low-carbon generation

Follows visits to CCS Teesside and Humberside, Jonathan Brearly, CEO at Ofgem has emphasised green hydrogen’s “key role” in driving “growth and generating jobs” on Humberside.

The PAC has warned that the UK’s net zero target is “in jeopardy” due to a lack of long-term planning by the government.

Britain will miss its 2035 net zero power system target if the delivery and deployment of wider infrastructure does not pick up pace.

The National Grid ESO has published its electricity generation mix review for 2022, recording a number of notable records that led to 2022 being one of the greenest years on record – second only to 2020, where several lockdowns helped reduce carbon consumption drastically.

​The wind generation record was beaten for the third time in 2022 on 30 December, according to National Grid ESO.

Spanish electricity company Iberdrola has announced its intention to invest £6.7 billion across the UK between 2023 and 2025.

The UK’s net zero transition is set to be determined by homes and businesses adopting low carbon technologies (LCTs) in a bid to reduce energy bills amid the cost-of-living crisis.

An expert group has concluded that the biggest challenges this decade to decarbonisation is the mobilisation of the huge quantities of investment required to scale low-carbon generation, storage and networks.

​EDF’s Hunterston B nuclear power station is set to close at midday today (7 January 2022), after almost 46 years.

​During 2019/20, 11 Contracts for Difference (CfD) projects became operational, generating enough low carbon electricity to power Wales.