Daily Debrief

The UK's plan to create investment, growth, and good jobs in clean energy industries, as part of the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy.

Partners announce first project will be the £45m St Austell Green Hydrogen project in Cornwall

Decision by the Secretary of State on an application for post-consent condition discharge.

The impact of the different components of the regulatory framework on innovation is evaluated in a new paper by the DSO Entity’s task force in investment funding and finance.

Projects in Cheshire and North Wales have entered negotiations to join the HyNet carbon capture and storage network

Chinese wind power giant Envision has confirmed existence of secret prototype after 500 days successful operation

British vessel supplier North Star describes RWE deal as 'first and largest commitment in the sector to date'

Rinnai UK’s Operations Director Chris Goggin explains what synthetic gasses are being developed and produced as a possible replacement to natural gas. Further information of production methods will be considered […]

Renewable energy planners, developers, and operators are using AI, drones, and next-generation digital twins to cut costs and improve system efficiencies.

The climate damage done by avoidable flying is huge, yet the government sees more planes as the answer to its economic woes August is peak flying time, and airports are on many minds. The government has signalled its support for colossal expansions, whose extra flights would bust its carbon pledges. The excuse is that supertechnology will magic away the extra CO2 pumped into the atmosphere, though it must know that clean, green flying is still futurology. Here’s the pity of it: until now this government has rightly boasted of its green credentials, making massive investments in sustainable energy and retro-insulating cold homes. Expanding air travel is not on any green agenda. Heathrow has just submitted proposals for a £50bn third runway, as approved by Labour in 2009 and the Tories who voted it through parliament in 2018. Covid applied the brakes but now Heathrow is back with gold-plated, “shovel-ready” plans. Its owners, including Qatar, Singapore and Saudi Arabia, expect the planning bill to prevent newts or judicial reviews blocking the runway. Their pitch to an investment-hungry government is that expanding Europe’s busiest airport would create 100,000 new jobs, propelling growth with 750 extra daily flights. Continue reading...

The announcement comes as the UK-based energy giant refocuses its business on fossil fuels.

The CAA licence allows Skyrora to launch its rocket from the SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland.

The city that grew rich on North Sea oil wants to transition to renewables but needs a better chance

North Star has secured multi-million-pound landmark agreements to support RWE’s growing offshore wind farm portfolio.

German steel production capacity faces a fundamental competitiveness crisis as energy costs reach €9.35 per kilogram for green hydrogen—nearly four times higher than conventional production methods—forcing major producers to abandon decarbonization plans despite €5 billion in government support allocated between 2022-2024. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s call for a “robust” steel strategy emerges as ArcelorMittal’s decision to [...]