5 January, 2024 – COP29 is due to be hosted later this year in Azerbaijan and for the second year running a minister with a vast background in oil and gas will lead the conference. Mukhtar Babayev spent 26 years at the state-owned oil and gas company, Socar.
2 January, 2024 – The New Year’s Honours List has been revealed and contains some noteworthy names across the green economy. Take a look at edie’s roundup of all the sustainability advocates and leaders mentioned in the latest Honours List.
2 January, 2024 – Older generations of heat pumps struggle to reach temperatures of 50 degrees, with efficiency also lower with higher temperatures. A new generation of high-temperature heat pumps is emerging; depending on the manufacturer, temperatures over 70 degrees can be reached, with an efficiency increase of up to 34%.
15 December, 2023 – Octopus has partnered with The Hill Group to build 89 homes which will have no energy bills to pay. The homes will be installed with heat pumps, solar PV and batteries. The energy company said it hopes to have built 50,000 zero-bill homes globally by 2025.
14 December, 2023 – The government has confirmed that the UK has surpassed the milestone of 50,000 public EV charge Points. The UK has set a goal of 300,000 chargers to be installed before 2030.
14 December, 2023 – A controversial COP28 came to an end last week, with fossil fuels making headlines about whether they would be included in the agreement. However, for the first time countries agreed on the need to “transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems”.
12 December, 2023 – A £1.8bn project has been approved to bring renewable power from Scotland to the north of England through subsea electrical superhighways. The EGL1 project is one of the largest grid upgrade projects in Britain’s history, designed to provide enough clean electricity for 2 million households.
8 December, 2023 – According to InfluenceMap, less than 1 in 10 corporations present at COP28 are truly aligning their climate policies with the changes that scientists believe are needed to keep in line with the 1.5-degree Paris Agreement pathway.
6 December, 2023 – Former COP President, Alok Sharma, has argued that agreeing to phase out fossil fuels at COP28 is vital instead of phasing down. He emphasises that these negotiations are far from easy and cited that it took 26 COPs to get rid of the phase-down language concerning coal.
6 December, 2023 – Gas and wind remain closely contesting for the number 1 spot in Britain’s electricity mix. November saw gas taking the top spot at 31%, followed by wind at 30.7%, with this trend being consistent since October. Electricity demand also peaked on 30 November at 24TWh – the most electricity used by...
