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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'. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction to the long-awaited policy document from across the green economy.

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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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Hitachi ditches UK nuclear power projects

Business Green

Hitachi has officially scrapped plans to build new nuclear power plants at Wylfa on Anglesey and Oldbury in Gloucestershire amid ongoing struggles to drum-up additional financing for the high profile projects, it confirmed today, dealing another major blow to the nuclear industry's ambitions in the UK.

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Fresh U.K. Proposals Chase More Nuclear and Higher Carbon Prices

GreenTechMedia

government’s long-awaited energy white paper is out with confirmation of fresh negotiations with EDF over a new nuclear power station and a drive to push up the price of carbon. Nuclear talks with EDF to resume. carbon trading to begin next year.

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How Britain's grid became 'cleaner, cheaper, and harder to control' during the Covid-19 lockdown

Business Green

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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'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.