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Labour calls for ban on forced prepayment meters as millions cut off from power

More than three million people were left in the cold and dark last year after running out of credit on their meter according to the latest grim figures from Citizen's Advice

Daily Mirror

Britain is a net electricity exporter for first time in 44 years

Volatile prices in international energy markets sparked unrest throughout 2022, with governments seeking to reduce the impact of unprecedented price increases on their respective economies. As energy experts focused on how data can be used in the transition to a low-carbon economy, we have closely followed how this volatility has…

The Conversation

Thunberg: Germany 'embarrassing itself' by clearing coal mine activists

Climate activist Greta Thunberg condemned the forced removal of protesters from an abandoned village in western Germany as outrageous during a visit to the site, where demonstrators have dug in to try to stop the expansion of a coal mine.

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New gas boilers should be BANNED within the next ten years, report warns

The review says new and replacement gas boilers should be ditched by 2033 - two years earlier than planned - to help cut carbon emissions to zero, but it warns this will come at a huge financial cost to families

Daily Mirror

Wind turbines are getting old. What happens to the ageing fleet?

Modern wind turbines are growing taller, bigger and more powerful. They offer the potential for reliable, abundant energy. But what happens to the ageing fleet? The industry is now scrambling to avoid a waste problem, giving old turbines a second lease of life. The Down to Earth team takes a…

France 24

10,000 UK homes may not have to pay energy bills in 7 years time through new scheme

Octopus Energy aims to have 10,000 homes as part of its Octopus Zero energy tariff by 2030 and is calling on all housing developers in the UK to join the Zero Bills scheme

Daily Mirror

Int'l Conference in Riyadh Upholds Roadmap to Support Smart Mining

The Future Minerals Forum, which concluded in Riyadh on Thursday, stressed the importance of adopting a road map to support smart mining, while reducing the costs of green hydrogen and developing the use of hydrogen to reach a carbon-free mining sector. Participants in the conference emphasized the role assumed by…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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How do prepayment energy meters work and what is being done to stop people being cut off?

Ofgem moves to stop forced installation as penalty for customers falling behind on their bills

The Independent UK

UAE Names Al-Jaber to Head COP28 Climate Talks

The head of the United Arab Emirates' national oil company was named Thursday as president of this year's COP28 climate talks. Sultan Al-Jaber, chief executive of the UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), will be the first CEO to take the role at the UN summit, the official WAM…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The A$30 billion Sun Cable crash is a setback but doesn't spell the end of Australia's renewable energy export dreams

Sun Cable – considered to be the world’s biggest renewable energy export project – announced this week it had entered voluntary administration following “the absence of alignment” with shareholders.

The Conversation

Ex-minister Downer fronts natural hydrogen

A South Australian start-up chaired by a senior Liberal wants to add naturally occurring hydrogen gas to the clean energy mix with drilling to begin this year.

AAP

Hooking up the Hunter's clean energy grid

Thousands of kilometres of new transmission infrastructure will be built across the Hunter within the next decade to connect dozens of new clean energy projects to the electricity grid.

Newcastle Herald

The World Needs More Nuclear Power

Why the World Bank needs to get in the game.

Foreign Affairs

Fox News commentator mocked for outrageously blaming slave trade on wind

‘The ships were made of wood, so trees are also complicit’

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6 reasons 2023 could be a very good year for climate action

Many people think of the annual UN climate talks as talkfests which achieve only incremental change, at best. Activist Greta Thunberg has described them as “blah blah blah” moments – grossly inadequate and too often hijacked by fossil fuel producers who would like the world to keep buying their main…

The Independent UK

Burning Man latest foe of 'green energy' project in Nevada

Organizers of the Burning Man counterculture celebration have become the latest plaintiffs challenging one of the growing number of “green energy” projects in the works in Nevada

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s stop-start policies harming UK green investment, says net zero tsar

Exclusive: Lack of confidence in ‘inconsistent’ government is huge barrier to investors, finds Chris Skidmore

Wales Online

Tidal lagoon, floating solar farm and battery manufacturing plant 'will be delivered' in Swansea

Deputy council leader Andrea Lewis is bullish about the huge Blue Eden project

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The Independent UK

China note! EU-member Sweden locates rare earth deposits

A Swedish government-owned iron ore mining company says it has identified “significant deposits” of rare earth elements in Arctic Sweden that are essential for the manufacture of electric vehicles and wind turbines

Dublin Live

When will the cost of electricity and gas bills fall? Expert explains as wholesale prices drop

Part of the reason is how our energy is bought by suppliers

Reuters

North America aims to make 25% of what it imports from Asia, Mexico says

Mexico, the United States and Canada plan to produce in North America 25% of what they currently import from Asia under a new drive to promote the integration of the region's economy, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

France exports electricity to its European neighbours again

For the first time in months, France is a net exporter of electricity as a result of a mild winter, increased wind power production, and the re-starting of several nuclear reactors.

The Guardian - UK

UK energy bills forecast to fall below £2,500 as gas prices tumble

Expected dip in July will ease pressure on households struggling to cope with soaring living costs

Reuters

Bulgarian lawmakers back coal plants with vote to roll back green targets

Bulgaria's lawmakers on Thursday backed a resolution aimed at avoiding an early phase-out of coal-fired power plants as more than 1,500 miners and utility workers demonstrated in front of the parliament in support of the coal industry.

The Conversation

Green hydrogen: why low-carbon fuels are not benefiting from high fossil fuel prices

The number and scale of projects using and making hydrogen, a gas that releases energy when burned without emitting carbon dioxide, is rapidly growing. If its construction goes to plan, a €2.5 billion (£2.18 billion) undersea pipeline will convey “green hydrogen” from Spain to France from 2030.

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