A short story: My brother once played a simulation of competing engineering companies, rather than invest, his team sold its products at a loss until it had scooped all the orders, then destroyed the opposition. Then it raised prices.
Future of Roads Minister, Lilian Greenwood, has confirmed that the Government and industry are expected to install over 100,000 local chargepoints in the “coming years”. These will be in addition to the 80,000 public chargepoints already available in the UK.
Acorn and Scottish Cluster partners will receive around £200m in development funding after the Spending Review, marking the first-time government support of this scale has been provided for the project.
Despite some fears, DESNZ did well in the Review, with a 16 per cent increase in overall departmental spending, reaching £12.6bn in 2028-29.
Zonal pricing has divided opinion as much as it might divide regions, but if plans were to be implemented the number of wind farms in the South of England could see a significant rise.
The British Geological Survey (BGS) has identified eight ‘super regions’ across the UK that are ‘just right’ in terms of conditions to help drive the country’s net-zero energy ambitions.
City St George’s, University of London, is offering companies the chance to gain expert help on environmental issues free of charge.
Consumer Scotland called for greater protection consumers in the transition to greener home heating and insulation after a series of green energy and efficiency scams. These include:
Believ, owned by Liberty Global and Zouk Capital, has secured a £300m investment facility to install at least 30,000 charge points, boosting access to public EV charging across the UK.
Proposed changes in the Future Homes Standard, being published in Autumn, will make solar panels mandatory on the vast majority of new build homes, DESNZ has confirmed.
It may have been the most postponed and twisted decision, but finally the Rolls-Royce SMR design has been selected as the preferred bidder to partner with Great British Energy – Nuclear to develop small modular reactors.
Currys will boost to its Cash for Trash initiative, which allows customers to recycle unwanted technology. All old electricals deposited at any Currys store will receive at least a £10 voucher towards a £50 minimum spend, double the previous reward.
Scotland is unlikely to join in with the forthcoming funding for nuclear power, with acting Energy Secretary Gillian Martin (pictured) telling the BBC that it will focus on renewable energy.
It’s been a busy few weeks for Rolls-Royce. Not only with the promised defenced spending increase and the final granting of the SMT contract, but also it has been awarded an order to supply a second large-scale battery storage system to Zeewolde in the Netherlands.
As countries ratchet up decarbonisation to meet their Paris Agreement commitments, the clean energy transition is redrawing the global trade map according to the ECIU.
Aurora Energy Research has released a report examining the impact of data centre expansion on the energy system and the crucial importance of strategic coordination between data centres, networks, and generators in the UK. This approach could unlock £35bn in low-carbon power investment, the report states.
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Local authorities need £67bn of climate funding
Solar panels will be mandatory on new builds
Spending Review: Winners and losers
Believ to add 30,000 public EV charge points across UK
Britian’s renewable Goldilocks zones
Zonal would mean more wind farms for the South
Rolls-Royce wins SMR contract in 'new golden age'
Global energy investment to rise to $3.3tr in 2025
Miliband could ditch heat pump target: Update
Acorn welcomes funding
100,000 more EV chargepoints promised
BYD: Car wars
Currys’ boosts circularity
SNP to focus on renewables
Rolls-Royce builds a bigger battery