BEIS

The project aims to beat the current all-electric flight world record early next year

This is the second-highest share ever recorded in the published data, according to a BEIS report

Minister of State at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

It follows a consultation launched by BEIS earlier this year, which included proposals for two new schemes to incentivise the cost-effective installation of low carbon heat technologies and the generation of renewable heat

The Business Secretary said although the government’s plan is to organise an in-person climate summit, Covid-19 pandemic still cast uncertainty over the future

The energy regulator says the cost of managing the grid during the period from March to July was 39% higher than expected

Since 2011, the UK has offered £2.2 billion of finance to fight climate change and installed 2000MW of clean energy capacity, according to Defra’s report

The new raft of funding is estimated to enable UK distilleries to cut emissions by almost a million tonnes of CO2 every year, equivalent to taking 100,000 cars off the road

Almost 35% of the UK public are ‘very worried’ about the issue, according to a report

They are part of 17 projects that will receive funding of up to £500,000 each