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Great Britain is currently highly dependent on fossil gas. This presents a major risk for households and national finances, leaving us exposed to expensive gas price spikes.

New research from the University of Oxford, published in the journal Carbon Management, makes the case for a novel ‘Carbon Removal Budget’ to help tackle climate change. It would sit alongside the Carbon Budget that governs how much CO2 can safely be emitted globally.

E3G is an independent climate change think tank with a global outlook whose goal is to translate climate politics, economies and policies into action.

The new Energy Secretary has announced a £500m uplift in the budget for renewable energy auction this year, to a total of £1.5bn for Allocation Round 6.

Britain’s nuclear regulators have approved early designs for small modular reactors (SMRs) developed by Rolls-Royce SMR as a first step towards significant expansion of the UK’s nuclear power capabilities.

This follows Ofgem’s consultation in December 2023 on whether Elexon or the Future System Operator (the National Energy System Operator) should deliver the role.

London Gatwick is working with Airbus, Easyjet and Air Products to develop the airport’s hydrogen infrastructure, with a particular focus on Gatwick’s short and medium haul operations.

The new minister for local government, Angela Rayner, has announced that the government would withdraw its support for a new coal mine near Whitehaven in Cumbria, which had been approved two years ago by the then Conservative government.

British seabed owned by the Crown Estate will be used to help build windfarms in plans aimed at making the UK more self reliant for energy.