Legislation to be announced in King’s Speech will allow companies to bid yearly for new licences to drill for fossil fuels
Despite recent setbacks, the pressure to decarbonise will spur clean energy investment
Governments around the world have set ambitious targets to tackle climate change, but developers say power prices will have to rise to pay for it
At Essar’s Stanlow refinery on Merseyside, efforts are focused on carbon capture and hydrogen
Keeping too many options open may slow progress to net zero
Years of backtracking and bungling has left homeowners and the climate worse off
A £20bn Xlinks project aims to bring green electricity from Morocco to Devon
CF Fertilisers, Ineos and Liberty Steel awarded allowances for sites that had stopped operating
Government commission recommends focus on installing and subsidising heat pumps instead
Regulator wants to avoid a repeat of 2021/22 market rout when wholesale gas prices soared
UK energy company’s renewables arm produces about one-fifth less power for homes and business than expected
All signs are that the market no longer believes the UK will stick to midterm objectives
Founder Greg Jackson puts expansion above profits even as Shell deal turns it into second-biggest supplier
UK carbon market collapse lets Brussels benefit from revenues that would previously have gone to Treasury
The preferred financing model is not popular with consumer groups and opposition will grow if projects go over-budget
Xlinks project seeks 25-year contract with government to guarantee a fixed electricity price
The current approach to designing, approving and building the UK’s grid is too fragmented
Energy network operator to run a trial to reduce gas demand if shortages loom
Move condemned as ‘reckless’ by climate change campaigners
Recovering peak £2.5bn capitalisation remains a distant objective
Scottish renewable project paused in latest blow to UK green power development
Adaptation will be a key driver if UK businesses are to reduce their exposure to rising energy prices and reliance on the National Grid
UK opposition’s stance on warming homes is sign of fraught politics around UK move away from fossil fuel heating
Successive leaders have failed to level with voters on the costs of the green transition
Sunak’s dilution of EV and boiler phaseout dates sends mixed messages to consumers
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