With a large amount of renewable generation and a government committed to reaching net zero carbon emissions, Scotland is a country moving towards decarbonisation in leaps and bounds.
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ScottishPower seeking battery storage rush to support net zero ambitions
ScottishPower has revealed intentions to make Glasgow the UK’s first ‘Net Zero’ city in collaboration with Glasgow City Council.
Liam Stoker looks back on a week that saw the UK go a week without coal for the first time since the Industrial Revolution and Theresa May take the time out to tweet her applause, warning that the achievement will be hollow unless the PM backs urgent action.
The Committee on Climate Change’s net zero report issues a ‘put up or shut up’ moment for Westminster, with pressure to comply ratcheting up. Liam Stoker looks at why the report is far from a run of the mill recommendation.
‘A new dawn’: Industry reaction to CCC Net Zero report
Industry reaction to today's landmark report from the Committee on Climate Change, which recommends a 2050 target date for the UK's economy to become greenhouse gas-free.
Landmark 2050 net zero target would ‘end the UK’s contribution to climate change’
The UK could end its contribution to global warming by phasing out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said, a target which would drive a revolution in the country’s power system.
Today the UK’s Committee on Climate Change has recommended that the UK eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from its economy by 2050, in a move which would have significant repercussions on its energy system. Liam Stoker looks at what shape that system may take.
Government must be placed on a ‘war footing’ to tackle climate change threat
The UK government must be placed on a “war footing” to tackle the various threats posed by climate change, a new commission has said.
High renewables and low power prices; Aurora sets out vision for zero emission system
Soaring renewables required under the UK’s binding climate change targets will send wholesale power prices crashing and fundamentally alter the workings of the power sector towards wider use of ‘capacity contracts’.