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Securing power should be a cross-party priority this election
As heat and transport are being electrified, and coal and much nuclear capacity are due to come offline, parties should be debating how to bring forward new generation in the next parliament.
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Making Sense of the Ofgem Guidance on Supplying Electricity to Chargepoints and EVs
Negative emissions (sometimes also referred to as Greenhouse Gas Removals or GGRs) are achieved when we remove carbon dioxide from the earth’s atmosphere.
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REA comments on Labour’s Thirty by 2030 report
Earlier this morning the Labour Party released their report Thirty by 2030. The report outlines thirty recommendations to reach Net Zero by 2030, a target recently set by the Labour Party.
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Report: ‘flexibility’ crucial for Net Zero but regulator pushing ahead with damaging reforms
The REA Launches its new Flexible Futures Report, urging for the deployment of flexible energy technologies with a focus on action required from energy regulator Ofgem as the role of distribution networks is highlighted.
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Net Zero, Negative Emissions and CfDs
Negative emissions (sometimes also referred to as Greenhouse Gas Removals or GGRs) are achieved when we remove carbon dioxide from the earth’s atmosphere.
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Consultation on changes to Standard Rules Permits
The Environment Agency have released their consultation on the revision of the standard rules sets for biowaste treatment. The consultation runs until 13th January 2020.
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BBC reports PM to Chair Cabinet Climate Change Committee
BBC reports that the Prime Minister is to Chair a newly-formed Cabinet Committee on Climate Change. Committee first mooted by Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom to the BEIS Committee on 15 October.
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REA comments on MP calling for UK’s largest public charge point operators to become ‘interoperable’
Public letter tweeted from Matt Western MP (Lab), Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Electric VehiclesLetter calls on the UK’s largest public charge point operators to adopt interoperabilityREA comments on letter.
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Government hint at the creation of a cabinet sub-committee on climate change in response to CCC
Earlier this afternoon Andrea Leadsom MP stated that the Government could ‘potentially’ introduce a new cabinet sub-committee on climate change in the Government’s response to the CCC’s annual progress report.
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Government propose simplified planning for energy storage projects
The Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has this morning published proposals for energy storage technologies to be processed via the local planning process at all sizes, rather than proceeding via the National Planning Regime when above a certain size, as is the case with power projects at present.
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Battery, solar exports skyrocket from 2012-2018
The REA and ElectraLink have found that battery storage exports to GB distribution networks rose to nearly 49GWh in 2018, up from 50MWh in 2014.
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Prorogation sees Trade and environmentally friendly bills dropped amid Extinction Rebellion protests
On Tuesday evening Parliament was prorogued seeing a number of bills dropped including the Agriculture, Trade and Non-Domestic Ratings Bills.
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REA comments on HM Treasury tariff update
REA comments on HM Treasury tariff update.