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Brexit tariffs would drive £2,800 EV price hike, auto sector warns

Business Green

SMMT warns 'no-deal' Brexit would undermine UK green recovery and net zero vision by heaping costs onto electric car manufacturing. As these figures show, 'no deal' tariffs will put the brakes on the UK's green recovery, hampering progress towards net zero and threatening the future of the UK industry.".

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A tale of two gigafactories…

Terra Infirma

As the name suggests, an EV battery gigafactory is truly colossal with a price tag to match – we’re talking billions rather than millions. A couple of years a go a business associate asked me whether I would join with him to pitch our joint services to the proposed Britishvolt gigafactory in Blyth, just a few miles up the road.

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The UK's net zero target is under threat because there's no plan to pay for it

Business Green

Building decarbonisation is critical to delivering a net zero Britain, but neither the Treasury nor Scottish government have set out a vision for how a mass green homes retrofit programme could be funded, writes Glasgow Caledonian University’s Keith Baker. Unfortunately, that doesn't necessarily spell money for the private sector.

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Liz Truss prepares to announce energy price freeze plan

Business Green

However, there remains no indication as to how the proposed moratorium on green levies will work, with the Truss campaign having repeatedly failed to confirm whether the levies would simply be suspended or whether the schemes they fund would instead be paid for through general taxation.

Energy 69
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Is this it? Are we at risk of over-estimating the neo-climate sceptics?

Business Green

Steve Baker and his various allies in Parliament and the press have an established and successful Brexit playbook for taking a fringe concern of limited interest to the public and turning it into a wedge issue so powerful it upends the economic and geopolitical direction of the entire country. This is sage advice.

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Liz Truss promises 'spades in the ground' to tackle energy crisis and drive UK growth

Business Green

There are conflicting reports as to the potential price tag attached to such a policy, with various commentators putting the cost at between £90bn and potentially as high as £200bn, depending on various factors such as the on-going price of gas and how long the cap remains in place.

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We need fresh thinking about the role of digital technologies in our food system

Business Green

Covid-19 has highlighted the shortcomings of our food supply chains, but technology can help, argues Green Alliance's Imogen Cripps. Through Green Alliance's Tech Task Force programme, we've already investigated the transformative potential of smart green tech in the energy efficiency, transport and construction sectors.