REA appoints Trevor Hutchings as CEO
Dr Nina Skorupska CBE is stepping down after 10 years as chief executive of the Association of Renewable Energy & Clean Technology (REA). From...
Champions! UKPN pledges £1m to volunteer co-ops delivering advice against fuel poverty
Britain’s biggest distribution network franchisee is pledging £1 million to help energy co-operatives & local groups scale up their Net Zero programmes.
Working with Lewes-based...
New green steel capacity ‘can turbocharge Ukraine’s post-war recovery’; say Oxford researchers
As investors & politicians meet today in Berlin to discuss rebuilding a Ukraine freed of Putin’s psychopathy, innovators at Oxford University say low-carbon steel...
China “to install 2.5GW of green hydrogen projects this year”: analysts Rystad
China will breeze past its 2025 target for 200,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen a year, as the country is on track to install 2.5GW...
“Share Britain’s solar roadmap by October, then stick to it”, PV chiefs urge new government
Britain’s solar industry is calling for more ambition and greater consistency from the nation’s new government after 4 July.
Included in its electoral demands issued...
“Energy’s future is local. Co-ops & solar participants must lobby for it”: Skidmore
Former energy minister Chris Skidmore today issued a call for volunteer co-operatives and solar energy practitioners to join forces and lobby hard for green...
Sky’s the limit for Scottish rooftop solar, as Holyrood cuts planning red tape
Scotland’s solar energy industry has warmly welcomed the removal of the need for planning permission for solar panels on rooftops in Scotland.
The Scottish government’s...
REA pinpoints key priorities for new PM’s first 100 days
The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) has today launched its vision for the new government’s first 100 days in office. The...
New UK manufacturing data finds ‘disconnect’ between industry priorities and actions to address energy...
A new report has found a ‘disconnect’ between the UK manufacturing sector’s views on volatile energy pricing and action taken on-site to address these...
Renewables chiefs welcome Labour’s plans for Great British Energy
Labour’s plans to pump £8.3Billion into a nationalised green energy supplier drew mixed reactions today from industry participants.
Would-be prime minister Sir Keir Starmer unveiled...
Ofgem drops retail price cap by 7% until September: not enough, say campaigners
The retail price cap on domestic energy tariffs will fall by 7% to £1,568 per year, calculated on a putative ‘average’ bill per home’s...
General Election “crucial in advancing renewables & to address pressing climate change”
Clean energy lobbyists the REA have enthusiastically welcomed prime minister Rishi Sunak’s surprise decision to schedule July 4 as 2024’s general election.
“The upcoming election...
Government eyes Anglesey as site for 3.2GW nuke plant
Energy ministry D-ESNZ has confirmed the old Hitachi plot at Wylfa on Anglesey as the government’s preferred site for the UK’s third mega-nuclear power...
Solar farms ‘no threat to food security’, PV industry tells Coutinho
Industry lobbyists Solar Energy UK have welcomed a parliamentary statement today by D-ESNZ chief Claire Coutinho, - pictured - as confirmation that existing land...
Lifting ban on ‘acquisition-only’ tariffs would herald return to energy’s ‘Wild West’, says Octopus
Britain’s two-year old ban on energy price cuts designed to lure switchers away from their existing suppliers on rates lower than paid by existing...
Can-ada-do: Octopus’ service platform takes toehold in New Brunswick
Kraken, the fast-growing utility service provider at the heart of Britain’s Octopus Energy, has signed its first licencing deal in Canada.
Headed by Devrim Celal,...
UK risks “missing green growth among small businesses”, BT finds
Britain’s 5.5m small businesses overwhelmingly need more help from politicians & policy makers to reduce their environmental impact, research conducted for telecoms giant BT...
Government goes cold on ‘hydrogen town’ pilot
Energy ministry D-ESNZ is turning down the heat under plans to run a town-scale pilot to heat homes by hydrogen alone this decade.
in December...
ONR grants nuclear site licence for Sizewell C
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has today announced that it has granted a nuclear site licence for generating company EDF to install and...
Star interns celebrate UKPN’s offer of full-time roles
Regional network operator UK Power Networks has offered full-time roles to five interns emerging from under-represented backgrounds in London.
The star quintet showed outstanding promise...