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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Britain's biggest business group urges government to fast track rollout of host of green technologies, including new CCUS, hydrogen, EV, and renewables projects.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

However, the firm said it would still "keep the lines of communication open with government" regarding future options at both sites, raising the prospect that the plans could be revived if the government's long awaited Energy White Paper helps address the financing challenges that continue to dog proposals for new nuclear projects in the UK.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

The nuclear sector has become the latest industry to wade into the debate about the government's imminent green recovery package, arguing that it has a critical role to play in delivering on the UK's net zero emission target. Commitment to the roll-out of smaller and advanced reactors would build on that momentum.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2021

Government touts High Temperature Gas Reactors (HTGRs) to help decarbonise power and produce hydrogen. In total, the government has set aside a package worth £385m to accelerate development of more flexible nuclear technologies.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The government has been accused of coming up short with its much-vaunted green recovery plan, as further details on its £12bn low carbon investment package were released yesterday that suggested the new measures would only deliver around half of the CO2 cuts required to hit UK climate targets over the coming decade.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

Prime Minister to reaffirm tree-planting plans as part of £5bn 'New Deal' style recovery package, but green campaigners fear 'false start' as key funding announcements still yet to be confirmed. Meanwhile, business groups are also stepping up calls for Chancellor to deliver a wide-ranging green stimulus package.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

The speech was inevitably overshadowed by the news Leicester has already been forced back into lockdown and undermined by the realisation the trailed £5bn package amounted to little more than a compendium of previously announced programmes that are an order of magnitude smaller than the template supposedly provided by FDR's New Deal.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

The friends, all engineers by training, had designed a machine that could turn agricultural waste, like almond shells, into renewable hydrogen fuel. They’d even found a partner, the owner of a fueling station for hydrogen-powered cars, who wanted them to build a pilot plant at his facility. But the investor was undeterred.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

In particular, it argues that infrastructure development for key areas such as hydrogen or EV charging is not currently able to attract "low-cost patient capital" from infrastructure funds and pension funds. As a result, it urges the government to development a framework to make them more attractive to such sources of low cost capital.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

Reports from CBI, EnergyUK, ECIU, and ScottishPower all hammer home calls for ambitious green recovery package. The government has been inundated with calls from green trade bodies, campaigners and academics for it to deliver a green stimulus package in recent weeks. The consensus keeps building.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The report also assesses the use of zero carbon hydrogen gas as a possible replacement for fossil fuels on the gas grid to feed home boilers, which has been gaining increasing interest in recent years, particularly among gas network operators.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Further details forming a trailed 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution are expected to be laid out in November, with reports indicating hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, small modular nuclear reactors, electric vehicles, and green synthetic fuels are likely to feature heavily.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Ahead of the Prime Minister's promised new green recovery package, a new report from the business advocacy group outlines a raft of near-term policy interventions that could put the UK on track to reaching net zero emissions. The gap between the government's net zero rhetoric and its policy agenda remains.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Sunak's speech received a decidedly lukewarm welcome from green business groups, who argued the package did little to build on the 10 Point Plan announced last week and fell well short of the "green recovery" rhetoric embraced by the government over the summer.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In addition, fiscal incentives like the removal of VAT for energy efficiency retrofits and business models for low carbon hydrogen will be essential to attract the private investment needed to reach net zero.". Consequently, the TUC is calling on the government to unleash a £85bn green recovery package capable of creating 1.24

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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2021

We need a technology-neutral package," he insists. The government has said it wants to leave the exact breakdown of the UK's renewable energy mix to the market, but Hewett accuses the government of "cherry picking" its approach, given its decision to set headline targets for offshore wind and low carbon hydrogen production.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

It is expected to include a raft of new funding and policy proposals designed to accelerate progress in a host of areas, such as clean energy deployment, energy efficiency upgrades, hydrogen production, carbon capture and storage development, and the switch to electric vehicles.

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Waste Waste Climate change Government 73

Charged

MAY 31, 2022

You must have some sort of a software package that’s coordinating all that. Our entire system is packaged with California-based energy management specialist Stem. The Truck-as-a-Service model is an all-inclusive package that includes the vehicle, the charging, and maintenance, all at a price that’s on par with diesel.

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

The trailed £3bn energy efficiency package was hugely welcome, even if questions remain over precisely how it will be administered and what will happen when the single year Budget is exhausted. But then once again the accompanying policy measures singularly failed to match the rhetoric.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Energy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed last week the government's long-awaited energy white paper, which will underpin its legally binding target to reach net zero emissions by 2050, will be published this autumn.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

I hope the long-awaited, and frequently delayed, Energy White Paper soon sees the light of day and that, through the plethora of reviews and plans that are due over the coming year, the Government will begin to set a path to delivering on their green ambitions.". "But But ambition must be matched by action on the ground.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The scheme offers grants worth up to £5,000 - rising to £10,000 for low income households - against the cost of approved energy efficiency measures such as insulation, heat pumps, and hydrogen-ready boilers.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In recent months Johnson has similarly signalled his support for an acceleration in offshore wind development, investment in new green hydrogen infrastructure, carbon capture technology clusters, electric vehicle charging networks, new nuclear technologies and expanded tree-planting programmes. offshore wind. the power system.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Both the hotly-anticipated Transport Decarbonisation Plan and Heat and Buildings Strategy had previously been expected before the end of the year, but are now set to emerge in the next six to 12 months, along with a UK Hydrogen Strategy, according to the National Infrastructure Strategy.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Instead, it looks to have opted for a package of loan guarantees for energy suppliers and targeted support for fuel poor households. The oil and gas industry has warned that a windfall tax could jeopardise its ability to fund new offshore wind, hydrogen, and carbon capture projects, which is a legitimate concern.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In at least 18 of the world's biggest economies, support for industries and projects with considerable negative environmental impacts have dominated recovery packages, the analysis suggests. per cent - around £1.1bn - of China's recovery package has been designated for green projects. million new jobs, the report said.

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

The Chancellor needs to develop a financial support package that works for landlords and tenants," said Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association. This should especially be targeted at the hardest to treat properties where the cost of work will be prohibitive for landlords.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have talked a good game, but beyond the welcome £3bn for energy efficiency upgrades there is still no sign of a coherent green stimulus package on a par with the €40bn programme already finalised by Germany.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Gone are the rhetorical flourishes and hymning of humanity's "Promethean spirit" to be replaced by firm commitments to end the sale of internal combustion engine, create markets for heat pumps and hydrogen, and decarbonise entire industries. There is mention of plans for a hydrogen village or town. There is some truth in this.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

There are also game-changing policy commitments: bringing forward the ban on sales of petrol and diesel cars, targeting 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production, and 600,000 heat pump installations per year - all within a decade. And as Molho points out, the UK is offering far less investment for hydrogen than some of its neighbours.

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