Strong growth for UK solar capacity recorded
The UK's solar photovoltaic (PV) power capacity grew strongly last year, outstripping government estimates by hundreds of megawatts, despite COVID-19.
That is according to new research by the trade association Solar Energy UK, which found that 545 megawatts (MW) of new solar PV capacity was deployed last year – a 27% year-on-year increase. Around 6Continue reading this with an IEMA membership
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Oil giants gambling on emissions mitigation technologies
The climate targets of oil and gas majors rely heavily on emissions mitigation technologies (EMTs) that are expensive and unproven at scale, analysis by Carbon Tracker has uncovered.
A group of European mayors have published an 'emergency plan' to help tackle spiralling fossil fuel prices and prevent millions of people being pushed into energy poverty.
Eight new nuclear reactors will be built in the UK by 2030 under plans unveiled in the government's Energy Security Strategy yesterday.
Acoalition of NGOs and environmental groups have called on financial institutions to stop “propping up” the war in Ukraine by cutting ties with Russia’s fossil fuel industry. In a letter to CEOs, they call on insurers, banks and asset managers to end financing, investment, insurance coverage and other financial services to companies in the Russian industry, and divest from existing assets.
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Jamie Gleave, Mary Maguire and Sean Condon discuss the significant energy consumption involved in Bitcoin mining, and whether this can be overcome
The EU has unveiled plans to end its reliance on fossil fuel imports from Russia by 2030 following the county's invasion of Ukraine.
IEMA CEO, Sarah Mukherjee MBE, has described today's report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a "stark reminder" of the significant threat that climate change poses to civilisation as we know it.
One of the “greatest shortfalls” of the UK government's Heat and Buildings Strategy is that it fails to outline an adequate plan for raising public awareness on the importance of low-carbon heating, MPs have warned.
