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Installing as many heat pumps as sold in Finland could lower the UK’s gas imports by half (49%) by 2032, new analysis by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has found.

The Oxford Energy Society’s series of Hilary term talks brought in entrepreneurs, academics, and executives to discuss many aspects of the energy sector and its transitions.

Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers draw extensively on IEA analysis and activities as they agree communiqué at meeting under Japan’s G7 Presidency.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has outlined its short-term priorities for decarbonising the aviation sector, confirming a new Low-Carbon Fuels Strategy by the end of the year and deferring key decisions on hydrogen planes to 2024.

The current statement was adopted in 2014, for nationally significant infrastructure road, rail and strategic rail freight interchange projects. This consultation asks whether the draft revised national policy statement provides a suitable framework to support decision-making.

Global sales of heat pumps increased by 11% year-on-year in 2022, with a steeper increase of 40% recorded across EU member states.

Each year, students studying the Smith School’s MSc in Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment (MSc SEE) embark on a week-long field trip to Denmark to visit and learn from leading companies in one of the world’s most sustainable countries.

Call for evidence on potential reform to VAT relief on energy-saving materials, to bring additional technologies in scope and to extend the reliefs for buildings intended solely for a relevant charitable purpose.