The Royal Academy of Engineering has warned that the UK must make more progress towards restructuring its energy system, and said further benefits will “only be harder” to come across.
The UK and Chinese governments have built upon energy efficiency-related trade deals announced last week by forming what they have labelled a clean energy partnership.
The biggest threat to the UK’s clean energy sector is a lack of certainty and clarity over government policy Rob Gross, director at Imperial College London’s centre for energy policy, has said.
The Department for Energy and Climate Change has revealed plans to carry out sweeping reforms of business energy efficiency tax incentives and reporting procedures, including the potential abolition of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) scheme.
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said that a replacement for the Zero Carbon Homes initiative, effectively scrapped by the government in July, is one of two “main concerns” for the Committee alongside the development of electric vehicles.
A diverse range of major environmental groups have rallied around a call for the Prime Minister David Cameron to clarify the government’s approach to renewables.
One Direction has released a video asking its fans to make their voice heard over climate change ahead of the climate change summit in Paris this year.
The National Trust is to make its “biggest ever” investment in renewable energy, pledging £30 million to install various generation technologies across its estate.
An open letter signed by over 80 businesses has called on the new government to put tackling climate change and fostering low-carbon growth at the heart of its policy.
