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September 20, 2021September 22, 2021

Dcarbonise Week ‘Virtual Sustainability Summit’ – what to expect?

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A new twist on life this week….. Let’s look at the topics being covered by Dcarbonise Week ‘Virtual Sustainability Summit’ in which All-Energy/Dcarbonise take pride of place with the first ... Read more

September 6, 2021September 22, 2021

Doctors the world over tell leaders to take emergency action

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Doctors the world over tell leaders to take emergency action More than 200 health journals worldwide, in a concerted pre-COP26 move, are publishing an editorial calling on leaders to take ... Read more

August 30, 2021September 22, 2021

CfD time looms

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CfD time looms The UK has 8GW of onshore wind and solar projects primed for the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) round, a report shows. The latest figures from Cornwall ... Read more

August 23, 2021September 22, 2021

Scottish Government and Scottish Green Party agreement

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Last Friday the Scottish Government and the Scottish Green Party Parliamentary Group agreed to work together over the next five years to build a green economic recovery from COVID, respond ... Read more

August 16, 2021

IPCC report projects climate changes in all regions

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The IPCC report was last week’s big news Last Monday (9 August) saw the publication of long-expected report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body ... Read more

August 9, 2021September 22, 2021

Climate change: World’s largest scientific report ‘code red for humanity’

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Climate change: World’s largest scientific report ‘code red for humanity’ The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) held a press conference this morning (9 August) to present the Summary for ... Read more

August 2, 2021

No shortage of floating offshore wind stories

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Hearty congratulations! Many congratulations to Orbital Marine Power whose O2, the world’s most powerful tidal turbine, has commenced grid connected power generation at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in ... Read more

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021

ScotWind: a stunning uptake!

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ScotWind: a stunning uptake! Crown Estate Scotland confirmed that 74 applications have been received from developers looking for the rights to build projects across the 15 areas of seabed available ... Read more

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021

The runners and riders in the ScotWind leasing round

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The runners and riders in the ScotWind leasing round At 17:00 last Friday the door shut on any more applications in the long-awaited ScotWind leasing round. On Thursday Energy Voice ... Read more

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021

National Grid ESO’s FES launched today

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National Grid ESO’s FES launched today National Grid ESO’s Future Energy Scenarios (FES) published today, and celebrating their 10th anniversary, draw on hundreds of experts’ views to model four credible ... Read more

July 6, 2021July 6, 2021

Onshore wind: Speed and scale are essential

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Onshore wind: Speed and scale are essential! Onshore windfarms in Scotland must be built bigger if the country is to move away from a dependency on oil and gas, the ... Read more

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021

A need to move forward with speed

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A need to move forward with speed Last week’s Climate Change Committee online launch of their joint Progress Report to Parliament 2021 really is required viewing. It offered an opportunity to ... Read more

June 22, 2021June 28, 2021

Third UK climate risk assessment launched

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Third UK climate risk assessment launched Make time to watch the Climate Change Committee’s thought – and hopefully action – provoking video. This launched their Third UK Climate Risk Assessment ... Read more

June 7, 2021June 28, 2021

G7 leaders to meet on Friday

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The leaders of the G7 countries – the UK, the US, Japan, Canada, France, Germany, Italy – and the EU will meet in Cornwall on Friday Top of the agenda ... Read more

June 1, 2021June 28, 2021

A big week for oil companies

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What a week it turned out to be for ‘Big Oil’ As The Guardian summed up on Saturday: “The world’s patience with the fossil fuel industry is wearing thin. This ... Read more

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021

Nations agree to end financial support for coal

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Some milestone moments… First the G7: At the end of last week after what The Guardian described as “two days of wrangling” the world’s richest nations agreed to end their ... Read more

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021

Alok Sharma in Glasgow last Friday

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Alok Sharma in Glasgow last Friday Standing amidst the turning turbines at Whitelee Wind Farm, the COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma explained how critical the COP26 UN climate summit is for ... Read more

May 10, 2021

Thank you Paul Wheelhouse!

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Thank you Paul Wheelhouse! We at All-Energy and Dcarbonise send thanks and commiserations to Paul Wheelhouse who was Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands, and who sadly will not ... Read more

May 4, 2021May 4, 2021

Keith Anderson & Chris Stark Interviewed at Whitelee

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Keith Anderson and Chris Stark interviewed at Whitelee Let’s start with two pieces that are in effect required viewing and reading. First the marvellous ‘double act’ featuring Keith Anderson, CEO ... Read more

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021

UK to cut 78% of emissions by 2035

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UK to cut 78% of emissions by 2035 Unsurprisingly the weekend papers had plenty to say this week as the UK announced it will cut emissions by a world-leading 78% ... Read more

April 19, 2021April 20, 2021

How Scotland’s response to the climate emergency is shaping up

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How Scotland’s response to the climate emergency is shaping up In spring 2019 Scotland declared a climate emergency and made it the focus of its Programme for Government. Nearly two ... Read more

April 12, 2021April 12, 2021

Innovation: The life blood of the sectors we serve

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Offshore wind production has soared in value by 37 times in the last decade The economic value of the UK’s coastal waters has been put at more than £200bn amid ... Read more

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021

1 in 3 UK Businesses Leading the Way to Net Zero

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It’s been a good news week! Almost 1 in 3 of the UK’s largest businesses are leading the way in the world’s transition to a low carbon economy, committing to ... Read more

March 29, 2021April 20, 2021

From Hype to Reality NOW

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From hype to reality NOW Ed Miliband hits the nail on the head today in a report in The Guardian “A cosy consensus” between politicians, policymakers and some NGOs, focusing ... Read more

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021

Governments commit well over £1.25bn in just a week

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Scottish and Welsh elections just around the corner Elections loom! Thursday 6 May sees both the Scottish and Welsh Parliamentary elections take place, plus the local elections postponed from 2020 ... Read more

February 8, 2021February 9, 2021

Eliminating coal needs to be a global priority, according to IEA Head

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It’s time to take action and kick our coal habit, according to IEA Head The head of the world’s energy watchdog has said that eliminating our dependence on coal needs ... Read more

January 25, 2021February 9, 2021

Elon Musk to Award $100 Million for Best Carbon Capture Technology

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Elon Musk to Give Away $100 Million for “Best Carbon Capture Tech” Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, has announced on Twitter that he plans to give away $100 million as a ... Read more

January 11, 2021February 9, 2021

Alok Sharma Appointed Full-Time COP26 President

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UN COP26 Climate Conference Lead by Alok Sharma Alok Sharma has been appointed the full-time president of the UN COP26 climate conference in Glasgow this November, with Kwasi Kwarteng appointed ... Read more

January 4, 2021February 9, 2021

2020: Greenest Year for UK Electricity

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A 66% Drop: The Highest Decarbonisation of Electricity Recent data shows that in 2020 the UK experienced the highest decarbonisation of electricity, with an average of 181gCO2 KWh from January ... Read more

December 15, 2020February 9, 2021

UK Government Launches Energy White Paper

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The UK Government sets out plans to clean up our energy system The UK Government has launched an energy white paper, expanding upon Boris Johnson’s Ten Point Plan for reaching ... Read more

November 27, 2020April 8, 2021

Dogger Wind Farm closes world’s largest offshore wind farm deal

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SSE and Equinor will invest £6 Billion in the project Equinor and SSE have closed on the first two phases of the Dogger Bank wind farm project, the the largest ... Read more

November 13, 2020February 9, 2021

Public overwhelmingly backs renewable energy, poll shows

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80% of people support the use of renewable energy New stats unveiled by the UK Govt show the vast majority of people support renewable energy. The latest Public Attitudes Tracker, ... Read more

September 2, 2020January 27, 2021

Renewable electricity once provided 69.5% of UK electricity

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Biomass, wind and solar set new generation records  Renewables generation in the UK was up 32% year-on-year as wind, solar and biomass have set new records for energy generation in ... Read more

July 10, 2020January 27, 2021

Renewable sector can generate £20bn for green recovery

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Unleash the power of renewables New statistics from RenewableUK shows that if the UK government lifts the caps on contracts for difference (CfD), the next round of auctions can secure ... Read more

June 26, 2020January 27, 2021

North Sea workforce should be retrained and redeployed to the low carbon sector, says CCC

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In a recently published Committee on Climate Change report, Reducing UK emissions Progress Report to Parliament, advisors are calling for the UK Government to retrain and redeploy skilled North Sea ... Read more

June 16, 2020January 27, 2021

£62 million fund to boost energy sector

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A £62 million funding package has been established to help the energy sector recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and the oil and gas crash from earlier this year. It ... Read more

May 24, 2020January 27, 2021

Britain takes sixth spot in EY’s attractiveness index

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Britain has climbed the rankings of a biannual global survey of investors to take the sixth spot in EY’s “attractiveness index” for renewable energy ahead of a major clean energy ... Read more

May 21, 2020June 3, 2020

The industrial decarbonisation challenge

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The projects that were awarded funding are focused on helping the UK achieve net zero emissions by 2050 as part of the Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge, a key component of the ... Read more

May 13, 2019April 8, 2021

Financing the EV revolution

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Guest post by Stirling Habbitts, Project Finance of Renewable Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure at Triodos Bank This week, Google announced that it is going to be launching a new Google ... Read more

March 13, 2019April 8, 2021

DNV GL: Green hydrogen ‘affordable’ by 2035

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New report says growing renewables capacity will help unlock opportunities for the gas. Hydrogen produced from electrolysis will be competitive with natural gas by 2035, according to DNV GL. The ... Read more

March 7, 2019February 27, 2019

Diversifying the face of the energy sector

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Whilst the energy industry undeniably has some way to go towards achieving diversity in job roles across the sector, there is  positivity out there. This comes in the form of ... Read more

March 4, 2019February 27, 2019

How your organisation can lead the way on the other movement that matters

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The energy industry is all about transition; the transition to carbon-zero, sustainability…and gender equality. In an area so progressive in its technology and expertise, one would assume that its attitudes ... Read more

February 5, 2019

UK cash boosts future renewables boffins

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The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has announced funding for a series of doctoral training centres including several with a focus on renewables. The EPSRC InDustrial CDT in Offshore ... Read more

January 24, 2019January 24, 2019

Solar ‘set for 2019 surge’

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Over 103GW of solar capacity will be added in 2019, breaching 100GW in one year for the first time, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. ... Read more

December 20, 2018January 3, 2019

Atlantis tidal duo make Scottish splash

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Developer redeploys two 1.5MW turbines at its MeyGen array in Pentland Firth Simec Atlantis Energy has redeployed a pair of tidal turbines following modifications at its 6MW MeyGen array in ... Read more

December 17, 2018January 3, 2019

Wales ‘ripe for offshore bounty’

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Carbon Trust report says sector could help country meet most of its clean power goals. Increased offshore wind generation could help Wales meet its renewable energy and decarbonisation targets, according ... Read more

December 7, 2018April 8, 2021

The Blockchain and how it could solve our recycling problems

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By Stewart McGrenary, Plunc.com The UK Waste Problems and the Blockchain solution. One major issue hanging over us as a result of environmental damage is the fact that most of ... Read more

June 6, 2018June 6, 2018

How your business can take the lead in the clean energy transition

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In 2016 the earth’s CO2 levels officially surpassed the 400ppm “tipping point”, where the effects of climate change on our planet were considered by the IPCC to be irreversible. Perhaps even ... Read more

November 13, 2017January 4, 2021

How things are shaping up for #AllEnergy18

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All forms of on- and offshore renewable energy generation and other topics including energy efficiency; low carbon heat and heat networks; energy storage; community and local energy; renewables for the ... Read more