British manufacturers and the GMB are urging the government to ensure the huge investment in the sector benefits Britain tooAt the foot of the disused Fawley power station on the Hampshire coast, giant wind turbine blades lie on the sand like the fins …
Electric cars: Ofgem plans easier way for drivers to sell energy back to grid
Proposal by Great Britain’s regulator is to help make the switch from fossil fuel cars more affordableOfgem plans to make it easier for electric vehicle drivers to sell the energy stored in their car batteries back to power grid as part of a move to he…
Floating wind turbines could open up vast ocean tracts for renewable power
Technology could help power a clean energy transition if it can overcome hurdles of cost, design and opposition from fishingIn the stormy waters of the North Sea, 15 miles off the coast of Aberdeenshire, in Scotland, five floating offshore wind turbine…
North Sea oil was battered by Covid, but now faces much deadlier waves
Since the pandemic hit, the world’s altered attitude to fossil fuels is throwing doubt over the industry’s futureThe UK’s North Sea oil industry may have survived one of the darkest market downturns in history during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the deep…
Lib Dems propose ban on new listings of fossil fuel companies on LSE
Exclusive: proposal part of party’s plan to give City of London a lead role in helping UK tackle climate crisisNew listings of fossil fuel companies would be immediately banned on the London Stock Exchange as part of a proposal by the Liberal Democrats…
Power station firms to pay £6m after breaking market manipulation laws
Companies inaccurately reported how much energy Carrington plant near Manchester was able to supplyTwo companies linked to a UK power station capable of supplying up to 1m homes are to pay £6m after breaking market manipulation laws.For more than a yea…
National Grid and SSE to use electricity transformers to heat homes
Exclusive: plan is to harness ‘waste heat’ and cut carbon emissions for households connected to district networksThousands of homes could soon be warmed by the heat from giant electricity grid transformers for the first time as part of new plans to har…
Carbon from UK’s blue hydrogen bid still to equal 1m petrol cars
Government’s plan to use ‘blue’ fossil-fuel hydrogen alongside green version raises concern, say campaignersOpting for hydrogen that is made using fossil fuels rather than renewable electricity could create up to 8m tonnes of carbon emissions every yea…
Warmth from the earth and air: could heat pumps replace our gas boilers?
The fuels we use to warm our homes create a carbon burden. Systems that capture ambient heat could offer a solutionOne of the greatest contributors to pollution is such a part of everyday life it is easily overlooked: the fossil fuels used in our homes…
Global demand for oil slashed by ongoing Covid issues, says IEA
Influential agency reverses earlier prediction of possible glut in the market in second half of 2021Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe world’s appetite for oil will be lower than expected this year as the ongoing spread of …