Energy
Mayors to get powers to stop planning delays in England, Angela Rayner to say
Pledge set out in white paper to be unveiled this week is part of a ‘devolution by default’ approach by Whitehall
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor
16, Dec, 2024 @12:01 AM
EDF reportedly seeking up to £4bn from investors to finish Hinkley Point C
French energy firm reported to be in talks over potential investment to cover ballooning cost of nuclear project
Jillian Ambrose
10, Oct, 2024 @3:38 PM
China to head green energy boom with 60% of new projects in next six years
IEA says faster clean energy rollout led by solar power in China with country set to boast half of world’s renewables by 2030
Jillian Ambrose
09, Oct, 2024 @5:00 AM
Labour to commit almost £22bn to fund carbon capture and storage projects
Investment will fund two CCS clusters – but environmental campaigners have criticised plans
Richard Partington and Jillian Ambrose
03, Oct, 2024 @11:01 PM
Climate scientists call on Labour to pause £1bn plans for carbon capture
Letter says technologies to produce blue hydrogen and capture CO2 are unproven and could increase emissions
Matthew Taylor
25, Sep, 2024 @12:00 PM
If you build hospitals, roads and railways, growth will follow | Torsten Bell
Public investment projects bring the short-term benefits of job creation, but their long-term effects are far more beneficial
Torsten Bell
31, Aug, 2024 @6:00 PM
Is the dream of nuclear fusion dead? Why the international experimental reactor is in ‘big trouble’
The 35-nation Iter project has a groundbreaking aim to create clean and limitless energy but it is turning into the ‘most delayed and cost-inflated science project in history’
Robin McKie Science Editor
03, Aug, 2024 @4:00 PM
‘There’ll be no countryside left’: Opposition to pylons puts UK carbon targets at risk
Infrastructure essential to decarbonise electricity generation by 2030 met with resistance by those affected
Fiona Harvey, Jillian Ambrose and Patrick Barkham
03, Aug, 2024 @4:00 AM
The lawless mining gangs targeting the Amazon’s precious green energy minerals
As demand for the tin ore cassiterite soars, special forces units of Brazil’s Ibama environment agency must play a cat and mouse game with the thousands of illegal miners pouring into Yanomami reserves
Sam Cowie in Boa Vista, Brazil
02, Aug, 2024 @11:00 AM
British electricity prices could hinder switch to green technology, says steel industry
UK Steel says British firms paid prices in spring well over double French and Spanish equivalents
Jasper Jolly
04, Jul, 2024 @12:33 PM
British Gas boss says all UK households should be forced to fit smart meters
Chris O’Shea, CEO of Centrica, says mandatory installation programme would cut cost of creating a smart grid
Jillian Ambrose
08, May, 2024 @5:17 PM
Methane emissions from gas flaring being hidden from satellite monitors
Use of enclosed combustors leaves regulators heavily reliant on oil and gas companies’ own flaring data
Tom Brown and Christina Last
02, May, 2024 @5:00 AM
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