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- Ed Miliband pledges ‘most ambitious reforms to UK energy system in generations’ Fri, 13 Dec 24, 4:00pmEnergy secretary to set out plan to boost renewable energy supply, such as building canopies of solar panels on outdoor car parks
- National Grid may speed up two cable projects to meet clean energy goal by 2030 Thu, 7 Nov 24, 10:57pmNetwork hopes to deliver projects across Essex, Norfolk, Kent and Suffolk, crucial to ‘decarbonising’ power system, year earlier
- Heat from sewers, tube and Thames could soon warm London buildings Thu, 7 Nov 24, 12:33amWestminster plan for UK’s biggest heat network could involve parliament warmed by waste and low-carbon heat
- Gridlock: why it can take 11 years to connect solar farms to the UK network Mon, 4 Nov 24, 5:00pmCompanies are waiting up to 14 years for connections, leading some to revise net zero targets
- Sellafield cleanup cost rises to £136bn amid tensions with Treasury Wed, 23 Oct 24, 3:01pmNational Audit Office questions value for money as predicted bill for decommissioning increases by £21bn
- ‘Community action’: Oxfordshire’s Low Carbon Hub on its local renewable energy projects Fri, 18 Oct 24, 4:00pmCommunity energy group hopes for local electricity trading as part of its ‘better system’ of supply and ownership
- Senior Tories may push for party to become pro-fracking Mon, 30 Sep 24, 11:08pmCalls grow for lifting of moratorium on onshore drilling in England to become policy under new leader
- High court blocks Cumbria plan for UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years Fri, 13 Sep 24, 7:36pmCourt rules against West Cumbria Mining’s fossil fuel development in Whitehaven
- Electricity ‘superhighway’ between Scotland and England to go ahead Tue, 13 Aug 24, 5:17pm£3.4bn subsea cable will transmit renewable electricity from Scottish windfarms to 2m homes in England
- Future impact of proposed fossil fuel projects must be assessed, UK court rules Thu, 20 Jun 24, 9:15pmLandmark judgment says planning bodies must account for burning of extracted fuel when considering site proposals
- ‘It’s just too big’: division over plans for UK’s biggest solar farm Fri, 7 Jun 24, 11:00pmSolar projects such as Botley West in Oxfordshire are latest net zero schemes bogged down by local disputes
- England could produce 13 times more renewable energy, using less than 3% of land – analysis Tue, 9 Apr 24, 3:00pmOnshore wind and solar could provide 226GWh of electricity without impairing food production, says Friends of the Earth
- £58bn plan to rewire Great Britain expected to spark tensions along route Tue, 19 Mar 24, 11:01am‘High-capacity electrical spine’ to run onshore from north-east Scotland to north-west England
- Campaigners get go-ahead to challenge plans for oilfield in Lincolnshire Wolds Tue, 5 Mar 24, 12:39amPermission granted for judicial review after Planning Inspectorate overturned local council’s decision to reject plan
- Labour would lift block on onshore windfarms, says Ed Miliband Tue, 27 Feb 24, 8:30pmTory government has ‘ducked’ difficult decisions, leading to higher bills, says shadow energy secretary