Source: Current News - Tracking the transition to a decarbonised, digitised and decentralised energy economy

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Vattenfall completes ‘world-first’ development for offshore hydrogen production

  2024-03-14 by in Current News - Tracking the transition to a decarbonised, digitised and decentralised energy economy

Swedish state-owned power company Vattenfall has completed the “world-first” development phase for offshore hydrogen production in Scotland.

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Connect but don't supply: Solar Energy UK denounces grid delay 'farce'

  2024-02-08 by in Current News - Tracking the transition to a decarbonised, digitised and decentralised energy economy

Grid delays are "descending into a farce" according to Solar Energy UK, as projects with accelerated connections remain unable to supply electricity for years.

  Tagged under: Solar Energy | Electricity | Electricity Grid

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Energy and Utilities Association hired PR firm to promote negative heat pump stories

  2023-07-24 by in Current News - Tracking the transition to a decarbonised, digitised and decentralised energy economy

Leaked documents seen by the website DeSmog suggest that the Energy and Utilities Association (EUA), a gas boiler industry body, has been engaged in lobbying against government heat pump targets.

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Networked ground source heat pumps could reduce electricity demand by 24TWh a year

  2023-05-30 by in Current News - Tracking the transition to a decarbonised, digitised and decentralised energy economy

A new study by Element Energy has found that the wide-spread deployment of ground source heat pumps (GSHP) alongside demand shifting could reduce Britain’s electricity consumption by up to 24TWh a year by 2050.

  Tagged under: Electricity

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UK likely to miss 2025 smart meter installation target 

  2023-04-14 by in Current News - Tracking the transition to a decarbonised, digitised and decentralised energy economy

The UK is on course to miss a government target of achieving 100% smart meter coverage by 2025, according to data from Cornwall Insight. 

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March sees renewables generate 47% of UK electricity

  2023-04-12 by in Current News - Tracking the transition to a decarbonised, digitised and decentralised energy economy

The latest data from National Grid ESO has shown that 47% of the UK’s electricity was generated by zero carbon sources in March 2023.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity | Electricity Grid

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Octopus, RES to decarbonise Kimberly-Clark manufacturing facilities with green hydrogen

  2023-04-11 by in Current News - Tracking the transition to a decarbonised, digitised and decentralised energy economy

Octopus Energy Generation and renewable energy company RES have confirmed plans to utilise green hydrogen at two Kimberly-Clark manufacturing facilities.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen

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IPPR Environmental Justice Commission calls for £7.5bn scheme to support low carbon heat and transport

  2021-07-16 (or before) in Current News - Tracking the transition to a decarbonised, digitised and decentralised energy economy

​The IPPR Environmental Justice Commission is calling for the government to introduce a variety of new measures to create a fair transition that puts people at the heart.

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