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An expansion of the Rapid Charging Fund (RCF) to cover all road transport could deliver enough capacity for en-route Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) charging and hydrogen re-fuelling at up to 78% of motorway service areas in England.

​Secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS) Kwasi Kwarteng has called on North Sea oil and gas producers to invest in “the clean energy technologies of the future".

​Following on from yesterday’s (7 April) energy security strategy, the government has launched a £375 million support package for nuclear, hydrogen and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).

The government’s British Energy Security Strategy has been met with criticism from the energy sector, having been described as a “missed opportunity.”

​Shell UK has announced it is to invest £20 to 25 billion in the energy sector over the next decade.

​The Labour Party has unveiled a five point plan to increase energy security in light of the energy crisis.

​bp has seen its profits surge to £9.5 billion ($12.8 billion) for 2021, on the back of high oil and gas prices.

​Hydrogen infrastructure won’t be viable for domestic heating applications at scale for at least the next decade, research from Imperial College London’s Energy Futures lab has found.

​The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has issued a wake-up call to government, asking that more support is provided to support efforts to reduce emissions.

​The government must step up support for renewables after new forecasting revealed 2°C warming​ would reduce GDP by 1% a year by 2045, the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) has said.