities said their local climate plan was fully aligned with net-zero by, or…
Waiting times for renewables projects risks derailing net-zero power grid vision
…and solar – as well as nuclear. The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) roadmap to a global net-zero energy system by 2050 stated that advanced economies such as the UK should…
CCC Progress Report: Are any UK sectors on track to meet net-zero?
…and the House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee. The report states that a strategy should ideally be published this year. The report also notes that a…
Low-carbon transition driving critical minerals market growth, but ESG questions remain
…energy-related technologies like electric vehicles (EVs) and offshore wind. The market for energy transition minerals reached $320bn in 2022, the IEA notes, and will continue to grow “rapidly”. Indeed, investment…
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