New legislation to mandate annual oil and gas licensing in the North Sea is expected to be set out in the King’s Speech tomorrow (7 November). The bill will allow the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) to invite applications for new oil and gas production licenses on an annual basis. This would replace the current
Continuing our Designing for Disaster series, we spotlight Climate Safe Rooms, an initiative that insulates one room in a home as a cost-effective way of preparing low-income homes in Australia for extreme heat. The project was created by Tim Adams for Victoria-based not-for-profit community group Geelong Sustainability, which so far has implemented a Climate Safe Room in 16 vulnerable homes. Rather than retrofitting
Escalating rhetoric comes as new study shows there are just six years left to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius at current CO2 emissions rate The Oregon State University ecologist had spent his career wandering through the hills and canyons of Yellowstone National Park, tracking the health of wolves and other large carnivores. Nor was he
The Energy Act 2023, which has been called the “biggest piece of energy legislation in the UK’s history”, received Royal Assent yesterday (26 October). The Act, which has now become law, includes a number of major changes aimed at creating a more efficient energy system that can uphold the growing number of electrified technologies being
Renewables are set to contribute 80% of new power capacity to 2030 in the stated policies scenario (STEPS), with solar PV alone accounting for more than half of this, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). In its flagship World Energy Outlook report, the IEA expects solar manufacturing capacity to exceed 1.2TW of module nameplate capacity
Despite significant clean energy growth across the globe, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that under today’s policy settings, emissions would remain high enough to increase global average temperatures to around 2.4 °C. Bending the emissions curve onto a path towards a 1.5 °C maximum increase, the IEA’s flagship World Energy Outlook (WEO) report
The call forms part of the five yearly review – conducted by the NIC – which sets an agenda for action for UK infrastructure over the next 30 years. Instead, in the assessment, the NIC urges the government to focus hydrogen use on power generation and industrial decarbonisation. Commission chair Sir John Armitt called the
Solar is set to be supported across a number of schools, hospitals and other public buildings as part of a £230 million funding boost by the UK government. The funding, which is being provided by the government to implement a range of low-carbon technologies to spur decarbonisation in public buildings, supports the installation of technologies
Rightwing thinktank Civitas mistakenly cost onshore wind power 10,000 times higher than reality and claimed bill would be £4.5tn A report that hugely overestimated the cost to the UK of reaching net zero emissions has been retracted by the rightwing thinktank that published it. The Civitas pamphlet published on Thursday claimed to offer a
This week, the UK’s North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) approved the first phase of development at Equinor and Ithaca Energy’s Rosebank offshore oil and gas project, as the UK looks to ensure its energy security in the coming years. Equinor plans to begin subsea installations in 2024, before drilling the project’s wells in 2025 and