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EU backs cleantech innovators with €1.8bn investment
The EU is investing more than €1.8 billion (£1.5bn) in large-scale innovative cleantech projects under the third round of the Innovation Fund. A total of 17 projects will share the funding to bring “breakthrough technologies” to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure and manufacturing of key components […]
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New $20m research group to support growth of US solar industry
A new research group that aims to support the growth of the solar energy industry in the US has been launched. The Department of Energy (DOE) announced the $20 million (£16m) Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium intends to make cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells less expensive, more efficient and develop new markets for solar cell products. […]
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Is the UK scratching the bottom of the oil barrel in fuel duty cut measures?
The UK is one of the European countries that has done the least to support drivers with skyrocketing pump prices since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. New RAC Europe data analysis shows that only Luxemburg has done less than the UK, with a duty cut on petrol worth the equivalent of 4.52p compared to the 5p […]
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‘Nearly 1.3TWh of UK wind wasted since the start of the energy crisis”
The UK has wasted more than 1,300GWh of wind since the start of the energy crisis in September 2021 due to the lack of energy storage capacity. That’s one of the findings of a new report by energy storage developer Highview Power which suggests as a result of the lack of an efficient battery capacity, the […]
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London mayor pledges £3.1m for tree planting scheme after heatwave and wildfires
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a £3.1 million tree planting package as part of efforts to combat climate change in the capital. The announcement follows last week’s wildfires that raged across London as a result of extreme temperatures, which prompted London Fire Brigade (LFB) to declare a major incident. The Environment Agency also warned […]
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Is this the first step to stop greenwashing over “green” tariffs?
UK suppliers who were exempted from paying green levies through importing energy from European countries and offering it to their customers as ‘green’ tariffs will stop doing so from April next year. The government has decided to end the availability of the green import exemptions for the Contract for Difference (CfD) and Feed-in Tariff (FIT) […]
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Scottish local authorities granted £3.4m to boost recycling rates
Three local authorities have been granted more than £3.4 million of funding to boost recycling and reuse services in their regions. Aberdeen City, Perth and Kinross will implement projects that have the potential to reduce carbon emissions by more than 8,000 tonnes a year – equivalent to taking more than 4,400 cars off the road. […]
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Energy arrears the most common debt type amongst people contacting charities
The number of people in energy arrears is larger than that of any other type of debt. Money Advice Trust’s National Debtline service and Citizens Advice suggest energy arrears dominate household debt, exceeding council tax. In the first quarter of 2022, 32% of callers to National Debtline had energy arrears – up by 10% since 2021. […]
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SSEN to tender for 70MW of new flexible capacity worth £6.7m
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has announced plans to tender for 70MW of new flexible capacity this year, with the contract estimated to be worth £6.7 million. It is in response to an anticipated risk of a local network becoming overloaded, with the flexible capacity allowing it to be managed whilst deferring or […]
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Britain’s heatwave would be “impossible” without climate change
Sweltering temperatures that baked Britons last week would have been impossible if climate change was not happening. That’s one of the key messages conveyed in a new analysis by the World Weather Attribution which suggests the record-breaking temperature of more than 40°C seen last week was the result of human-caused climate change. Combining climate models […]
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