BEIS has released a carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) deployment pathway to set out the future development of the technology. The plan, released on Wednesday 28 November, is designed to enable the development of the first CCUS facility in the UK, commissioning from the mid-2020s, with the aim of…
The Committee on Fuel Poverty’s Third Annual Report has concluded that overall progress on reducing fuel poverty is “stalling”. Released on 7 November, the report found that, since the launch of the government’s fuel poverty strategy in 2015, the total number of households in fuel poverty has increased by 210,000,…
The department’s solar PV deployment statistics have revealed that provisionally, as of the end of April 2018 overall UK solar PV capacity stood at 12,801MW across 947,980 installations – a year-on-year increase of 2%. The data also revealed that 8.9MW of solar is confirmed as having been deployed in April…
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee heard in its session on development of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs) of the need for interim targets towards the 2040 phase-out of internal combustion cars. David Martell, CEO of Chargemaster stated that five-year milestone goals should be in the upcoming Road…
In its response to BEIS’s recently closed ECO3 consultation on Tuesday 1 May, the regulator said it agrees with the majority of proposals, particularly where there are alignments with its Consumer Vulnerability Strategy objectives. Ofgem supported retaining the current supplier participation threshold and considers that lowering the threshold would result…