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Cost concerns stalling climate-related investments for corporate leaders, survey finds
…driven to engage in the energy transition because they view it as a business opportunity rather than a mandatory and expensive obligation. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global…
UK Government grants £16m for household energy efficiency projects
…The Government has long been criticised for failing to deliver a nationwide home retrofit scheme in light of the energy price crisis and its own climate commitments. Its multi-billion-pound Green…
Inside JLR’s plans to deliver 120MW of onsite renewables on the road to net-zero
…will be about having better energy resilience and not being so highly dependent on the grid and being able to take more control of our use of renewable energy.” It…
Amazon inks PPA to purchase electricity from UK wind farm
Amazon has expanded its clean power partnership with Iberdrola by signing a renewable energy power purchase agreement (PPA) for nearly 160MW of an offshore wind farm located off the coast…
Barclays to end direct finance for oil and gas expansion
…to immediately cease providing new project finance and all other kinds of direct finance for upstream oil and gas projects and related infrastructure. “In the International Energy Agency’s Net-Zero Energy…
From hydrogen trials to grid connection queues: 7 UK green policy stories you may have missed during COP28
…location and an opening date have not yet been confirmed. Read edie’s full story here. 3) VAT relief for battery energy storage confirmed Pictured: A 98MW a 98MW battery energy…
Report: Renewables firms increasing salaries in bid to retain sought-after green skills
The latest Global Energy Talent Index (GETI), including the results of research among 12,000 energy professionals across 149 nations, reveals a growing green skills gap that is making workers with…
COP28 Action Tracker: Last-minute climate talks in Abu Dhabi as UK offers new fossil fuel licences
…also gives energy regulator Ofgem an official net-zero remit. On the same day as the Act was ratified, Energy and Net-Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho oversaw the publication of two important…
Aerospace, aviation and automation: South Yorkshire chosen as UK’s first Investment Zone
…of Portsmouth and Aston University, in Birmingham. Plymouth’s specialty is offshore and coastal renewable energy while Aston’s is bioenergy. Bristol is looking at energy infrastructure modernisation and digitisation for flexibility….
EU must address wasted green energy and negative prices, solar industry warns
…burned – and clean, low-cost solar energy is being wasted,” the joint letter reads. Alongside this, the industry is warning that unaddressed volatile energy prices and “too frequent” negative prices…
Ikea’s green steel deal and Carlsberg’s coal phase-out: The sustainability success stories of the week
…energy price crisis. It is hoped that the scheme will reach more than 300,000 homes by March 2026. Energy Security and Net-Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho said the Scheme “will help…
Authors against fossil fuels and a new wind farm for Amazon: The sustainability success stories of the week
…the first renewable energy project to be delivered under a corporate PPA in Northern Ireland. Amazon’s director of energy for the EMEA region, Lindsay McQuade, said: “Wind energy plays a…
Octopus’s £3bn offshore wind fund and Cabify’s new EVs: The sustainability success stories of the week
…this week. ENERGY: Octopus Energy launches £3bn offshore wind fund Octopus Energy’s generation fund has this week unveiled plans to invest £3bn in offshore wind projects globally by 2030. The…
Report: UK’s net-zero energy transition requires £900bn investment
…net-zero by 2050. The report claims that the shift to a net-zero energy supply will involve massive investment into renewable generation, network infrastructure and new technologies such as energy storage…
From Rishi Sunak’s green policy rollbacks to COP28 controversies: The top sustainability stories of 2023 (part two)
…energy transition priorities including tripling renewable energy generation capacity and accelerating the rate of energy efficiency improvements. But COPs don’t solely happen in the negotiating rooms. More than 100,000 people…
$57bn in climate finance and carbon credit controversies: The 7 biggest stories from 4 December at COP28
…act fast to triple renewable energy capacity before the end of the decade,” said Jennifer Morris, CEO of The Nature Conservancy. “Our work to accelerate renewable energy in North America,…
UK policymakers face protests ahead of key vote on North Sea oil and gas expansion
…highlighted that the Bill would result in less immediate and significant impacts on energy bills than measures such as improving energy efficiency. He said: “Oil and gas recovery can take…
Shell has ‘misleading’ ads banned in the UK
…The ASA agreed, ruling that the adverts misled by giving the overall impression that low-carbon energy comprised “a significant proportion of the energy products Shell invested in and sold in…
RWE’s $2bn green bond and British tennis’s water bottle refills: The sustainability success stories of the week
…this week. ENERGY: Scottish renewable industry suppliers get funding boost Image: Kent Plc. Pictured: The Beatrice wind farm The UK Government is set to change its flagship renewable energy auction…
Report: Britain’s annual clean energy deployment rates must more than double
…Sarah Long summarised: “From reforming the planning system and strengthening energy networks to bolstering the UK’s supply chain, a more gradual increase in new energy capacity is the most likely…
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