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Investment in VPP programmes could also help insulate households and small businesses from higher electricity prices

Report says proven technology could benefit thousands in poor quality housing and help UK meet carbon reduction targets Flooded disused coalmines could be a significant source of energy and provide cheap heat to thousands of homes, a new report argues. Mine water geothermal heat (MWGH) systems use the water in flooded coalmines, which is warmed by natural processes, to supply low-carbon heat. Heat exchangers and pumps recover the heat, which is distributed via district heating networks to homes and buildings, providing low-cost, long-term, stable energy. Continue reading...

Belém Summit gets underway amid fresh warnings from the UN Secretary General that missing the 1.5C warming target established through the Paris Agreement would constitute a 'moral failure'

PPA deals have become much more sophisticated in a short space of time, with hybrid agreements taking over from pure wind or solar deals

Norwegian energy giant confirms plans for Tagdale Green Ammonia projects, after securing site for new 80MW plant

Major analysis details how world could correct the 'woeful political failure' that will see temperatures overshoot the 1.5C goal

Plans for a 4 km natural gas pipeline intended to supply the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex (SMC) as part of the HyNet hydrogen energy project have been withdrawn, raising questions over the future logistics of the North West UK hydrogen scheme.

PPA deals have become much more sophisticated in a short space of time, with hybrid agreements taking over from pure wind or solar deals

Carbon capture and storage has been marketed as a general solution to climate change. The record shows it is not. Where it does make sense is where chemistry gives you a high-volume, concentrated stream of CO2, where geography puts that stream on top of storage or at a pier with ...

Shell and Sunotec have signed a five-year cooperation agreement on an energy storage project of over 600 MWh.

The Power business area brings together initiatives within renewable energy, flexible power generation, energy storage, and power trading.

The better-than-expected profit in Power Solutions was the most important positive factor for the results, Citi writes.

New firm Adura would be based in Aberdeen

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has advised Statera Energy as lead borrower counsel on its 680 MW battery energy storage system project in Carrington, the UK.

The issue of how motoring taxes should change as we decarbonise the economy has been dodged for too long. Car salesmen need to get real If you want a document to give you sleepless nights, the Office for Budget Responsibility’s biennial Fiscal Risks and Sustainability report is a go-to publication. This is the one that looks to the horizon and covers everything from demographic trends to state pension promises to the climate crisis. The headline finding in this July’s version was a true jaw-dropper. The UK’s public finances are on an unsustainable long-term trajectory because government debt would rise to a remarkable 270% of GDP by the early 2070s – up from almost 100% today – if current policies were left unchanged. Continue reading...