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Morocco can play a key role in the UK's clean energy mission
Energy
By Sir Nick Harvey
Morocco can play a key role in the UK's clean energy mission
Sourcing energy from a country with a guaranteed supply of sunshine and wind would help the government in its mission to bring down energy bills.
Government Warned Warm Homes Target Is Not On Track
Energy
Government Warned Warm Homes Target Is Not On Track
The director of the National Warm Homes Council has warned that the government is currently not on track to meet its target on insulating homes.
Can Britain Build The Energy Storage It Desperately Needs?
Energy
Can Britain Build The Energy Storage It Desperately Needs?
Britain faces two trilemmas over energy: as it seeks to find a middle ground between security, cost and carbon reduction, it also needs to balance supply, demand and storage. It’s the last of these, Benedict Cooper finds, that might be the biggest challenge of all.
Partner content
Energy
By Net Zero Technology Centre
Clean energy trailblazers to take centre stage at Net Zero Innovators conference
Labour can deliver a just and fair energy transition by backing renewable liquid fuels Partner content
Energy
By OFTEC
Labour can deliver a just and fair energy transition by backing renewable liquid fuels
One of the biggest challenges facing the Labour government is delivering decarbonisation without putting unnecessary financial burden on ordinary households.
Upskilling Britain can drive the clean heat revolution
Environment
By Sharon Hodgson MP
Upskilling Britain can drive the clean heat revolution
This Labour government has ambitious plans to decarbonise heat and retrofit homes, but the stark reality is that without urgent action to address the looming skills crisis, we risk falling catastrophically short.
The Warm Homes Plan: a path to energy efficiency and net-zero goals Partner content
Energy
By Building Research Establishment (BRE)
The Warm Homes Plan: a path to energy efficiency and net-zero goals
Jane Goddard, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Building Research Establishment (BRE), is calling for a focus on retrofitting the least energy-efficient homes to help reduce fuel poverty.
Locational Or National Pricing: The Great Energy Debate Dividing Experts
Energy
Locational Or National Pricing: The Great Energy Debate Dividing Experts
Do we tackle climate change via locational or national pricing? Adam Bell, director of policy at Stonehaven, explains the increasingly fraught debate that is pitting economists against each other.
The government's Energy Performance Certificate reforms must be balanced Partner content
Energy
By Chartered Institute of Building
The government's Energy Performance Certificate reforms must be balanced
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is calling for the government to carefully consider the potential impact on consumers with its proposed reform of the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPB) regime.
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Energy
By Net Zero Technology Centre
Over 50 emissions reduction technologies identified in latest technology roadmap from NZTC and NSTA
Is Clean Power By 2030 Achievable?
Energy
Is Clean Power By 2030 Achievable?
The Clean Power Plan is an ambitious scheme to decarbonise the energy sector by 2030. Is it really deliverable? Chaminda Jayanetti reports
Heathrow expansion is a plan that will never fly
Health
By Barry Gardiner MP
Heathrow expansion is a plan that will never fly
Pity poor William Russell! His response to the age of the telegraph was “faster horses”. In 1860, brushing stagecoaches aside, he created the Pony Express, which carried letters across America in just 10 days. By October the following year, the first telegram had flashed from Missouri to California, and the Pony Express was dead.
Residents Near New Pylons Could Get Money Off Bills, Says Energy Minister
Communities
Residents Near New Pylons Could Get Money Off Bills, Says Energy Minister
As government tries to make Britain a “clean energy superpower”, minister Michael Shanks told Zoe Crowther that extended ‘pounds for pylons’ schemes could be soon coming down the track.
Making performance-led home retrofit a reality Partner content
Energy
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Making performance-led home retrofit a reality
Building consumer confidence in home energy upgrades by guaranteeing good outcomes
Partner content
Energy
By Net Zero Technology Centre
Aberdeen pupils discover clean energy skills at NZTC STEM event
Shaping UK energy in 2025 with innovation, investment and skills for net-zero Partner content
Energy
By Net Zero Technology Centre
Shaping UK energy in 2025 with innovation, investment and skills for net-zero
This year is critical for the UK’s clean energy future. With key projects and innovations in the pipeline, the country has a unique opportunity to lay the groundwork for a sustainable power transition.
On Hydrogen: New Report Provides Roadmap to a Low Carbon Future Partner content
Energy
By Policy@Manchester
On Hydrogen: New Report Provides Roadmap to a Low Carbon Future
Despite its immense promise, hydrogen's role in the UK's net-zero transition remains fraught with challenges. Now a major new publication by Policy@Manchester, The University of Manchester’s policy engagement unit, is offering a helpful roadmap to help unlock hydrogen’s transformative power.
Labour Climate Group Urges Government To Rethink Support For Biomass Plant
Energy
Labour Climate Group Urges Government To Rethink Support For Biomass Plant
A Labour environment group has urged the government to be "brave" and reconsider support for a major biomass plant in a seat represented by Keir Starmer's party.
Sticking with Drax's biomass plant could undermine net zero – Labour must be brave
Environment
By Alex Mackaness
Sticking with Drax's biomass plant could undermine net zero – Labour must be brave
The decision on whether to end Drax's energy subsidies is not an easy one, but the government must face up to the tough choices that the Tories dodged.
Clean Power 2030 and the journey to a net zero future Partner content
Energy
By EDF
Clean Power 2030 and the journey to a net zero future
Last week saw the Government mark a key milestone on its mission of achieving clean power by 2030, with the publication of a national Clean Power Action Plan.
Manufacturing chemical raw materials using captured CO2: pipedream or reality? Partner content
Technology
By BASF
Manufacturing chemical raw materials using captured CO2: pipedream or reality?
17 organisations have come together under the Flue2Chem consortium to explore how CO2 emissions from industrial processes can be transformed into new raw materials.
Labour Urged Not To Fall Into 'Tory Trap' On Electric Vehicles
Energy
Labour Urged Not To Fall Into "Tory Trap" On Electric Vehicles
The director of a Labour Party environment campaign has urged the Government to not fall into the "Tory trap" of "chopping and changing policy" on green energy.
Preparing for an Unknown Future: The Net Zero Skills Challenge Partner content
Environment
By UKCRIC
Preparing for an Unknown Future: The Net Zero Skills Challenge
Many of the sectors, industries, and jobs that will support the Net Zero transition do not yet exist. When we are so unsure of what our future skills needs will be, how can we prepare a skilled workforce ready to create the infrastructure of tomorrow? PoliticsHome sat down with experts from UKCRIC to learn more about the Net Zero skills challenge
Decarbonising Britain will offer a nationwide opportunity for jobs, investment and community impact Partner content
Energy
By Vattenfall
Decarbonising Britain will offer a nationwide opportunity for jobs, investment and community impact
Britain’s path to net-zero promises cleaner energy, local jobs and lower bills. With government backing, Vattenfall argues that decarbonisation can deliver real benefits, including warmer homes and more sustainable, inclusive economy