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Chivas Brothers: Award-winning heat recovery technology for energy and carbon reductions in distillation
…energy-intensive process. The distillation process involves both a wash still and spirit still and boiling up these stills requires a lot of energy. With traditional pot still distillation most of…
IKEA Foundation: Supporting a Just Transition to renewable energy in the Global South
…climate crisis and support workers and communities affected by the transition to renewable energy When: Ongoing, with an initial commitment of $20m over four years The Challenge The global shift…
Oil and gas developments like Rosebank ‘cannot be justified’, MPs tell Ministers
…that licencing round earlier this week in Scotland, Sunak and his Ministers have been urged to reconsider by environmental groups, NGOs working on energy affordability, renewable energy developers and even…
UK Government pledges £4.3m for solar power in space
…(13 June). The funding is being allocated with support from the UK Space Agency. Space-based solar involves fitting solar panels on satellites to generate energy from the sun. Energy is…
UK Government announces £4.5bn boost for manufacturing with net-zero focus
…firms in the supply chain – something which will be key to both decarbonising our energy sector over the next decade and ensuring the UK’s energy security.” Related feature: How…
Scotch Whisky supplier embarks on £45m electric heat and biomass innovation scheme
The business is collaborating with AMP Clean Energy on the project, which will cost some £45m and reduce its annual carbon footprint by around 25,000 tonnes. This is equivalent to…
How can manufacturers invest in innovation for net-zero?
…2035 without the use of offsetting. It is kitted out with an anaerobic digester to transform potato peelings into fertiliser; heat and water recycling systems and energy-efficient equipment. Rooftop solar…
Great British Nuclear: Government unveils competition to fund small reactors
…When the Energy Security Strategy was published, the focus on nuclear and offshore wind were welcomed. But the Government faced pressure to go further and faster on energy efficiency, energy…
Global climate briefing: Sunak snubs UN meetings as California moves to mandate corporate climate disclosures
…renewable energy generation capacity this decade. This target has been recommended by the International Energy Agency (IEA), and delivery would play a significant role in global efforts to deliver the…
Sainsbury’s celebrates completion of Scottish onshore wind farm
…and is now increasingly looking to purchase energy directly from wind sites as it works towards a 2035 net-zero ambition. Longhill Burn is the seventh wind farm from which Sainsbury’s…
COP28 into overtime following ‘disappointing’ draft Global Stocktake text – here’s what’s included
…Items on the list include trebling renewable energy; bringing unabated coal offline; accelerating energy efficiency improvements; accelerating nuclear and low-carbon hydrogen production. There are widespread concerns about the conflation of…
Rosebank: UK Government faces legal challenges over oil field approval
…stated that current climate “stress tests” for projects are not robust enough. On a global scale, the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) pathway to a net-zero energy system by 2050 includes…
The key green policy gaps for the UK Government to close in 2024
…rescheduled to 2035. Moreover, proposals for introducing new energy efficiency regulations for homes by 2025 were altogether discarded. Further exacerbating concerns, the expansion of oil and gas licensing amplified dissatisfaction…
COP26 President Alok Sharma to oppose North Sea fossil fuel expansion bill
…the first place. But much more could be done to boost the UK’s energy independence by properly backing British renewables and helping people insulate their homes to cut energy waste.”…
UK Government sets out plans to quadruple nuclear generation capacity by 2050
The Civil Nuclear Roadmap from the Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero (DESNZ) forms part of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plans to “achieve net-zero by 2050 in a measured and…
Green hydrogen innovation competition opens with £500,000 funding pot
…manager Darren Gee. Scotland’s Minister for Energy, Just Transition and Fair Work, Gillian Martin, confirmed that the funding for the competition is coming from the Scottish Government’s Energy Transition Fund….
From CSDDD to decarbonising heavy industry: Recapping a bumper week for green policy in the EU
…also improving public health, the EU has been progressing an Energy Performance of Buildings Directive to mandate energy efficiency improvements and onsite solar. The Directive will require each EU member…
UK Government faces legal challenge over home energy efficiency standards
…reduction in the number of UK homes in fuel poverty for 2023. Moreover, homes in fuel poverty now pay on average £417 more for energy each year than energy-efficient homes,…
Hornsea Four: UK’s second largest offshore wind farm gets greenlight
…climate. We all agree that we must urgently decarbonise our energy system and invest in renewable energy, but we cannot keep selecting areas for new developments that we already know…
EU adopts Net-Zero Industry Act draft report
…published its new State of the Energy Union report, assessing the low-carbon energy transition to date and forecasting future trends. The report concludes that the EU’s annual emissions are likely…
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