Is government withdrawing hundreds of millions from its Green Homes Grant?

Almost £71 million of the allocated £1.5 billion Green Homes Grant budget for householders has reportedly been awarded

Shell, Vattenfall and MHI join forces for major hydrogen project at a former coal plant in Hamburg

A scalable 100MW electrolyser fed by wind and solar power will be built at Moorburg station

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Court rejects appeal against building ‘Europe’s largest’ gas plant in Yorkshire

Green charity ClientEarth tried to overturn Secretary of State’s approval for Drax to convert its coal-fired units to gas

VAT subsidy on domestic gas ‘mostly benefits wealthier households’

The government is being urged to end the 5% VAT rate on domestic heating fuels and redistribute the revenues to help those on low incomes to heat their homes

Czech utility EPH closes French coal plant only a year after buying it

The firm has announced it will close the facility at the end of 2020, two years earlier than initially planned

Around 80% of Scottish oil workers ‘considering career impacts of climate change’

New research from industry body Scottish Renewables suggests 77% of oil and gas employees are positive about retraining to join the renewable sector

‘SUV adverts should be banned immediately to meet UK climate goals’

A campaign launched by the thinktank The New Weather Institute is calling for an end to advertising for the ‘dirtiest third’ of new cars being sold

Siemens Gamesa to develop hybrid clean energy plant in the Philippines

Located on the island of Mindoro, the project will not only provide a stable power to the weak grid network but also reduce dependency on fossil fuels

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Coal-fired power plant in Northern Ireland to close

Czech energy company EPH has confirmed it will shutter the site in Kilroot, before opening a gas-fired facility in its place

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ClientEarth launches legal action against plans to build Europe’s largest gas plant in the UK

Business and Energy Secretary Andrea Leadsom gave the go-ahead for Drax to convert its coal-fired units in North Yorkshire to gas generation last October