The Welsh Affairs Committee Chair Stephen Crabb has called on the UK government to outline how it intends to reach its target of generating 24GW of nuclear energy by 2050.
The UK government has today (27 February) announced a new online portal that will allow Northern Ireland households without a direct relationship to a domestic electricity supplier to apply for a £600 lump sum towards their energy bills as part of the government’s Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS AF).
The UK Government has released financial aid to 900,000 more households across England, Scotland and Wales as part of the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS AF) route.
Secretary of State for the newly-formed Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ), Grant Shapps, has set out his plan for the future of Britain’s energy.
New data from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) showed that 1.7 million households using prepayment meters in Britain redeemed their Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) vouchers in January alone – 130,000 more than December 2022.
OVO Energy has thrown its weight behind community-led projects with the energy supplier having joined Community Energy England as a principal supporter.
110 UK academics have signed a letter to energy security secretary, Grant Shapps, calling for the UK to join key allies such as Germany, the Netherlands and France, in withdrawing from the Energy Charter Treaty (ETC).
The RAC and EV campaign group FairCharge have called on the UK government to decouple electricity wholesale prices from gas in a bid to reduce the costs associated with EV charging.
The UK Government is set to launch a new certification for hydrogen sourcing aiming to provide further transparency and “reliable” tracing of its production.
RenewableUK has confirmed that across the entirety of 2022, only two small onshore wind turbines had been developed across England despite “record-breaking” year for offshore wind.