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Reports: UK and EU close in on ETS deal to link carbon markets
A deal has reportedly been agreed to integrate the UK' and EU Emissions Trading Systems in a potential boost to the carbon market
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Wind tower maker Welcon calls for political clarity: “We need to be energy independent, but when will that happen?”
“We can easily expand our factories, but it’s a political question,” says the CEO, who asks who is actually making it a priority for the green transition to win.
EnergyWatch - #3
'Decisive and widening': Battery storage undercutting gas peaking plants on cost, study shows
Wood Mackenzie calculates four-hour battery storage projects are now less expensive than open-cycle gas turbines in all major markets
Business Green - #4
Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies
Exclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants Water companies in the UK made more than £340m in revenue last year by pouring billions of litres of industrial and commercial wastewater into sewage…
The Guardian Environment - #5
AI is less regulated than milk, says Microsoft president
Brad Smith calls for global rules on AI, and says the UK is in the "best position" to lead the charge.
BBC News - Business - #6
EU to explore windfall tax on energy companies
Commissioner to consider levies as oil and gas businesses reap big profits from fallout of US-Israeli war on Iran
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Green Hill Solar Farm development secures UK Government consent
The UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has granted a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the Green Hill Solar Farm.
Energy Monitor (GlobalData) - #8
Utsira Nord gets green light: Challenge remains, says Equinor
Both Equinor and Deep Wind Offshore welcome the Conservative Party’s clarification on Utsira Nord, but the former still sees potential storm clouds on the horizon.
EnergyWatch - #9
Two floating pioneers, twelve turbine failures – but only one wind farm is floundering
Equinor and Masdar’s Hywind Scotland has pulled in profits almost every year despite turbine troubles, while Kincardine has been on a losing streak
Recharge News - #10
GB Grid could stem the rise in data centres seeking gas connections
Utility Week - #11
‘We need less point scoring’: What party conference season taught us about UK climate action
Tories plan to scrap low-carbon housebuilding, Greens back new nuclear reactors, and Labour put oil-drilling decisions on hold New homes could be built without solar panels, heat pumps and high-grade insulation, leading to higher household bills if the Conservative party wins the next general election. Kemi Badenoch…
The Guardian RE - #12
Stegra executive calls EU climate policy direction “a little bit scary”
As the green steel startup faces another budget overrun, its head of business development says Europe’s original climate ambitions are weakening.
EnergyWatch - #13
Energy analyst: Equinor’s offshore wind farms could become part of Ørsted
Investment bank sees two likely outcomes for Equinor’s offshore wind business and its 10% stake in the Danish power company.
EnergyWatch - #14
The energy crisis is changing what investors want from oil majors
Iran conflict has snarled up usually free-flowing energy markets
Financial Times Energy - #15
Europe’s system integrators move quickly on sodium-ion with CATL: ‘surprised if we aren’t deploying it next year’
Intilion has just tied up with CATL for sodium-ion BESS deployments in Europe, following Alfen’s similar move in July, while Merus Power tells us it is in the process of integrating with the OEM’s new product.
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