Rachel Solomon Williams, Executive Director, Aldersgate Group: “The built environment is one of the most challenging sectors to decarbonise. Including indirect emissions, buildings still account for 23% of the UK’s total carbon emissions. These new measures, requiring homes and commercial…

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Royal Mail, Loganair and BETA Technologies have launched real-world electric flight demonstrations across Royal Mail’s Scottish mail flight routes. BETA Technologies is a US-based electric aerospace company working on the developing and commercialising electric aircraft. The first of a series…

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The government does not yet understand the full range of possible impacts and cascading effects of severe space weather, the National Audit Office (NAO) said in a new report. The government has a good understanding of some of the initial…

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IHI Corporation (IHI) and GE Vernova have announced successful testing of 100% ammonia combustion at IHI’s test facility, engineered to replicate GE Vernova’s F-class gas turbine operating conditions. The project is linked to a potential move from gas to hydrogen…

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New government proposals would allow businesses and public sector organisations to install one turbine up to 30m high without submitting a planning application. Until now, planning regulations and high planning costs have stopped many small wind projects before they began…

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Kight Powerhubs has announced plans for a domestic battery assembly plant in Dumfries. The Dumfries facility is claimed to be the first home energy storage factory in Scotland and will serve as the primary assembly plant for the Kight Powerhub.…

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The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has announced metering rule changes  that will allow consumers with an electric vehicle charger, heat pump or battery to sign up through a participating energy supplier or third-party aggregator to help balance the electricity…

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UrbanChain said it has signed a power purchase agreement within its private energy market. Power from a solar farm will be matched directly to UK industrial manufacturing demand through UrbanChain’s platform. In the agreement Black Torrington Solar Ltd, a new…

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RenewableUK Cymru has welcomed the Welsh Government’s launch of a new Renewable Energy Sector Deal. The deal, known as Cymru Clean Power, is a long term commitment between Welsh Government and industry to work together to accelerate renewable energy projects…

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National Grid Electricity Transmission plc (NGET) has today agreed to pay £20 million into Ofgem’s Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme after it accepted it had failed in monitoring, maintaining and repairing the Harker 132kV substation near Carlisle, Cumbria between November…

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