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The UK has reached a milestone of 250,000 certified heat pump installations, according to the latest data from the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS).

Forty percent of UK greenhouse gas emissions come from households, so the sustainable construction and everyday running of our homes could play a major role in achieving a low-carbon society.

Energy storage systems are the cornerstone of a future powered by renewable energy – how is this market developing?

The roadmap on established and emerging photovoltaics has been published. It involved more than 80 people from the UK photovoltaic community, including a presence from the PV community in Oxford.

Boosted by new investment powers, the royal asset manager wants to restore Britain’s pre-eminent position in offshore wind farms — but it faces a wave of challenges.

Researchers at Switzerland’s Paul Scherrer Institute have identified Canada as a potential epicentre of future hydrogen production.

Two Oxford academics argue that while new technology for removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is essential, cutting emissions should be the primary weapon for slowing global warming.

One huge question for the future of the global economy is how oil will be affected by the transition to net zero. Any energy economist will tell you that predicting oil prices is something of a fool’s errand, given all the uncertainties involved – but it would be even more foolish not to thin...

The new UK government has set out an ambitious target to accelerate the deployment and integration of renewables by 2030. To achieve this and move from fossil fuel-powered plants to renewables, which cannot be turned on or off as required, requires modernisation of the grid and new infrastructure...