Committee on Climate Change

Minister assures security will not be sacrificed for investment

The government will not compromise the UK’s national security in its search for investment in critical infrastructure like nuclear power stations, an energy minister has pledged. Responding to concerns over the involvement of Chinese firm CGN in EDF's planned Sizewell C nuclear project, Lord Callanan said: “The government emphatically do not support investment in our critical infrastructure at the expense of national security. There is no compromising on that point.”

10/03/2022

News

On the move: CCC; Business Stream and Octopus

As well as Octopus Energy appointing a tech evangelist to its team, Business Stream has appointed a new non-executive director to its board. Utility Week takes a look at these and some of the other recent appointments made across the sector.

16/10/2019

News

Government to go ‘further and faster’ in response to CCC report

The government has published its response to the Committee on Climate Change's annual report. In its response it promises new measures including removing the planning threshold for storage technologies.

15/10/2019

News

Air quality ‘a matter of life and death’, says Eon CEO

As concern grows about the quality of air we breathe, Eon UK's CEO, Michael Lewis, reveals why energy efficiency must now be a national infrastructure priority

23/09/2019

Comment

Lord Deben: Utilities must regain trust to get public on net-zero path

Utilities must work harder on relationships with customers if they are to take them on the net-zero journey, Committee on Climate Change chair Lord Deben tells Suzanne Heneghan

10/09/2019

News

District heating can make an immediate contribution

An urgent solution is needed to finding a low-carbon heat source for the 85 per cent of UK households still relying on fossil fuel-based natural gas. While hydrogen boilers and electric heat pumps are among the potential solutions, ken Hunnisett argues that district heating schemes are a proven technology ready to be deployed.

08/09/2019

Opinion

Destination net zero: delivering a sustainable future

The UK offshore oil and gas industry can play its part in helping the UK create a net zero basin by 2050 - or earlier - says Professor Paul de Leeuw of the Robert Gordon University

06/09/2019

Comment

XR activist: Rebellions are fundamentally unreasonable

Extinction Rebellion has attracted criticism for its "unrealistic" target of hitting net-zero emissions by 2025. However, as one of its members tells Greg Jones, the group's role is to ensure against complacency and push for any acceleration of the timeline. He also stresses that citizen's assemblies will move matters faster than politicians ever will.

30/08/2019

Interviews

Energy efficiency: policy missing to meet climate change targets

nsulating buildings is essential if the UK is to meet its emission targets, but there is a lack of political will to drive it up the agenda.

02/08/2019

Analysis

The costs of decarbonisation must not hit those who can least afford it

02/08/2019

Comment

Who should pay for the energy transition?

Economist Richard Green assesses the options for sharing out the costs of decarbonisation fairly.

17/07/2019

Analysis

The Treasury mulls over its options for financing a net zero UK

17/07/2019

Analysis

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