Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Financial think tank Carbon Tracker has urged the government to take its "foot off the gas" when planning future energy supply. The UK is committed to phasing out the UK's last 6GW of coal power by 2025, by which date almost half the country's 9GW nuclear fleet is due to be decommissioned.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Government touts RAB funding model as 'win-win' for climate and consumers, but pushing upfront costs onto energy bills could prove controversial. The new financing rules are likely to provide a major boost for EDF's hopes of building a £20bn nuclear power plant at Sizewell C in Essex.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 4, 2021

The nuclear industry is heading into 2021 with increased optimism around small modular reactors (SMRs) after a series of policy initiatives worldwide in recent weeks. and Canada, three major nuclear markets, all signaled growing support for SMRs in the closing weeks of 2020. Meanwhile in the U.K., and the U.K.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The government has unveiled further details of its hotly-anticipated vision for the UK's net zero transition, signalling a major overhaul of Britain's energy market to scale up renewables, clean heating, nuclear, energy efficiency, carbon capture, and hydrogen technologies over the coming decade and beyond.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A new 5-gigawatt “low-carbon” hydrogen target for 2030 has been revealed, along with an ambition to heat an entire town with hydrogen by the end of the decade. The government is expected to choose which two clusters to support first before the end of the year. Plan welcomed, but stakeholders want more policy details soon.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

A small modular reactor ( SMR ) consortium is “eagerly awaiting” a government announcement that could help the U.K. regain its former leadership in nuclear technology. Yesterday the consortium, which is led by British power systems manufacturer Rolls-Royce, pledged to create 6,000 jobs in the U.K. And this week, U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Green business groups and campaigners welcome the government's renewed focus on the net zero transition, but warn plan lacks long-term policies and sufficient funding in key areas. It is also less than half the amount the Government is committed to spending on new roads.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2023

Next week's Budget will feature a wide-ranging new clean energy package designed to mobilise £20bn of investment in the UK, Treasury confirms The Chancellor will next week promise to "reset" the UK's decarbonisation and energy security plans through an "unprecedented" £20bn investment in carbon capture and clean energy infrastructure.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

” The budget statement “predictably majored on pre-election giveaways political dividing lines”, said Ashden policy lead Will Walter, adding that it “will do nothing for those living in cold, damp, expensive to heat homes or for local authorities struggling to provide basic services.” A pivotal deal?

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The government of Alberta announced a $7 million contribution to Canadian oil giant Cenovus to study the possibility of using small modular nuclear reactors (SMR) as part of the province’s effort to decarbonize oil sands production. ERA’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) fund is financing the project.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Once this largest source of carbon emissions is greened up, the second-largest, transportation, can tap renewable energy via electric vehicles. The move to renewables can seem Sisyphian, as coal consumption continues to rise in major carbon-emitting countries - including China and India. France built nuclear power.

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Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

By Olivia Ashmoore This week, Energy Innovation Policy & Technology LLC® and RMI published 48 state Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) models. The free, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan EPS model empowers users to analyze the effects of hundreds of climate policies. climate goals. With the release of the U.S.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2022

Briefings by senior ministers ahead of Energy Security Strategy suggest plan will include new target for nuclear, cheap heat pumps loans, and planning reforms to fast track onshore wind development. Advocates of nuclear have long touted the technology as a means to provide low carbon baseload power to a renewables-dominated grid.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

Fresh analysis warns plans for UK's largest BECCS facility in North Yorkshire could prove more expensive for billpayers than Hinkley Point C, but developer Drax rejects calculations and insists carbon capture technology is likely to prove a crucial component of the net zero transition.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

International Energy Agency argues nuclear power can play a significant role in supporting transition to a renewables-dominated energy system worldwide. At present, nuclear is still the world's second largest source of low carbon power after hydro electricity, with atomic power plants spread across 32 countries.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

The government has published thousands of pages of documents today as it looks to revamp the UK's energy security and net zero strategies, but onshore wind energy is barely mentioned despite the technology being widely acknowledged as one of the cheapest and quickest ways to deliver new clean energy capacity.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Carbon capture, hydrogen, nuclear, EVs, and renewables all set to benefit from £12bn government stimulus plan, but critics warn funding falls well short of the level required to trigger a green recovery.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The government has set its sights on delivering two million green skilled jobs across the UK by 2030, as it today launched a new Taskforce to chart a long-term plan to fill the growing green skills gap and support workers in high carbon industries as the economy shifts towards a net zero footing.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 3, 2020

Fuel and carbon prices are on the up, technology costs are not set for any major decreases and net-zero policies will eventually target the decarbonization of all power market services.” Coal and nuclear power will be the biggest losers in Europe's energy system by 2040. New-build projects in the U.K.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The government has set its sights on delivering two million green skilled jobs across the UK by 2030, as it today launched a new Taskforce to chart a long-term plan to fill the growing green skills gap and support workers in high carbon industries as the economy shifts towards a net zero footing.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

75% of energy companies have had difficulty predicting and planning for government decisions, and 70% have struggled to attract and retain environmentally focused talent. 69% of those surveyed admit that they will need to change their business model to comply with the government’s sustainability goals.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Prime Minister announces £9.7bn of inward infrastructure investment, as government launches new £400m public-private clean tech innovation fund. The fantastic £9.7bn of new investment we have secured today will power our economic recovery, creating thousands of jobs and helping to level up across the country.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

The government will tomorrow publish its long-awaited Energy Security Strategy, promising that the sweeping new plan will 'supercharge' clean energy deployment and put the UK on track to source 95 per cent of its power from domestic low carbon sources by 2030.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

In April, daily emissions fell by as much as 17 percent , and total 2020 emissions may be 7-11 percent lower than 2019 (as projected by the Energy Policy Simulator , and a new opinion piece in Nature by Hanna et al., Figure 2 Mean survey results of recovery policy archetypes (2008-2020) aggregated using relativity-adjusted scores.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The government has this evening announced long-awaited plans to drive down emissions from buildings and catalyse the market for clean heat technologies, predicting heat pumps will soon be cost competitive with conventional boilers. We expect low carbon heating systems will become the obvious, affordable choice for consumers," he said.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

On its distribution network in the Midlands, South-west of England and South Wales, the additional 10GW is hoped to accelerate the connection of scores of low carbon technology projects, bringing forward some ‘shovel ready’ schemes by up to five years.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Jeremy Hunt underscores government’s commitment to tackling 'existential' climate threat with new nuclear projects and energy efficiency funding, but green groups slam Autumn Statement that 'falls woefully short'. Cheap, low carbon, reliable energy must sit at the heart of any modern economy," he said. per cent of GDP level.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Another record year for renewables saw clean power sources overtake fossil fuels on Britain's grid for the first time in 2020, but new nuclear and emerging technologies such as hydrogen and bioenergy carbon capture and storage are likely to be required to deliver a fully decarbonised energy system.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Government could delay or even axe both Suffolk nuclear project and high speed rail projects as it seeks to cut spending in response to deficit fears. The Treasury was considering a request for comment at the time of going to press.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 14, 2022

Nuclear enabled hydrogen is zero carbon, has low cost energy input, is large scale and offers co-location synergy and energy system connectivity. That is according to a new position paper from the UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (UKHFCA) on the role of nuclear enabled hydrogen in delivering net zero. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2024

However, since then, the state has redefined its energy policy, including a revival of nuclear power, the acceleration of renewables and reindustrialisation through the development of low-carbon industrial zones.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2023

The Scottish Government has set out its vision for a 'just transition' away from oil and gas and towards becoming a net exporter of green energy. Moreover, the draft strategy reiterates the government's backing for carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) development in Scotland, most notably through the Acorn project in Aberdeen.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As the government gears up to release its National Infrastructure Strategy, Green Alliance warns current plans will not nearly suffice. Green Alliance warned these areas of infrastructure are not being tracked by the government's Infrastructure and Projects Authority, nor is there a comprehensive assessment of existing infrastructure needs.

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Unsustainable

APRIL 30, 2019

Climate Policy: Changes in policy may turn out to be too little, too late, or it may buy us the time we need to switch over to net zero emissions economies in time to spare the world exceptionally catastrophic climate change. In 2014 , the average emission of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to the atmosphere per person was 4.6

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2020

The situation reduced the need for fossil fuel power such as coal and gas, and also led to curbed demand for nuclear power, as cheaper forms of renewable power such as wind and solar shouldered the lion's share of Britain's electricity needs.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

EV charging station providers and governments must ensure a widespread, inclusive, and transparent charging network where green energy is used, writes Polestar's Fredrika Klaren. The government is rightly acting to make electric vehicles a key part of the strategy in the run up to 2030 when the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will end.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2022

Business Secretary argues new nuclear projects are critical for enhancing energy security and cutting emissions, but critics argue that level of subsidy support is spiralling. New nuclear is not only an important part of our plans to ensure greater energy independence, but to create high-quality jobs and drive economic growth.".

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