Renewable energy is a crucial. element of the UK government's overall energy policy. The government's aim is to work with others to ensure competitive energy markets, whilst achieving safe, secure and sustainable energy. Renewable Energy policy is important in helping to meet emissions targets, ...
Britain's new government wants to increase use of renewable energy. Britain's new Labour government launched its flagship green energy infrastructure plan on Tuesday, announcing a multi-billion-pound partnership with the business arm of the royal family to develop offshore wind farms. Prime Minister...
The UK Government has launched its draft Renewable Energy Strategy containing proposals to enable the UK to meet its proposed 15% renewable energy target by 2020, with up to a third of electricity coming from renewables.rnThe Strategy includes proposals for extending and raising the level of the...
The UK government is considering subsidising hydrogen power stations, as part of an effort to keep on line existing unabated fossil-gas-fired power plants — and provide back-up supply for increasingly large proportions of renewable energy, Hydrogen Insight has learned. No formal proposal has been ...
In response to this, the UK Government introduced the Energy Price Guarantee in October 2022, a subsidiary that ensured households would pay no higher than £2,500 per year on energy. The April 2024 price cap marks the first time that the Energy Price Cap has fallen below £1,900 ...
To summarise, renewable energy is the future of UK business gas supply. With the government’s commitment to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, it has become increasingly clear that the use of fossil fuels will have to be dramatically reduced. Renewable energy sources, such as wind,...
The new energy strategy also includes plans to increase other forms of domestic renewable energy production, including from wind, hydrogen, and solar sources. If the plans are successful, low-carbon sources could be producing up to 95% of the country’s electricity by 2030, the government cl...
National renewable energy policy and local opposition in the UK: the failed development of a biomass electricity plant Biomass energy developments in the UK are supported by central government but face considerable opposition from the public. The purpose of this study is to... BR Upreti,VDH Dan ...
using £20 billion of loans, so suppliers could stagger price rises over time. Analternative ideais to mimic the “contracts for difference” mechanism used to support renewable energy to agree a wholesale price, above which suppliers receive money from government and below which they...
At the end of March, the UK will test how cheaply new renewables projects can be built in an era of pricier money, commodities and labour. Rishi Sunak’s government will invite bids to build new projects from the likes of Sweden’s Vattenfall. ...