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Energy security boost with multi-million backing for renewables

6 August 2023 admin 0

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 lifetimefunding for established technologies such as solar and offshore wind, some of the cheapest domestic energy sources available, will ensure Britain remains a global leader in renewable energythe Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme plays a key role in boosting the UK’s energy security, growing our economy and powering more of Britain from Britain A multi-million-pound boost for cleaner, more secure energy will make Britain the [...]

One of UK’s biggest offshore wind farms gets the green light from Government – renewableUK

22 July 2023 admin 0

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 decision to approve Ørsted’s Hornsea Four offshore wind project off the coast of East Yorkshire, RenewableUK’s Executive Director of Policy Ana Musat said: “It’s great to see one of the UK’s largest offshore wind farms getting the green light from the Government, at a time when we urgently need to get cracking on building new clean energy projects to generate the cheapest power for billpayers [...]

Top UK energy firms to warn Rishi Sunak: ‘Don’t back off green agenda’ – The Guardian

16 July 2023 admin 0

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 off the green agenda after a report by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) warned of catastrophic effects on the economy of continued overreliance on gas. The energy sector is becoming so alarmed at what it sees as the Sunak government’s mixed messages on switching to more renewable energy that big UK companies are ready to go public with a letter to Downing Street [...]

Tighter limit on industrial, power and aviation emissions, as UK leads the way to net zero

9 July 2023 admin 0

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 emissions from selected high energy industries that will set a path to the country’s ambitious climate goals. Today a package of reforms has been announced by the UK Emissions Trading Scheme Authority (UK ETS) – the joint body comprising the UK Government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland that runs the scheme. The scheme [...]

UK Energy Trends – Statistical Report – 1st Quarter 2023

1 July 2023 admin 0

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has published the statistical report on the UK energy trends for the 1st quarter of 2023. Renewable generation reached a record share of 47.8 per cent of total generation, up from 5.8 per cent in the same quarter of 2010. Renewable generation was boosted with a new offshore wind record of 19.2 per cent upfrom 0.6 per cent in the same quarter of 2010.Final consumption of energy dropped on the same period last year. On an adjusted basis that reflects seasonal and temperature trends, industrial consumption was down 11 per cent, and consumption by [...]

UK hits major clean energy milestone – National Grid

10 June 2023 admin 0

One trillion kWh of electricity generated from renewable electricity The UK has hit a major milestone as we pass the one trillionth kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity generated from renewable energy sources, the equivalent of everyone in the UK watching every James Bond movie 13 times a day, every day for a year. One trillion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity generated from renewable sources, enough to power UK homes for 12 years, based on average annual consumptionFifty years to reach the milestoneNext trillion achievable in a tenth of the time The data from National Grid analytics reveals that it has taken 50 years [...]

UK could unlock £70bn a year in renewable energy, report claims – The Guardian

21 May 2023 admin 0

Plausible for UK to become global clean energy superpower if investment is ramped up The UK could unlock £70bn every year by generating enough clean electricity to become a major exporter of energy to mainland Europe, according to a former government economist. A new report has found that by increasing Britain’s clean electricity generation 50% above its current projections for 2050 it could become a clean energy superpower capable of exporting £17bn of green electricity to Europe a year. The ambition to generate more green electricity than needed to meet the UK’s climate targets could also create an additional 279,000 British jobs, and support a [...]

Floating solar panels on reservoirs could power a third of the world, study finds – Independent

14 May 2023 admin 0

The world’s 115,000 reservoirs hold the potential for a clean energy revolution, scientists say Solar panels installed on reservoirs could generate enough electricity to power a third of the world, according to a new study. Floating photovoltaic systems, known as “floatovoltaics”, also have the added benefits of reducing evaporation by shading the water, as well as preserving land for other uses. An international team of scientists calculated that 30 per cent coverage of global reservoirs could produce 9,434 terawatt hours (TWh) of power per year. This would meet more than twice the energy demand of the entire US annually. Annual global energy consumption [...]

Charles III: A green king? – E&T

7 May 2023 admin 0

“It all seems obvious to me,” King Charles III recently told German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, referring to the need for a green transition. During a boat ride to an electrolyser site in Hamburg’s harbour, the UK’s new monarch confessed he felt like he was becoming “a frustrated old man” over attitudes to the climate emergency. The King is certainly no stranger to the climate fight. Over the last 50 years, Charles III has been very public about his concern for the environment, with many of his statements blurring the lines of the Crown’s political neutrality. In this way, his accession to [...]

UK ministers review bidding process for funding new renewable energy projects – The Guardian

23 April 2023 admin 0

Ministers are considering an overhaul of the bidding process to fund new renewable energy projects in an effort to create green jobs, amid Joe Biden’s subsidy race. The government said on Monday it has begun a review of the “contracts for difference” (CfD) scheme, which is used to determine the price of electricity from offshore wind and solar farms, with the aim of adding factors such as how many jobs they create to the regular auctions. The move comes partially in response to the net zero review by the former energy minister Chris Skidmore and amid a global race to provide greater subsidies for [...]

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