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• £100m to supercharge fusion

  04-04-2025 11:15 via energylivenews.com
  
  The government is pumping £20 million into a first-of-its-kind private fusion investment fund, Starmaker One, aiming to unlock over £100 million from the private sector.Fusion, the process that powers the sun, could offer a near-limitless supply of clean energy. But UK companies have struggled to scale up due to lack of investment.
  This new fund will help British businesses develop fusion technology, train skilled workers and compete on the world stage.Energy Secretary Ed Miliband sa
  
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• Apple surpasses 60% emissions cut on Earth Day

  22-04-2025 10:41 via energylivenews.com
  
  Apple has announced a major environmental milestone for Earth Day: a 60% reduction in its global greenhouse gas emissions compared to 2015 levels.
  The achievement is a significant step towards Apple’s goal to become carbon neutral across its entire footprint by 2030.“We’re incredibly proud of the progress we’re making toward Apple 2030, which touches every part of our business,” said Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy, and Social Initi
  
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• 1st Energy acquires Ripple Energy assets

  22-04-2025 09:33 via energylivenews.com
  
  1st Energy has acquired key assets, IT infrastructure and administrative services of ‘community supplier’ Ripple Energy following its administration.
  The deal ensures continuity of service for Ripple’s customer base and reinforces 1st Energy’s mission to expand access to clean, affordable energy solutions across the UK.This acquisition marks a significant step in 1st Energy’s strategy to support community-driven renewable energy initiatives and safeguard the green e
  
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• Why the UK’s electricity costs are so high – and what can be done about it

  20-04-2025 16:01
  
  From nationalising gas plants to boosting renewables, how soaring prices could be tackledOne of Labour’s key election promises was to cut energy bills by £300 a year by 2030 while making Britain a “clean energy superpower”.The job is already halfway complete: renewable energy made up more than half the UK’s electricity for the first time last year. So why does Britain continue to have one of the most expensive electricity markets in the world? Industrial users compl
  
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• Readers reply: Do all wind turbines rotate in the same direction? If so, why?

  20-04-2025 15:00
  
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsDo all wind turbines rotate in the same direction? If so, why? Rab Spence, by emailSend new questions to nq@theguardian.com. Continue reading...
  
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• British Steel must now join the modern economy, not be a prisoner of the old | Will Hutton

  20-04-2025 10:30
  
  Lack of investment and vision has dogged UK industry, while China has literally forged aheadThe fate of incoming Labour business and industry secretaries seems to be to launch emergency rescue packages for industries that would otherwise face imminent closure.Witness Jonathan Reynolds at last Saturday’s extraordinary parliamentary recall arguing for the legal right to take over the running of British Steel from its Chinese owner, Jingye, in order to save up to 3,500 jobs and Britain’
  
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• Miliband in blistering attack on Farage’s UK net zero ‘nonsense and lies’

  19-04-2025 20:05
  
  The energy secretary has accused Reform UK’s leader of peddling dangerous falsehoods about renewable power• Tories and Reform use the steel crisis to knock clean energy. They’re wrong: it will secure all our futuresEd Miliband has torn into Nigel Farage and the Tories for peddling dangerous “nonsense and lies” by suggesting the UK’s net zero target is responsible for destroying Britain’s businesses, including its steel industry.Cabinet ministers are deter
  
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• There’s only one way to fight the climate greenlash: appeal to the naysayers’ self-interest | Martha Gill

  19-04-2025 18:30
  
  If green policy is going to survive the culture wars, it needs a new pitch – cleaner air, cheaper bills and healthier citiesFor a decade, green activists in Britain have been congratulating themselves on their luck. Unlike in many countries in Europe, where motorists, farmers and rightwing groups have been driving anti-climate action, the UK has long enjoyed a comfortable political consensus on the subject. But conditions for a greenlash are assembling.Most Britons still say they support c
  
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• Trump halts construction of big wind farm off New York coast: ‘reckless and overreaching’

  18-04-2025 17:19
  
  Wind power developer eyes legal remedies to order that blocks renewable energy projects and eliminates green job opportunitiesThis story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The buildout of renewable energy projects in downstate New York – the region that includes the Hudson valley and below – is often complicated. The space for these projects is limited, particularly in New York City, and they’re often
  
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• Trump halts construction of big wind farm off New York coast

  18-04-2025 17:19
  Wind power developer eyes legal remedies to order that blocks renewable energy projects and eliminates green job opportunitiesThis story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The buildout of renewable energy projects in downstate New York – the region that includes the Hudson valley and below – is often complicated. The space for these projects is limited, particularly in New York City, and they’re often
  
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• Why is Ed Miliband a target for all sides? Because he’s a lefty politician who gets things done | Andy Beckett

  18-04-2025 09:00
  
  Not since Tony Benn has a Labour minister been so assailed – and not just by the Tory press, but also by his own colleaguesWhy exactly does Ed Miliband make so many people so angry? At 55, 20 years into his parliamentary career, with rare ministerial experience under both New Labour and Keir Starmer, and a reputation around Westminster and Whitehall as one of politics’ nicer, more knowledgeable characters, he could be a respected figure in a generally inexperienced government. Instea
  
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• Flagship Energy’s Tejal Shah Energy Markets Update – 17th April 2025

  17-04-2025 17:11 via energylivenews.com
  Prices have slumped in recent weeks but after yesterday’s gains of over 3% in European and UK gas markets, we are set for a weekly increase ahead of the Easter holidays. The markets have been observing imports of LNG and with supply disruptions from three export facilities in Australia, Malaysia, and Brunei the prospect of increased competition in global LNG markets raised prices. Australia’s Ichthys LNG, said the rate of production at the plant has decreased temporarily, without spe
  
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• EU invests €86m to boost water resilience and climate action

  17-04-2025 16:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  The European Commission has committed €86 million (£73.68m) for new projects aimed at improving climate resilience and water security whilst reducing greenhouse gas emissions.It is provding the funding under the LIFE Programme, with the aim of improving water quality and availability, cleaning up polluted rivers, improving fire and flood protection and cutting emissions.The selected projects span Denmark, Estonia, Poland, Slovenia and Iceland and support the EU’s ambition to bec
  
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• M&S switches to paper packaging and slashes plastic use across men’s range

  17-04-2025 15:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced it has removed plastic use and switching to paper packaging across its men’s essentials range.That means all of M&S’ men’s socks, woven pyjama sets and almost 40% of underwear lines are now available in FSC-approved paper packaging with paper hooks, which can be recycled at home.The retailer plans to roll out the recyclable packaging more widely to additional products in the men’s essential range, removing an additional 3.5
  
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• Google inks first geothermal energy deal in Asia

  17-04-2025 14:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  Google has announced its first-ever power purchase agreement (PPA) for geothermal energy in the East Asian country of Taiwan.The initial projects, developed by Baseload Capital, will add 10MW of power to the grid, with the partnership also including an equity investment in the company. Geothermal energy taps into underground heat to generate clean electricity and is an “around-the-clock” energy source, believed to have significant potential in Taiwan.With its unique geological p
  
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• Rolls-Royce and Avacon test grid stability via battery storage and PV 

  17-04-2025 13:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  Rolls-Royce and Avacon have joined forces to test the contribution of battery storage and PV systems on grid stability in northern Germany.The field test aims to show how energy communities, solar systems and battery storage can be “intelligently linked” to contribute to an efficient energy supply and help stabilise the energy system.Local households store electricity they generate from solar panels in home storage units and surplus energy is also fed into the central large-scale bat
  
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• Greenlink: New UK-Ireland electricity interconnector up and running

  17-04-2025 12:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  Electricity is now being transported via a new interconnector linking the UK and Ireland.The 504MW Greenlink interconnector, which consists of two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables and associated converter stations, connects at substations on National Grid’s and EirGrid’s networks.It is expected to help boost the UK and Ireland’s energy security and resilience as well as their capability to harness the potential of clean power by sharing surplus generation.Nation
  
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• RWE and Bedburg to develop 60MW wind farm in German mining site

  17-04-2025 10:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  RWE and the town of Bedburg are taking a major step forward in Germany’s energy transition, with the construction of a new 60MW wind farm.Windpark Bedburg 3, which will be located on recultivated land at the Garzweiler open-cast mine, will consist of nine turbines.Seven of the turbines will have a capacity of 7MW each while the remaining two will each generate 5.7MW. The wind farm is expected to supply enough green electricity to power around 36,500 homes once fully operational by lat
  
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• ‘First-of-its-kind’ trial to turn sewage into hydrogen in Manchester

  17-04-2025 08:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  A project claimed to be the first-of-its-kind that will use gas from sewage waste to produce clean hydrogen is being delivered in Manchester.United Utilities has joined forces with Cambridge-based climate tech company Levidian to demonstrate the potential of using biogas produced from wastewater to create hydrogen and “super-material” graphene – the thinnest and strongest material – at its wastewater treatment works.The trial is taking place at Manchester Bioresources Cen
  
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• E.ON backs British battery tech to slash bills

  16-04-2025 18:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  E.ON has teamed up with Cambridge tech firm Superdielectrics to develop a home-grown battery that could cut energy bills by up to 85%.The new polymer-based tech, built around a membrane similar to contact lenses, promises a safer, cheaper and greener way to store power at home.It’s part of a wider push to help households take control of their energy use, cut carbon and tackle fuel poverty.Superdielectrics says early trials are promising. Now, with E.ON’s customer insights and scale,
  
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• Renewable energy firm Masdar acquires Terna Energy

  16-04-2025 16:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  UAE’s renewable energy company Masdar has announced it has fully acquired Greece’s Terna Energy.It bought a majority stake (70%) in the company last year as part of its international expansion strategy, which gave Terna an enterprise value of €3.2 billion (£2.7bn).Masdar also bought the remaining shares and now holds 100% of the stake in the company.Terna owns and operates projects across wind, solar, biomass and hydropower technologies and is building one of the largest p
  
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• New battery storage system powered up at Gatwick Electric Forecourt

  16-04-2025 15:30 via energylivenews.com
  
  A new Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to support electric vehicle (EV) charging at the London Gatwick Electric Forecourt® has successfully been connected.Two SYL batteries, each with 3.6MW of capacity, delivered in partnership with GRIDSERVE, are now operational on UK Power Networks’ electricity distribution network.
  The batteries can power the entire site for up to three hours at full capacity and will provide stored energy to EV chargers during peak times.
  This approach supports
  
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• Ten Low-Cost (or No-Cost!) Ways to Save Energy

  16-04-2025 14:54 via energylivenews.com
  
  The idea that all “low-hanging fruit” has already been picked is a myth.Many savings opportunities remain untapped due to lack of expertise, vested interests, or outdated assumptions. And energy saving isn’t a one-time project, it’s an ongoing process that’s essential for maintaining profitability and meeting carbon reduction targets.The potential for both technical and behavioural energy savings is massive – some estimate up to 80%! A full energy audit is a g
  
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• Scotland’s carbon footprint surged 14.6% in 2021

  16-04-2025 14:30 via energylivenews.com
  
  Scotland’s carbon footprint increased by 14.6% in 2021, according to the latest official statistics published by the Scottish Government.
  The report shows a rise from 51.6 million tonnes to 59.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) between 2020 and 2021.The data reflect a rebound in emissions following the COVID-19 pandemic, when lockdowns and travel restrictions significantly reduced economic activity and associated greenhouse gas output.
  The 2021 figure represents the hig
  
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• New composite blocks could ‘significantly reduce nuclear costs’ 

  16-04-2025 14:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  Researchers at GE Hitachi Nuclear have successfully tested a modular steel-concrete composite that is claimed to significantly reduce the cost of building nuclear reactor containment structures.It is one of three advanced construction technologies that the US Department of Energy (DOE) is exploring to cut nuclear construction costs by up to 10%.The Diaphragm Plate Steel Composite (DPSC) test specimens were tested at Purdue University’s Bowen Laboratory in Indiana, where researchers filled
  
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• EDF webinar to explore UK power market trends and price drivers

  16-04-2025 12:45 via energylivenews.com
  
  Join EDF for the next instalment of the 2025 Power Market series, taking you through the UK power market, what’s driving prices now and in the future, and answer your questions.If you’d like to stay ahead in the evolving UK power market, this webinar is for you. James Chaplin, Senior Manager for Curve Trading at EDF will share their expert insights on:
  What’s driving UK power pricesMarket trends shaping the futureYour questions – answered live
  Wednesday 30 April at 2 pmRE
  
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• Low carbon farming innovations granted £45m

  16-04-2025 12:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  The government has announced more than £45 million in funding for low carbon innovations to be used on farms.They include variable irrigation systems to maximise water usage on crops, robots carrying out delicate fruit picking and health monitors for cows and sheep.They are designed to protect nature, strengthen crop resilience and boost food production whilst cutting on-farm emissions.Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner said: “This government is serious about delivering its Plan for Ch
  
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• Green light for €400m Spanish scheme to support hydrogen production 

  16-04-2025 10:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  A €400 million (£342m) Spanish state aid scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen has been approved by the European Commission.The ‘Auction-as-a-Service’ scheme will support the construction of up to 345MW of installed electrolyser capacity and the production of up to 221,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen in Spain.This is estimated to reduce up to one million tonnes of CO2 and help the country achieve its national target to install 12GW of electrolyser capacit
  
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• Net Hero Podcast – There’s plenty of money for net zero isn’t there?

  16-04-2025 09:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  I have explored money several times on the Net Hero Podcast and the reason is simple this is going to cost us all!The real question is who pays, is it us the public via our taxes which become subsidy or should it be the commercial sector, private investors? The launch of GB Energy was supposed to do that – get private cash backing net zero because the government backs net zero. But the market turmoil lately the Trump push for fossil fuels, has caused confusion so is there cash for the tran
  
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• Ofgem axes ‘zombie’ projects and prioritises grid connections for clean energy

  16-04-2025 08:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  Ofgem has approved major reforms aimed at streamlining the UK’s electricity grid connection process, which will prioritise projects that are ready to deliver clean power.The reforms will remove so-called “zombie” projects from the queue for connection to the grid and instead connect renewable energy projects that are most needed.The proposals were initially put forward by the National Energy System Operator (NESO), which suggests the connections queue currently holds more than
  
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