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‘Hydrogen heating may save £5bn more than heat pumps’ Image: Image: Pembrokeshire County Council

‘Hydrogen heating may save £5bn more than heat pumps’

‘Hydrogen heating may save £5bn more than heat pumps’

Using hydrogen for home heating could save more than £5 billion annually compared to electric heat pumps, according to research from Imperial College London

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UK’s energy mix breezes past fossil fuels

UK’s energy mix breezes past fossil fuels

Electricity production generated from fossil fuels reached its lowest point since the Covid pandemic, with carbon emissions dropping to a three-year low, according to a report

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New IPCC boss: “Energy consumption is the UK’s biggest challenge of net zero” Image: fNZ

New IPCC boss: “Energy consumption is the UK’s biggest challenge of net zero”

New IPCC boss: “Energy consumption is the UK’s biggest challenge of net zero”

In a recent interview, Jim Skea reflected on the swift rise of the net zero concept, which gained popularity after the IPCC’s 1.5°C report

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Low vote of confidence given to 90% of net zero pledges

Low vote of confidence given to 90% of net zero pledges

Only the UK, New Zealand and EU managed to gain a high vote of confidence

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Wind powers the UK more than gas for the first time Image: Shutterstock

Wind powers the UK more than gas for the first time

Wind powers the UK more than gas for the first time

Wind provided 32.4% of the nation’s power, with gas delivering 31.7%, analysis claims

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‘Green energy can be the cheap solution for refugees’ Image: Tolga Sezgin / Shutterstock

‘Green energy can be the cheap solution for refugees’

‘Green energy can be the cheap solution for refugees’

That’s according to research by Imperial College London, which looked at how solar could be integrated into local grids

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Bill Gates: ‘UK has all ingredients needed to be net zero’ Image: Frederic Legrand / Shutterstock

Bill Gates: ‘UK has all ingredients needed to be net zero’

Bill Gates: ‘UK has all ingredients needed to be net zero’

The country can become a leader in the field, the billionaire businessman told Rishi Sunak

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Imperial College London secures £6.1m to develop sustainable materials from biowaste Organic biowaste. Image: Imperial College London

Imperial College London secures £6.1m to develop sustainable materials from biowaste

Imperial College London secures £6.1m to develop sustainable materials from biowaste

The five-year ‘VALUE’ project aims to provide opportunities to move away from unsustainable traditional materials and reduce carbon emissions and waste

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IEA and partners launch new tool to track borrowing costs for energy projects

IEA and partners launch new tool to track borrowing costs for energy projects

The IEA estimates reducing financing costs by 2% would bring down the investment needed to reach net zero emissions in emerging and developing economies by $16tn until 2050

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Oil and gas giants’ carbon projections ‘incompatible with Paris Agreement’ Image: Shutterstock

Oil and gas giants’ carbon projections ‘incompatible with Paris Agreement’

Oil and gas giants’ carbon projections ‘incompatible with Paris Agreement’

bp, Shell and Equinor’s climate scenarios don’t keep temperature rises to 1.5°C, researchers claim

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Imperial students looking to be ‘net zero leaders’ Image: Imperial College London

Imperial students looking to be ‘net zero leaders’

Imperial students looking to be ‘net zero leaders’

The London university has launched an initiative to inspire the next generation of clean ideas and solutions

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Captured carbon since 1996 ‘heavily overestimated’

Captured carbon since 1996 ‘heavily overestimated’

That’s due to no consistent monitoring framework, scientists claim

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