Energy and Climate Change

How to stay safe during a storm and what to do in a power cut

Storm Herminia brought more strong winds and heavy rain just days after Storm Éowyn battered parts of the UK and Republic of Ireland. The Met Office said that Éowyn was one of the most exceptional storms of the decade - with 100mph (160km/h) winds recorded in Scotland. It warned that stormy weather is likely to

Earth records hottest year ever in 2024 and the jump was so big it breached a key threshold

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. Climate Change (Image: Tumisu/Pixabay)   Last year’s global average temperature easily passed 2023’s record heat and kept pushing even higher. It surpassed the long-term warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius

Can Donald Trump touch the UK’s energy transition?

Incoming US president Donald Trump, whose campaign ran on the slogan “drill, baby, drill”, has already reopened a quarrel with the UK’s offshore wind development in the North Sea and is unlikely to stop there. Perhaps in anticipation of this, current American president Joe Biden has rushed through legislation banning offshore oil drilling across the

Additional price cap rise predicted for April

As the new price cap comes into force this year, energy consultancy Cornwall Insight has predicted further increases for the year ahead. The April cap, which will be officially announced in February, is now expected to be £1,785 a year for a typical dual fuel consumer. This is a 3% increase on January’s cap of

Ofgem considers removing standing charges to cut consumer bills

Ofgem has published an update on its review of standing charges, after responses to its call for input painted a “stark picture” of users’ dissatisfaction with the current system. According to the regulator, tens of thousands of consumers expressed dissatisfaction with the current system, stating standing charges are “unneeded, unfair and confusing”. The UK

Warm homes heat boost

Up to 300,000 households will benefit from home upgrades in the next year, as the government confirms new steps to help households of every kind take up measures that can help save money on their bills and deliver cleaner heating. This includes boosting the budget for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to support more households

Fossil fuel generation hits record low

New data has shown that the volume of UK electricity generated from fossil fuels has reached its lowest-ever recorded level. The latest Drax Electric Insights report, which covers the third quarter of 2024, revealed that electricity generation from fossil fuels fell below 5GW for the first time in August of this year, with the

This year set to be first to breach 1.5C global warming limit

It is now "virtually certain" that 2024 - a year punctuated by intense heatwaves and deadly storms - will be the world's warmest on record, according to projections by the European climate service. Global average temperatures across the year are on track to end up more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, which would make 2024

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