decarbonisation

​The government’s energy white paper has today been published, detailing its decarbonisation plans across the entire economy.

​The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has released its own Ten Point Plan, highlighting the role of networks in supporting offshore wind, electric vehicles (EV) and hydrogen.

​A group of council leaders have committed to push for more government funding for clean energy projects in their local authorities.

The CCC's landmark report has been broadly welcomed by the energy sector, who told Current± they commended the ambition but more concrete guidance is still needed for the sector.

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has laid out a route to a fully decarbonised UK, it what it is calling a world first.

​Reaching net zero in the energy network will cost the UK £3 trillion, according to a new cost analysis from National Grid ESO.

​Energy majors have called on the UK government to target a net zero power system as part of the 'Sprint to Glasgow' lead-up to the COP26 climate conference.

​The Smarter Living Challenge has been launching by BT and Hubbub to explore how technology can reduce household carbon emissions.

Measures to improve the UK's green infrastructure - including the creation of a UK infrastructure bank, a ramping up of electric vehicle policy and funding for hydrogen and carbon capture and storage - have been detailed by the government.