1 October, 2023 – Public education on net zero is insufficient as 46% of people surveyed reveal that they do not know what net zero means or have never heard of it. However, remaining voters express their endorsement for meeting critical targets. Many believe the government is not doing enough to meet targets.
1 October, 2023 – As of October, the average annual dual-fuel bill in the UK will fall below £2,000 a year for the first time since April 2022. Despite the new lowered price cap, there will be no universal bill subsidy for UK households and the cost per unit of energy has almost doubled since...
28 September, 2023 – MPs are challenging the Prime Minister on the recent policy changes to net zero. Questions were raised around whether these changes will bring down costs for the average household in the long term and if this change will undermine progress already made by previous administrations.
27 September, 2023 – Octopus Energy announced its customers have been taking part in a Vehicle-2-Grid (V2G) trial. This involves Octopus customers on an ‘Intelligent Tariff’ using their EVs to support the balancing of the grid. It is hoped that this trial will result in driving down grid balancing costs, passing the savings onto the...
27 September, 2023 – This week the UK Government gave the green light to Rosebank Oil Field, which has been both welcomed and highly criticised by others. The development of Rosebank will see up to 69,000 barrels of oil produced a day and produce annual emissions of almost 90 countries.
26 September, 2023 – The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its most up to date net zero roadmap for the global energy system. This report helps policy makers and other key bodies make decisions aligned with science to deliver an energy transition in line with the Paris Agreement. Get the full report here.
24 September, 2023 – A group of MPs are urging the UK Government and energy suppliers to step up their support to vulnerable households as the UK enters another “inevitable new winter crisis”. Last year, £440 million of government support was returned to the Treasury and MPs say eligible households should receive their payment.
15 September, 2023 – EDF Renewables UK has secured approval for three grid-scale battery sites in Kent with construction expected to begin in early 2024. EDF plans to deliver up to 2GW of transmission-connected battery storage through its nationwide rollout of Energy Superhubs.
14 September, 2023 – UK wind power has surpassed fossil fuels in installed capacity, marking the first time in over a century that the UK has more installed wind capacity than gas generation. Wind capacity reached 27.9GW in June, overtaking the 27.7GW installed capacity of gas generation.
11 September, 2023 – The UK’s first-ever heat pump installer apprenticeship is set to receive government funding to train 57,000 heat pump installers by the end of the decade. This will help achieve the government’s target of installing 600,000 heat pumps by 2028 whilst developing a workforce with skills to fit heat pump systems efficiently.
