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Parliament has passed the Great British Energy Bill, marking another step forward for the state-owned energy company.

The National Wealth Fund will provide £600 million funding to Iberdrola to upgrade the UK’s electricity grid via its subsidiary ScottishPower.

Changes to the contracts for difference (CfD) scheme will replace the monetary budget applied to allocation rounds with a ‘capacity ambition’.

Leadership from the government’s publicly-owned energy company Great British Energy will come to market in the next few months with a “precise set” of areas it will be involved in.

The AI Energy Council has agreed on five priorities to integrate AI into the deliverance of the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan.

The UK government and Singaporean bank OCBC have announced a partnership to facilitate £10 billion in investment into the UK.

Nichola Hay MBE, director of apprenticeship strategy and policy at global education business BPP, argues that while the green transition is creating some new green jobs, including green skills within existing industries and occupations is more important.

Current market conditions mean 1.78 million new electric cars are expected to be on the road by the end of 2027, a figure that could increase 15% with the right regulatory changes.

Planning reforms introduced by the government will see measures to speed up planning decisions on key infrastructure including renewable energy developments.

Thirteen local authorities in the Midlands have received £40.8 million funding from the government towards EV chargepoints in areas with limited off-street parking.