Speed up renewables’ roll out to loosen Putin’s gas chokehold, EU chief urges
Accelerating Europe’s deployment of clean power from wind, solar and geothermal heat must be the continent's priority, as it battles to ease Russia’s grip...
“Most challenging year yet”, say four nations’ community energy pioneers
Hundreds of thousands of volunteer owners and operators of Britain’s potential-rich but beleaguered community energy movement are recovering from their ‘most challenging year yet’,...
Pope backs worldwide call for ban on new pumping of fossil fuels
Pope Francis has given his backing for a global ban on new exploration of oil and gas resources.
In the run up to CoP27 in...
Car decarb minister Norman urged to act on 300k charging target
Green motoring campaigners have urged decarbonisation minister Jesse Norman to add his name to moves aimed at speeding up Whitehall’s flagging drive towards 300,000...
Watchdog barks: Heatnet oversight ”will fail consumers” unless lower prices & fairer practices are...
The UK’s 900,000 heat network consumers will judge regulation to have failed if it does not deliver cheaper, fairer and more reliable heating systems,...
Ofgem convenes English mayors in quest of better local grid planning
Seven Metro Mayors and leaders of major English cities were among civic chiefs convened by Ofgem’s CEO Jonathan Brearley in a bid to spur...
London’s Khan goes halves with private finance, seeks £100 million of EDGE decarb projects
The capital’s mayor Sadiq Khan has announced a new £100 million fund to accelerate London-wide decarbonisation ventures, in partnership with leading green investor Sustainable...
Britons ‘vote with their feet’, in quest of greener, low carbon communities, survey finds
A growing number of Britons would move home or shift jobs if their communities or companies do not commit to going greener in the...
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,...
Handy! Worthing to bag its own heat network
The genteel West Sussex community of Worthing is set to benefit from its first ever heat network serving its population, currently at 111,000 people.
Under...
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...