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COP28 Action Tracker: Ireland launches infrastructure and climate fund as UAE shapes summit plans
…fears that the changes could dent investor confidence and lead to investment in industries such as retrofitting, heat pumps and electric vehicles (EVs) going overseas. Clarity on how the new…
COP28 Action Tracker: CEOs press for end to fossil fuels as King Charles gets go-ahead to attend climate summit
…any offshore wind bids. Coutinho also mentioned the uplift in the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, which provides homes with grant funding to replace fossil fuel boilers with heat pumps. Each home…
Government rubbishes CCC’s recommendations on airport expansions and fossil fuels
…recently rolled back plans requiring landlords to upgrade the energy efficiency of their homes and compelling households with fossil fuel boilers to switch to heat pumps before 2035. In tandem…
Heathrow extends incentive scheme for alternative fuels with lower carbon footprint
…used at Heathrow in 2024 being SAF. This is up from around a 1.5% SAF share in 2023. Heathrow has set aside £71m for the initiative in 2024. The airport…
edie publishes new, free-to-download guide to decarbonising heating
…a primary fuel source, not just for heating, but also for electricity generation. According to National Grid, around 85% of households use gas for heating, making it one of the…
Four in five cities already facing climate hazards, says CDP
…of July, compounding issues already caused by unseasonably early heatwaves in the spring. July heatwaves were also recorded in the Southwest of the USA. Record-breaking heatwaves have additionally been recorded…
Six green policy priorities for new Energy Security and Net-Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho
…form, the Bill includes measures to create business models for hydrogen and carbon capture. It will also create a new market mechanism for heat pump manufacturing; improve heat network zoning;…
UK Government pressed for clarity on national climate adaptation plan to heatwaves
Earlier this year, the Committee published its report on Heat Resilience and Sustainable Cooling, emphasising that the current housing stock in the UK is ill-equipped to handle excessive heat, with…
Palm oil replacements and EV battery recycling: The best green innovations of October 2023
…heat is produced when an electric current flows through a resistor – to achieve the ultrafast heating of plastics. The team realised that rapid heating could vaporise the hydrogen in…
MPs push Government for clear heatwave resilience plan to save lives, boost economy
…In conducting its inquiry into the UK’s heat resilience, the Committee heard that heatwaves could claim 10,000 lives annually in the UK without concerted action. Deaths would be higher among…
Lower mortgage rates for energy-efficient homes tested with UK Government support
…organisations to develop fresh and innovative ways of helping more people get better access to energy efficiency measures, such as loft insulation, double glazing and heat pumps,” he said. All…
Redrow partners with Pod Point to install EV charging at new builds
…latest and includes approved targets from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). For all new homes, Redrow is introducing air-source heat pumps in place of gas boilers, combined with underfloor…
Report warns of $18trn investment gap to deliver net-zero energy transition
…vehicles or heat pumps; decarbonising the power supply; using lower carbon fuels in hard-to-abate use cases; and deploying carbon capture (CCS). “Most of the tools we need to bring our…
Delivering the Paris Agreement ‘a $275trn investment opportunity’, asset owners tell policymakers
…trajectories for renewable energy and heat pumps. “We must see these approaches replicated to similarly drive emergent technologies, such as green hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuels, without which it will…
£230m tranche of Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme funding opened
…came shortly after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak weakened policy targets for replacing oil and gas boilers with heat pumps and for improving the energy efficiency of new and rented homes….
Licences offered to dozens of North Sea oil and gas projects
…also scrapped the introduction of new energy efficiency requirements for rented properties and disbanded its energy efficiency taskforce just six months after launch. Related article: From nuclear to heat pumps:…
UK firms need policy support to turn decarbonisation plans into action
…that 48% of organisations are looking at energy saving measures like renewables and ground source heat pumps, while 54% are focusing on waste management and recycling initiatives. In the near…
COP28 Action Tracker: Last-minute climate talks in Abu Dhabi as UK offers new fossil fuel licences
…Prime Minister and Energy Secretary, includes a host of measures intended to ease the scaling of low-carbon industries including nuclear, green hydrogen, heat pumps and alternative fuels for aviation. It…
Tesco announces solar power project to enhance renewables capacity
…pumps to replace gas heating boilers, introducing customer EV charge points, and using electric dotcom home delivery vans. Earlier this year, Tesco revealed a set of net-zero targets, approved by…
The Gym Group’s net-zero target validated by the Science Based Targets initiative
…already implementing sustainable measures including air-source heat pumps, heat recovery systems, efficient air conditioning, voltage optimisation and solar panels. The Compleat Food Group unveils SBTi-validated net-zero targets In related news,…
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