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Energy White Paper: The green economy reacts

Business Green

Business stands ready to deliver the investment and innovation needed to turn ambition into reality, and the proposals outlined in the Energy White Paper will give firms further confidence to deliver new infrastructure'. million petrol cars off the road. So far it does not appear to meet the task.".

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Energy White Paper: Government unveils plan for 'decisive and permanent' shift away from fossil fuels

Business Green

Long-awaited Energy White Paper set to be unleashed alongside plan to establish domestic UK emissions trading scheme from 2021. Overall, it said the strategy would cut UK carbon emissions by 230 million metric tonnes over the next decade, the equivalent to permanently removing 7.5 million petrol cars from the roads.

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'Our seas hold immense potential': PM pledges to power all UK homes with offshore wind by 2030

Business Green

Reports yesterday suggested the PM has been forced to delay several times a major speech touting a new policy and investment package for the green economy due to the disruption wrought by Covid-19. Nevertheless, environmental groups broadly welcomed the latest green policy signals.

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Everything you need to know about the UK's landmark Energy White Paper

Business Green

After several delays spanning at least a year, the government has finally unveiled vision for a future net zero energy system - here are the eight things you need to know about the long-awaited Energy White Paper. To describe autumn 2020 as a busy period for green economy policy in the UK would be an understatement.

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New UK DERMS Project Targets Flexibility Across Distribution and Transmission Grids

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SGS claims that once the four-year project is up and running, it will free up capacity for 2 gigawatts of renewable power capacity and offer savings of £250 million ($345 million) if extended to all six DNOs in the country. The QUEST project was awarded £8 million by Ofgem’s Network Innovation Competition.

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'Our seas hold immense potential': PM unveils £160m offshore wind investment

Business Green

Reports yesterday suggested the PM has been forced to delay several times a major speech touting a new policy and investment package for the green economy due to the disruption wrought by Covid-19. Nevertheless, environmental groups broadly welcomed the latest green policy support.

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The Energy White Paper and the nuclear stand-off

Business Green

The row over Sizewell led the headlines, but there is so much more to the Energy White Paper and its promise to deliver a decisive shift away from fossil fuels. Whisper it, but I'm not sure the inevitable reignition of the row over the UK's nuclear plans is the most important part of the long-awaited Energy White Paper.