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• Labor targets cost of living and climate with $2.3bn household battery pledge

  05-04-2025 13:30
  
  Energy package could save households with a solar and battery system up to $2300 a year, according to departmental analysisPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastFederal Labor has confirmed it will spend $2.3bn to slash the cost of household batteries by 30%, as part of a dual cost-of-living
  
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• First-hand experience key to EV adoption

  11-04-2025 14:28 via energylivenews.com
  
  Lack of first-hand experience and misinformation, remain significant barriers to electric vehicle (EV) adoption across the UK.
  According to the findings from Motorpoint, petrol and diesel drivers are nearly three times more likely than EV owners to say they don’t know enough about battery-powered cars.“It’s clear that EV education in the UK needs improving,” said Mike Vousden, EV expert at Motorpoint. “For drivers to embrace EV ownership, the government and industr
  
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• Findland’s Neste starts SAF production

  11-04-2025 13:30 via energylivenews.com
  
  Findland’s oil and gas giant Neste, has begun producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its renewable products refinery in Rotterdam, marking a major step forward in efforts to reduce emissions in the aviation sector.
  The site has been modified to produce up to 500,000 tonnes of SAF per year, boosting Neste’s global annual production capacity to 1.5 million tonnes (around 1.875 billion litres).The milestone supports EU-wide climate goals, particularly the ReFuelEU Aviation Regulat
  
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• Ancient sailing ship starts round the world climate science quest

  11-04-2025 12:15 via energylivenews.com
  
  An ancient Norwegian sailing ship is surfing the oceans once again now in the name of cutting edge climate science.Kongsberg Discovery has joined the One Ocean Expedition, by transforming Norway’s 111-year-old sailing ship, Statsraad Lehmkuhl, into a modern research vessel.
  Leaving today the vessel will begin a 12-month, 26-port voyage across three continents to monitor marine ecosystems, assess climate impacts and raise awareness of ocean health.Now equipped with an array of Kongsberg Dis
  
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• West Midlands Mayor backs EV powered parcel deliveries

  11-04-2025 11:30 via energylivenews.com
  
  West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker visited the University of Warwick earlier this week to see a glimpse into future parcel delivery.He witnessed the trials of futuristic electric cargo vehicles that could eventually replace petrol and diesel vans on our roads.
  The trials, part of the Last Mile Logistics Project, are supported by funding from the West Midlands Innovation Programme, which is part of the region’s Innovation Accelerator initiative.West Midlands Combined AuthorityThe project us
  
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• EDF turns to the sun with solar switch on

  11-04-2025 10:30 via energylivenews.com
  
  EDF Renewables has switched on its first-ever solar farm in the UK – and it’s already delivering clean energy to thousands of homes, while handing over cash to the local community.The 49.9MW Sutton Bridge solar farm in Lincolnshire quietly began generating power last year – but now EDF has officially confirmed the site is fully operational and helping to power more than 9,000 households with zero-carbon electricity.It’s a major milestone for the energy giant, which alread
  
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• Faulty meter shouldn’t mean you’re cut off

  11-04-2025 09:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  Households left without power due to a faulty meter will soon have access to 24/7 support, under new rules confirmed by Ofgem.From 1 August 2025, all energy suppliers will be required to offer round-the-clock enquiry services so customers can report a meter fault that’s left them without gas or electricity.
  The move is designed to protect vulnerable households and ensure no one is left in the dark — literally — just because a problem occurs outside of office hours.Currently, th
  
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• Smart heat pumps to plug into grid support

  10-04-2025 17:20 via energylivenews.com
  
  UK Power Networks is testing how heat pumps could do more than keep homes cosy – by doubling up as mini grids.The trial, dubbed HeatNet, uses AI to fine-tune how and when heat pumps run. The aim? To ease pressure on the grid without touching customer comfort.Backed by Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund, the project is still in proof-of-concept phase but could offer a major win for Britain’s net zero push.With the government targeting 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028, up from ju
  
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• NSW solar farm to supply almost half the energy needs of major gas company

  10-04-2025 17:00
  
  Shift away from fossil fuels by BOC is expected to cut company’s Australian emissions by 40% by 2035 and follows similar commitment by Rio TintoElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA major industrial gas company in Australia will shift its power use away from fossil fuels and instead meet nearly half its elect
  
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• NSW solar farm to supply almost half energy needs of major gas company

  10-04-2025 17:00
  
  Shift away from fossil fuels by BOC is expected to cut company’s Australian emissions 40% by 2035 and follows similar commitment by Rio Tinto Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA major industrial gas company in Australia will shift its power use away from fossil fuels and instead meet nearly half its electricity needs across three states from solar.BOC, owned by global gas and engineering company Linde, supplies speciality gases to large manufacturers, industry
  
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• AI energy need will be the same as Japan’s by 2030

  10-04-2025 16:11 via energylivenews.com
  
  The confusing picture on AI’s energy demand continues with the IEA predicting a huge surge in the energy landscape.
  According to a new IEA report Artificial intelligence is set to dramatically reshape the global energy landscape, driving demand from data centres while also offering major opportunities to cut costs, boost innovation and reduce emissions.But earlier this week a report from Energy Intelligence seemed to downplay the needs of the AI revolution.The IEA report, Energy and AI, of
  
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• Low income families at risk of high heating bills without urgent policy shift

  10-04-2025 14:53 via energylivenews.com
  
  The slow progress on decarbonising home heating won’t fix itself — and unless ministers act fast, the country risks missing vital climate targets while leaving low-income families stuck with rising billssays the Resolution Foundation.Despite big emissions cuts elsewhere, emissions from heating homes haven’t budged in a decade.
  Gas boilers, which heat 79% of UK homes, are now the second-largest contributor to household carbon emissions.
  Replacing them with electric heat pumps is
  
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• EAC launches inquiry into ‘forever chemicals’

  10-04-2025 14:33 via energylivenews.com
  The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has launched a new inquiry to examine the risks posed by Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), often referred to as “forever chemicals”.PFAS are a family of14,000 man-made chemicals used in products ranging from waterproof clothing and non-stick cookware to cosmetics and food packaging.
  They are valued for their resistance to heat, water, oil and grease. However, their extreme durability means they do not break down easily and a
  
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• Historic bodies launch retrofit training handbook to tackle climate change

  10-04-2025 13:33 via energylivenews.com
  Historic England, Cadw and Historic Environment Scotland have jointly published a new handbook to support retrofit qualifications for traditional buildings.
  This handbook comes at a crucial time as Britain aims to decarbonise its built environment, with 6.5 million pre-1919 buildings across England, Scotland and Wales at the centre of this effort.The Level 3 Award in Energy Efficiency Measures for Older and Traditional Buildings is vital in bridging the skills gap in the retrofit workforce.
  The
  
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• Sheffield’s steel to power low carbon heat

  10-04-2025 12:32 via energylivenews.com
  A new partnership between E.ON UK and Sheffield stainless steel manufacturer Marcegaglia will channel waste heat from the city’s industrial processes into local homes and businesses.
  The move strengthens Sheffield’s role as a pioneer in low carbon heating and supports the government’s heat network zoning strategy.It will see heat captured from the stainless steel melting shop reused through E.ON’s district heat network in the Lower Don Valley. The innovative project not o
  
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• Wylfa is a ‘no brainer’ says Welsh MP

  10-04-2025 12:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  Ynys Môn MP Llinos Medi has urged the UK Government to take swift and decisive action to advance nuclear development at the Wylfa site, calling the project “a no-brainer.”The Wylfa site has played a key role in Anglesey’s energy history, hosting two Magnox reactors that were decommissioned in 2015.
  Despite multiple proposals to build new nuclear capacity on the site, including from RWE, E.ON and Hitachi, none have come to fruition, leaving local communities waiting for in
  
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• Young guns wanted for green growth

  10-04-2025 11:29 via energylivenews.com
  
  Labour has announnced a new wave of training and apprenticeships to gear up young people to take on thousands of clean energy jobs by 2030. As the government ramps up efforts to deliver its Plan for Change and build a clean power workforce, the Energy Secretary and Work and Pensions Secretary, industry, unions and trade bodies were told the government will work with them to develop a “clean power army” to meet 2030 targets.
  From grid upgrades to renewables, the transition is expected
  
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• Investing in climate adaptation is not just good for the planet, it’s good business | William Ruto and Patrick Verkooijen

  10-04-2025 09:00
  
  Climate denialism should not blind investors and governments to the very real opportunities to be found in financing solutionsAmong the many shocks currently facing the international development community is the new direction of the US administration on climate, and the implications worldwide for mitigation and adaptation efforts.This is not uncharted territory. While a withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement is undoubtedly a setback, it no longer carries the same level of disruption as it d
  
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• Dundee-built tech heads to Dubai for world’s first vertical GigaFarm

  09-04-2025 17:20 via energylivenews.com
  
  British vertical farming company Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) has shipped its first batch of cutting-edge equipment from Dundee to Dubai, marking a major milestone in the world’s first “GigaFarm” project at Food Tech Valley.The shipment includes 800 Growth Trays with Lights (GTLs), each 6m², destined for the initial phase of ReFarm Global’s development of 200 vertical farming towers on a 900,000 sq. ft. site.Dubai’s GigaFarm will feature six integrated su
  
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• Flagship Energy’s Tejal Shah Energy Markets Update – 9th April 2025

  09-04-2025 17:11 via energylivenews.com
  
  Today we continue to see equity and commodity markets sell-off as U.S. reciprocal tariffs, which have raised fears of recession, took effect including a 104% duty on Chinese goods. European and UK Gas and power prices have also been affected and started dropping last week when President Donald Trump announced his plan on tariffs. Energy prices were further pressured by OPEC+’s decision to boost oil production in May. Gas prices have eased to levels not seen since September 2024, whilst oil
  
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• Making sense of renewable energy procurement for businesses

  09-04-2025 17:07 via energylivenews.com
  
  As energy costs remain high and sustainability becomes an increasing priority, British Gas has published a blog to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make sense of renewable energy procurement. The blog outlines the current energy market context, procurement options, and why a green energy contract could benefit your business.While renewable power accounted for a record 43% of the UK’s electricity mix in 2024, businesses are still facing elevated energy bills—largely due
  
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• Coalition nuclear plan will plough $58bn wrecking ball through renewable energy projects, analysis warns

  09-04-2025 17:00
  Going nuclear will cost ‘real dollars for farmers, real dollars for country towns and real blue-collar jobs’, Clean Energy Council saysGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA Coalition proposal to limit the rollout of renewable energy could stop at least $58bn of private investment in new developments and halt billions of dollars in flow-on spending in communities, new analysis has warned.The estimation by consultants Green Energy Markets, on behalf of indus
  
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• Success for CCS injection test in North Sea

  09-04-2025 16:15 via energylivenews.com
  
  The UK’s first carbon dioxide (CO2) injection test for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), has been successfully completed in the North Sea.The test, carried out by Perenco is a breakthrough for Project Poseidon –a carbon storage project in the Leman gas field off the coast of East Anglia.It involved injecting CO2 into the depleted Leman 27H gas field. It was delivered safely and to plan, with 15 injection cycles completed and 11 offshore CO2 refills mobilised. The data gathered is bei
  
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• Net Hero Podcast – Can the global grid come good?

  09-04-2025 15:24 via energylivenews.com
  
  It’s been talked about for ages and laughed off too, it’s sunny down there cold up here let’s move the power from deserts to drizzly Britain. But could the idea of a ‘global grid’ where places with lots of sun and wind can transport their generated excess to nations that need it, now be a reality?James works for a company planning to do this within five years, called Xlinks. Their Morocco-UK Power Project is a proposal to create 11.5 GW of renewable generation, 22.5
  
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• Ofgem backs clean energy storage to slash emissions

  09-04-2025 15:15 via energylivenews.com
  
  Britain is set to unlock billions in clean energy investment as Ofgem launches the first new support scheme for long-duration electricity storage (LDES) in 40 years.
  The move aims to eliminate wasted renewable energy, stabilise the grid and accelerate progress towards net zero.The new ‘cap and floor’ scheme removes barriers to large-scale investment in super-batteries and other storage technologies.
  These LDES facilities act as backup for the grid—capturing excess electricity f
  
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• Back from the dead – Dire wolves return in de-extinction breakthrough

  09-04-2025 14:03 via energylivenews.com
  
  Biotech company Colossal Biosciences has announced a historic scientific milestone—the birth of the world’s first de-extinct animals: dire wolves.
  This breakthrough they say marks a pivotal moment in global conservation efforts, achieved using revolutionary non-invasive cloning techniques.Once believed lost to history, dire wolves—iconic predators of the Ice Age—have now returned to life through advanced genetic science. The feat positions Colossal at the forefront of a r
  
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• Oil and gas majors slipping further from Paris targets warns report

  09-04-2025 13:18 via energylivenews.com
  
  Oil and gas giants are sliding even further from their climate promises, with none of the major producers anywhere close to aligning with the Paris Agreement targets.Financial think tank Carbon Tracker has published its latest report, Paris Maligned III, the first sector-wide update since the re-election of the Trump administration and paints a bleak picture for progress a decade on from the Paris Agreement.
  It reveals how energy companies have ramped up fossil fuel commitments through new inves
  
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• AI’s energy demands exaggerated

  09-04-2025 12:09 via energylivenews.com
  
  Artificial intelligence will only moderately increase global electricity demand by 2050, according to a new report.Generally it’s been said AI will need so much power it will drain grids without more capacity but a report by Energy Intelligence says the estimates are wrong.They looked at the future impact of AI across the energy sector, including electricity use, policy and the low-carbon transition.While AI rollout will drive short-term power demand, particularly from data centres, the st
  
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• EDF offers drivers 4,000 ‘free miles’

  09-04-2025 11:00 via energylivenews.com
  
  EDF is offering electric vehicle drivers a limited-time deal that delivers six months of ‘free miles’ through its Pod Point Plug & Power tariff bundle.
  New and existing customers who sign up before the end of April will receive a £100 credit – the equivalent of 4,000 electric miles or five return trips from London to Edinburgh.The bundle includes a fixed-rate energy tariff and the Pod Point Solo 3S home EV charger, offered at a discounted upfront cost of £499, w
  
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• SMEs go green for growth – but want cash support

  09-04-2025 10:02 via energylivenews.com
  
  Small businesses are stepping up on climate action to stay competitive and future-proof their operations – but most say they’re doing it without enough help.That’s according to the latest SME Climate Hub Survey, which shows customer pressure, compliance rules and business resilience are driving a surge in climate ambition.More than half of SMEs say going green wins them new customers, while 61% now act on climate to meet client expectations – up from 40% last year.But it&
  
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