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The UK Office for Zero Emissions Vehicles (OZEV) has announced £63 million of government spending allocated to EV infrastructure, as an announcement due later this week is rumoured to confirm EV subsidies.

Machine reported to have swept area equivalent to more than seven football pitches and can withstand massive waves and super typhoons

June’s auto market saw plugin EVs take 35.9% share in the UK, up from 28.2% year on year. BEVs grew volume 38%, and PHEVs grew 29%. Overall auto volume was 191,316 units, up some 7% YoY. The UK’s leading BEV brand was Tesla, with a 16.1% share of the BEV ...

Nuclear, critical minerals, energy storage, and distributed power attract significant investment as investors 'wake up' to energy security concerns

Battery energy storage system (BESS) developer Root-Power has been granted planning permission for a 50MW/100MWh ‘Lucky Star’ project in Kent.

Annual Future Energy Scenarios report argues that rapid roll out of clean power system through to 2030 is key to unlocking next phase of the net zero transition

Critical component wait times of more than a year increase project risks, but AI and digital twins can offset delays, new study finds

UK’s energy system operator forecasts emissions a third over target by 2035 in second official warning in a month Britain is expected to fall short of the progress needed to meet its climate targets over the next decade because it is not growing its supply of clean electricity fast enough, according to the government’s energy system operator. The latest 10-year forecast of Britain’s carbon emissions by the government-owned body has revealed that by 2035 the UK will be producing almost a third more carbon emissions than in scenarios where it is on track to meet its legally binding climate targets by 2050. Continue reading...

RWE has opened a cutting-edge offshore wind operations and maintenance facility at the Port of Grimsby.

The UK needs an energy market that responds to the availability of the wind and sun, rather than being shaped by the fossil fuel market, argues Andy Hackett from the Centre for Net Zero

Increasing frequency of heatwaves and flooding raises fears over health, infrastructure and how society functions Ed Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generations Record-breaking extreme weather is the new norm in the UK, scientists have said, showing that the country is firmly in the grip of the climate crisis. The hottest days people endure have dramatically increased in frequency and severity, and periods of intense rain have also ramped up, data from hundreds of weather stations shows. Heatwaves and floods leading to deaths and costly damage are of “profound concern” for health, infrastructure and the functioning of society, the scientists said. Continue reading...

Masdar and EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-develop offshore wind and battery energy storage systems across Germany and the UK.

Qair has received planning permission for a 49.9 MW standalone battery energy storage system in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The UK government has confirmed it will launch a £650 million grant scheme to discount new EVs for consumers by up to £3,750 per car.

OEUK has today responded to NESO’s latest Future Energy Scenarios report, which sets out four possible pathways for the UK’s energy transition. OEUK Market Intelligence Manager Ben Ward said: “This report makes one thing clear: the UK’s journey to net zero is becoming increasingly challenging, there is a need for an acceleration of the deployment […]