Concerns over a multi-million pound deficit next year have forced Bridgend County Borough Council to “reluctantly withdraw” its support for a hydrogen energy facility.
Ambitious Labour and Conservative plans to decarbonise the UK power sector will fail without a substantial increase in investment - and the money needed could be “politically infeasible”, a former...
Ministers are set to introduce a cap on renewable energy revenues, aiming to “reduce the impact of unprecedented wholesale prices on consumers” in a move labelled a windfall tax by Labour.
Councils in England need long-term, non-competitive funding and a clear strategy for the local delivery of net zero to help achieve emissions goals, a local authority organisation has said.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could speed efforts to decarbonise Western energy supplies. But how will governments recoup lost tax income from fossil fuel?
Thurrock Council has rejected concerns raised in the Financial Times over its investment strategy, which has seen it borrow more than £1bn from other councils.
Between 2010 and 2017 60% - £4.6bn - of the UK’s support for energy in developing countries went towards fossil fuel sources, according to analysis by the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development....
The government has swiftly brought in measures to stop a renewable energy sector VAT fraud - one of a range of scams costing EU states an estimated €50bn each year.
The UK has pledged £100m extra funding to renewable energy projects in Africa giving hundreds of thousands access to electricity, the government has announced.
The government needs to invest in renewable energy and have clearer goals to tackle climate change, says WWF's head of energy and climate Gareth Redmond-King.
The European Commission is to investigate whether the UK’s plans to subsidise the conversion of part of a coal power plant to operate on biomass are a breach of state aid rules.
