The new government is due to deliver a warm homes plan in 2025. Current government supported energy efficiency and low-carbon heating incentives don’t offer the taxpayer value for money, particularly for rural homes. Calor outlines what measures government can take at the Budget and Spending Review to rectify this.

Labour sold its green energy plan as a win for consumers at the election, but critics and supporters want it to be clearer on who meets the short-term bills for the long-term gain. Harriet Symonds reports

It wasn’t quite “Forward, the Light Brigade” but the hollers and whoops of enthusiasm from Labour MPs and climate lobbyists as Ed Miliband steeled them for the charge for the guns of a zero-carbon grid had a ring of “Theirs not to reason why…” about it.

Three months on from the election and the battle lines of the political debate on net-zero and energy security are now in sharp focus.

Labour is pulling all levers to reach zero-carbon electricity by 2030. Speaking to Sophie Church, the National Grid’s Alice Delahunty warns the government risks missing its target

The future of our nation depends on our approach to energy. Growth, national security, jobs, bills and Britain’s reputation for global leadership all rest on the success of the clean energy transition and the pursuit of net-zero by 2050. So, I am thrilled to have been elected as chair of the Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee.

Successive governments, steered by Committee on Climate Change assessment, have recognised that offshore wind will not only provide the backbone of the UK’s future clean energy system but also presents one of our largest industrial growth opportunities. Targets for its growth have become ever more ambitious as we strive towards a fully decarbonized energy system and net-zero.

Why is it that we have the least well-insulated homes in Western Europe? Well, the reasons are many, but one place to look is up.

For too long, the United Kingdom has relied on others for energy. But under this government we are on the verge of an energy revolution, charging forward with renewables.

An actual giant of the labour movement? Sienna Rodgers speaks to the tall and quietly powerful Co-operative Party general secretary, Joe Fortune. Photography by Elio Zhang

Is a trawler’s worth of fish getting in the way of our nuclear ambitions? Tali Fraser investigates something fishy going on around Hinkley Point C

Labour’s plan to reach net-zero by 2030 has the power to transform the health and wealth of our country. But we will only achieve this ambitious target for a green economy by an equally radical shake-up of workforce.

Cadent’s second Global Technology Conference in London gathered over 75 IT companies and Europe’s largest gas distributors to discuss digital transformation, decarbonisation, and the vital role gas networks play in achieving net-zero by 2050.

The recent closure of the UK’s last coal power station has brought the curtain down on an industry that has helped bring jobs and prosperity to communities across the country, but it also marks a generational opportunity for those communities most affected by the closures, with green industries like nuclear giving hope for new jobs and greater investment.

A 40-year consensus that the market could best predict and provide for the nation’s energy needs has been dispatched almost overnight and replaced by an all-knowing ‘system operator’. Illustrations by Tracy Worrall

Energy minister Sarah Jones talks to Sienna Rodgers about the government’s commitment to carbon capture and storage, why the UK has struggled to attract investment, and the shake-up in No 10

Achieving the UK government’s economic growth and clean energy missions needs a workforce that can deliver net-zero. Shell UK is stepping up efforts to help make this a reality, including rolling out new energy transition skills hubs, says Parminder Kohli, Chair of Shell UK and Executive Vice President Sustainability and Carbon for Shell Group

Decarbonising heating is essential to meeting the UK’s climate goals, but it presents unique challenges. With heating responsible for significant carbon emissions, strategic investments in technologies like heat pumps and district heating are needed to ensure a sustainable future while minimizing infrastructure costs.

Prices rose for the first time this year at the beginning of October, putting the cost of energy into sharp focus once again. Last winter I spoke with PoliticsHome about the impact we were seeing on our customers at that time – how we were stepping in to help and a need for sustainable, long-term solutions.

Ultramarathon runner and new MP Harriet Cross talks to Tali Fraser about how the election postponed her engagement, fighting for oil and gas jobs in her constituency, and settling into her second life. Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer

The Labour government’s collaboration with our industry is the key ingredient for the successful delivery of the Warm Homes Plan.

Making our most hazardous radioactive waste permanently safe, sooner

On the 17th and 18th of September we hosted our biannual in-person stakeholder summit which saw over 170 delegates come together in Manchester from across our vast range of stakeholder groups.