In-depth: Renewables are ‘key’ to lower UK industrial electricity prices
Onshore wind is key to securing lower industrial electricity prices for the UK, a new report says. ... Read More
The EU got less electricity from coal than renewables in 2017
For the first time, the European Union generated more electricity from wind, solar and biomass than from coal in 2017, according to new analysis from... Read More
Guest post: Bioenergy ‘flaw’ under EU renewable target could raise emissions
Prof Sir John Beddington was the UK government’s chief scientific adviser between 2008 and 2013. He is a senior strategy adviser at the Oxford... Read More
Q&A: Will the reformed EU Emissions Trading System raise carbon prices?
In July 2003, at a series of meetings in Brussels and Strasbourg, EU lawmakers adopted an Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to help combat climate... Read More
German election 2017: Where the parties stand on energy and climate change
Germany goes to the polls this Sunday and current chancellor Angela Merkel is set to win a fourth term. ... Read More
Mapped: How ‘embodied’ footprints compare across Europe
Households in the south-west of England are some of the most carbon intensive in Europe, a new study shows. ... Read More
Explainer: The challenge of tackling aviation's non-CO2 emissions
Last October, the 191 member states of the United Nation's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) agreed to a new deal to cap international... Read More
Biomass subsidies 'not fit for purpose', says Chatham House
Subsidies should end for many types of biomass, a new Chatham House report argues, because they are failing to help cut greenhouse gas emissions. ... Read More
Mapped: EU coal plants 'should all close by 2030'
EU countries should close all of their coal plants by around 2030 if they want to stick to the Paris Agreement on climate change. ... Read More
'Huge' coal-to-gas switch drives down EU power emissions
Europe's power-sector CO2 emissions fell 4.5% in 2016 after a "huge" switch from coal- to gas-fired generation, according to new analysis. ... Read More
EU energy package: What it means for coal, renewables and efficiency
The literature on EU energy regulations got longer by about a thousand pages yesterday, as the European Commission put forward its vision for... Read More
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