Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps announces £22 million uplift for flagship scheme. £22 million boost for government’s flagship renewables scheme, making available contracts for renewable power generation potentially worth billions of pounds in total over the scheme’s lifetime funding for… Read More »Energy security boost with multi-million backing for renewables
Plans for a wind farm off the Yorkshire coast capable of powering more than a million homes have been approved. Energy Secretary Grant Shapps granted consent for phase four of the Hornsea windfarm development on Wednesday. Commenting on the Government’s… Read More »One of UK’s biggest offshore wind farms gets the green light from Government – renewableUK
More than 100 companies are set to send a letter to the PM voicing fears about the disastrous effects of Britain’s overreliance on gas. More than 100 of the UK’s biggest energy companies will tell Rishi Sunak this week not to back… Read More »Top UK energy firms to warn Rishi Sunak: ‘Don’t back off green agenda’ – The Guardian
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme Authority has announced a package of reforms to tighten limits on industrial, power and aviation emissions from 2024. UK power and industrial sectors to trailblaze the way to decarbonisation, as a tighter cap confirmed for… Read More »Tighter limit on industrial, power and aviation emissions, as UK leads the way to net zero
Kevin Keane, BBC Scotland’s environment correspondent reports on global warming and Race to Net Zero Emissions. This is part of the diplomatic push to increase ambition in the lead up to the COP26 international climate change summit in Glasgow next… Read More »UN launches push for net-zero emissions by 2050 – BBC