For-profit schemes can’t drive the transition to net zero
The failure of the last contracts for difference auction showed that market mechanisms alone won’t decarbonise the energy grid.
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South Africa’s long road to energy independence
Amid daily blackouts, the country’s firms are transitioning to net zero themselves.
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Do pensions hold the key to the UK’s net zero transition?
New research shows that pension funds could quadruple what they invest in climate solutions.
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Transforming the renewable energy sector
Dogger Bank, powered by SSE, will become the UK’s largest wind farm – and power over six million homes.
South Africa’s energy crisis shows the need for climate finance
In the lead up to Cop28, the developed world must deliver on its commitments.
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The Policy Ask with Mike Thornton: “Businesses respond to certainty almost as well as money”
The chief executive of the Energy Saving Trust on retrofitting homes, the cost-of-living crisis and government backtracking over electric vehicles.
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How the Local Power Plan will transform the energy sector
Proposals to underwrite and provide seed capital to community renewables projects have largely gone under the radar.
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Heating rural homes and achieving net zero
At a roundtable event, policymakers and experts discussed the challenges faced by rural households as they move towards low-carbon heating…
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Why decentralising is key to a resilient energy system
The energy transition isn’t just about building more renewables – investors also need to help make the move to a…
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Hydrogen can be a UK success story
If we are serious about jobs, investment and UK-powered decarbonisation, then we must back hydrogen.
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To realise the UK’s offshore wind potential, we must strengthen our electricity grid
Embracing renewable energy to meet net-zero targets is reliant on a better connected energy grid with greater capacity.
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It’s time to reimagine the lifecycle of our devices
Circularity can help businesses make hardware work for longer while minimising waste.
Meet the hydro engineer who wants to forge global ties
Hydropower could help Australia and India kick their coal habit.
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António Guterres: “It’s time to mobilise the world’s resources for Africa’s renewables revolution”
At the Africa Climate Summit, 54 nations called for the developed world to meet its $100bn-a-year climate pledge.
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The grim consequences of Sunak’s green scepticism
The UK’s progress towards a renewable future has been derailed.
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We need to talk about China
The Asian powerhouse is often used as an excuse for inaction on net zero. Meanwhile, their push to renewables dwarfs…
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Meet the workers that maintain the UK’s solar power
Ambitious plans to grow the UK’s solar capacity means more jobs in the sector.
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How Britain’s biggest natural battery can help deliver net zero
SSE wants to double the nation’s flexible electricity storage capacity.
The Policy Ask with Chris Stark: “The government has undermined its climate message by giving the green light to new coal mines”
The CEO of the Climate Change Committee on public speaking, planning reform, and Gordon Brown.
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A rising backlash against green policies is energising Europe’s far right
The spectacular blooming, then rapid wilting, of Germany’s Greens is a warning for progressives everywhere.
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