Business Green
OCTOBER 26, 2020
The government must rebalance nuclear's place in the energy portfolio and bring the public onside while there is still time, argues Bright Blue's Andrew Leming. Hitachi's withdrawal from proposed nuclear power sites in Anglesey and Oldbury last month dealt a sharp blow to the government's net zero emissions strategy.
Greentown Labs
JANUARY 30, 2024
As renewable energy sources have matured and become more affordable, a challenge remains in dramatically increasing the amount of clean power on the electric grid: long-duration energy storage.
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Business Green
OCTOBER 5, 2020
The Prime Minister will use his Conservative Party Conference speech tomorrow to trail a hotly-anticipated 10-point plan for a "green industrial revolution" - full details of which are set to be unveiled later this year - as well as announcing a major package of support for offshore wind.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Poland accelerates coal phase out, pushes for nuclear and offshore wind. Poland is the only member of the EU which has so far refused to commit to net zero emissions by 2050, with the country seeking more time to reconfigure its economy, which is heavily reliant on coal-fired power stations and coal mining.
Business Green
DECEMBER 24, 2021
The critical elements were supportive government policy at home, a laser-focus not only on renewables but the one renewable niche where its advantage lay, a bit of luck early on and a financing innovation that turbo-charged its transition once underway. France built nuclear power. Denmark looked to offshore wind.
Business Green
OCTOBER 5, 2020
The Prime Minister will use his Conservative Party conference speech tomorrow to trail a hotly-anticipated 10-point plan for a "green industrial revolution" - full details of which are set to be unveiled later this year - as well as announcing a major package of support for offshore wind.
Business Green
APRIL 7, 2022
Trade body RenewableUK recently revealed data showing the UK has the largest planning pipeline of offshore wind projects in the world, at around 86GW. Nuclear targets increased to 24GW by 2050. Achieving the government's nuclear ambitions would require a huge ramp up of nuclear power capacity from less than 7GW today.
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