The UK is shooting for the moon on clean energy at long last
3 months ago

The UK is shooting for the moon on clean energy at long last

Live Mint  

Christmas came early for energy nerds with the arrival of a dense 136-page document detailing how the UK government plans to decarbonize the nation’s electricity supply by 2030. The UK’s Clean Power 2030 Action Plan covers a lot of ground, all in the pursuit of three goals: achieving energy security, spurring new growth industries and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It starts with a precise definition of ‘clean power,’ in keeping with the National Energy System Operator’s characterization that said clean power should cover 100% of electricity demand by 2030, in a year with average weather conditions. But, as analysts point out, that is consistent with the target for clean power to meet 100% of demand, and Labour’s manifesto referred to a “strategic reserve of gas power."

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Government unveils plans to reform clean power schemes to speed up transition
1 month ago

Government unveils plans to reform clean power schemes to speed up transition

The Independent  

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UK on track to miss 2030 clean power targets, research suggests
1 month, 3 weeks ago

UK on track to miss 2030 clean power targets, research suggests

The Independent  

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Most Scots want more North Sea oil and gas to meet energy needs, poll finds
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Most Scots want more North Sea oil and gas to meet energy needs, poll finds

The Independent  

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UK’s electricity was cleanest ever in 2024, analysis finds
2 months, 2 weeks ago

UK’s electricity was cleanest ever in 2024, analysis finds

The Independent  

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Millions of homeowners could be set to receive cheap loans and grants for solar panels
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Millions of homeowners could be set to receive cheap loans and grants for solar panels

The Independent  

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Miliband: Logical to say energy bills will reduce under clean energy policies
3 months ago

Miliband: Logical to say energy bills will reduce under clean energy policies

The Independent  

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Government unveils ‘most ambitious’ plan to power homes with clean energy
3 months, 1 week ago

Government unveils ‘most ambitious’ plan to power homes with clean energy

The Independent  

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ANDREW NEIL: Starmer's talentless government will stumble from failure to failure while hastening our decline. Nigel Farage's Reform will be the only winner
3 months, 2 weeks ago

ANDREW NEIL: Starmer's talentless government will stumble from failure to failure while hastening our decline. Nigel Farage's Reform will be the only winner

Daily Mail  

So much for the reset or the relaunch or whatever it was Keir Starmer didn’t want us to call it. Instead of a bold, new course correction, Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered a humdrum repeat of existing plans, embellished with a few more targets Scrape away the usual, familiar guff and Starmer has committed to targets too challenging for him …

GB Energy boss says clean power must ‘show benefit’ to local groups
3 months, 3 weeks ago

GB Energy boss says clean power must ‘show benefit’ to local groups

The Independent  

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UK Can Meet 2030 Clean Power Target With Less Wind Than Promised
4 months, 2 weeks ago

UK Can Meet 2030 Clean Power Target With Less Wind Than Promised

Live Mint  

-- The UK has a narrow pathway to achieve the government’s goal of a clean power grid by 2030, and it may not need as much offshore wind as promised to get there. The operator designed two strategies for reaching this decade’s target, describing each as “challenging, but realistic and cost-effective.” One relies heavily on the expansion of renewable power, …

Call for £1.9bn a year to help oil and gas workers move into clean energy
5 months, 1 week ago

Call for £1.9bn a year to help oil and gas workers move into clean energy

The Independent  

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Finally, Britain has entered the ‘clean energy’ age
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Finally, Britain has entered the ‘clean energy’ age

The Independent  

On Monday, a 142-year chapter of British history closed as our last remaining coal-fired power station shut down for the last time. Today, in Merseyside and Teesside, we begin writing the next chapter in our energy story as we launch Britain’s carbon capture industry. That is why we are today committing funding for Britain’s first carbon capture projects in Merseyside …

Watch: David Lammy pledges Labour commitment to global clean energy transition
6 months ago

Watch: David Lammy pledges Labour commitment to global clean energy transition

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Public must be onboard with ‘national mission’ for clean power, say experts
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Public must be onboard with ‘national mission’ for clean power, say experts

The Independent  

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The New UK Government Wants Clean Energy, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, and Public Transport Reform
55 years, 2 months ago

The New UK Government Wants Clean Energy, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, and Public Transport Reform

Wired  

The new Labour government in the UK set out its legislative priorities today after winning a landslide election on July 4. Great British Energy Labour’s plan to create a publicly owned clean power company featured prominently in the party’s election campaign. Labour will hope that increasing investment in producing, moving, and storing clean power through Great British Energy will help …

Labour powers ahead with plans to turn UK into ‘clean energy superpower’
8 months ago

Labour powers ahead with plans to turn UK into ‘clean energy superpower’

The Independent  

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Miliband takes up the mantle of delivering UK’s climate-tackling mission – again
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Miliband takes up the mantle of delivering UK’s climate-tackling mission – again

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Miliband will have to deliver on the manifesto pledges to establish a publicly owned Great British Energy company, …

Reeves to reiterate Labour pledge to cut down energy bills
9 months ago

Reeves to reiterate Labour pledge to cut down energy bills

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Labour says GB Energy will fix cost-of-living crisis with clean power
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour says GB Energy will fix cost-of-living crisis with clean power

The Independent  

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Labour's green target 'unachievable' after ditching £28bn pledge, say experts
1 year, 1 month ago

Labour's green target 'unachievable' after ditching £28bn pledge, say experts

The Telegraph  

Labour’s target to convert Britain to “clean power” by 2030 has been dismissed by energy sector figures as “unachievable”. The commitment to decarbonising electricity generation by the end of the decade was already considered highly ambitious, but experts said that Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to ditch the party’s £28 billion green investment plan made it all but impossible. Last week, …

Paris Agreement target still alive thanks to clean energy growth, says IEA
1 year, 5 months ago

Paris Agreement target still alive thanks to clean energy growth, says IEA

The Independent  

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Powering Up Britain: All we know about the government’s new net zero plan
1 year, 11 months ago

Powering Up Britain: All we know about the government’s new net zero plan

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UK has set out new net zero plans to boost energy security and reduce …

Policy, climate, war make 2022 ‘pivot year’ for clean energy
2 years, 3 months ago

Policy, climate, war make 2022 ‘pivot year’ for clean energy

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — For renewable energy companies in India, it’s a good time to be in business. Renew Power’s CEO Sumant Sinha said the government funds for clean energy send “a strong signal” that the country wants “to become a manufacturing location for renewable energy equipment and a global alternative to China eventually.” “We are excited to be a part …

UK well off track to meet 2030s carbon-cutting goals, official figures project
2 years, 4 months ago

UK well off track to meet 2030s carbon-cutting goals, official figures project

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the light of the new data, senior climate lawyer for environmental law charity Sam Hunter Jones said: “These …

UK energy security strategy latest: Boris Johnson promises ‘clean affordable power’
2 years, 11 months ago

UK energy security strategy latest: Boris Johnson promises ‘clean affordable power’

The Independent  

✕ Close Johnson announces 'Energy Security Strategy' to bring cleaner, affordable power to UK Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Boris …

Peak oil is coming. That won’t save the world
3 years, 5 months ago

Peak oil is coming. That won’t save the world

CNN  

London CNN Business — The shift to clean energy is sending the oil industry into decline. That’s according to the International Energy Agency, which said in its global energy outlook published Wednesday that more aggressive climate action is needed as world leaders prepare for the crucial COP26 summit in Glasgow in November. “The world’s hugely encouraging clean energy momentum is …

UK electricity to be powered by clean energy sources from 2035, Boris Johnson says
3 years, 5 months ago

UK electricity to be powered by clean energy sources from 2035, Boris Johnson says

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Environmentalist group Greenpeace UK welcomed the new target, but said that the transition away from climate change fuels would …

Reconciliation, infrastructure bills will mostly meet Biden’s climate emissions goals, Schumer says
3 years, 6 months ago

Reconciliation, infrastructure bills will mostly meet Biden’s climate emissions goals, Schumer says

CNN  

CNN — An analysis from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office estimates that combined, the bipartisan infrastructure bill and $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill can meet the majority of President Joe Biden’s target to drastically slash emissions by the end of the decade. Though the analysis Schumer cites combines the impacts of both the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the reconciliation …

The fate of our planet is hanging in the balance – it’s in all of our interests to act now
3 years, 8 months ago

The fate of our planet is hanging in the balance – it’s in all of our interests to act now

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We’ve already declared a climate emergency, committed to making London zero-carbon by 2030 and developed a climate action plan …

Opinion: IEA head: The world isn’t moving fast enough on clean energy
4 years, 1 month ago

Opinion: IEA head: The world isn’t moving fast enough on clean energy

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Fatih Birol is executive director of the International Energy Agency. Our recent analysis at the International Energy Agency shows that almost half of the emissions reductions needed to reach net zero by 2050 may need to come from technologies that haven’t reached the market today. It’s true that solar panels, wind turbines, electric cars, lithium-ion batteries and other …

Want jobs and clean energy? This overlooked technology could deliver both
4 years, 8 months ago

Want jobs and clean energy? This overlooked technology could deliver both

LA Times  

Sunrise Powerlink carves a twisting path through the deserts and mountains of Southern California, skirting the U.S.-Mexico border and cutting through a national forest on its 117-mile path from the rural Imperial Valley to urban San Diego County. “If you’re looking at infrastructure spending, the electric grid is the most fundamental infrastructure there is,” said Cheryl LaFleur, who served nine …

Bloomberg plan to reduce carbon emissions by 50% in 10 years
5 years, 3 months ago

Bloomberg plan to reduce carbon emissions by 50% in 10 years

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Friday unveiled a broad plan to eliminate all coal power plants and slow the expansion of the natural gas sector as part of a policy to fight climate change that he says would cut carbon emissions across the U.S. economy by 50% over the first 10 years. The New York billionaire, …

UK can cash in on revolution for heating and cars to halt greenhouse gas emissions, say climate advisers
5 years, 10 months ago

UK can cash in on revolution for heating and cars to halt greenhouse gas emissions, say climate advisers

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Monday, a cross-party group of politicians warned the government must be put on a “war footing” to tackle …

Majority of new cars and vans should be electric by 2030, Government climate advisers demand
7 years, 2 months ago

Majority of new cars and vans should be electric by 2030, Government climate advisers demand

The Independent  

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Clean energy companies will destroy our land for a profit
7 years, 4 months ago

Clean energy companies will destroy our land for a profit

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Malcolm Turnbull's turnaround on renewable energy, from pro-carbon price to clean coal
8 years, 1 month ago

Malcolm Turnbull's turnaround on renewable energy, from pro-carbon price to clean coal

ABC  

What a stunning turnaround. The weight of evidence is for renewables, not 'clean coal' Never mind either that relying on "clean coal" won't achieve even the modest short-term target for reducing carbon emissions that Australia has set, experts say. Never mind, either, that clean coal won't push down power prices: electricity costs for consumers could double, not fall, if new …

Government unveils plan to cut fuel bills
13 years, 8 months ago

Government unveils plan to cut fuel bills

The Independent  

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