Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 05/10/23.
Open consultation: Capacity Market: new technologies 2023 – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
29 September 2023. Consultation seeks to identify emerging generating technologies that may be eligible to participate in capacity market auctions. This consultation closes at 11pm on 1 November 2023:
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/capacity-market-new-technologies-2023
News: UK: We need more projects like Rosebank if we are serious about homegrown UK energy future – OEUK – Energy-pedia News
29 September 2023. The leading trade body for the offshore energy sector, Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), has hailed the UK Government’s decision to approve the new Rosebank oil and gas field:
News: Scottish onshore wind project shelved as costs soar by nearly £200m – Energy Live News
28 September 2023, Dimitris Mavrokefalidis. Sanquhar II Wind Farm, slated to be the UK’s fourth-largest onshore project featuring 44 turbines with a capacity of 308MW, is now on hold:
Collection: Energy Trends – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
26 September 2023. Quarterly publication which presents data on the supply and demand of all the major fuels in the United Kingdom:
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-trends
News: Heat pumps and EVs still too expensive for the majority of Brits, survey finds – Edie.net
26 September 2023, Sarah George. Just one in ten UK-based adults earning around the average salary are considering a heat pump purchase, even with grants on offer from the UK Government:
Link: https://www.edie.net/heat-pumps-and-evs-still-too-expensive-for-the-majority-of-brits-survey-finds/
News: ‘Home-grown energy’: UK closes in on record solar rooftop installations – Business Green
26 September 2023, James Murray. Latest date reveals UK solar rooftop industry has already surpassed number of installations seen during the whole of last year:
Report: Approaches to achieving net zero across the UK – National Audit Office
15 September 2023. Climate change is one of the defining challenges of our generation. The UK government and the devolved governments must act collectively to meet their objective of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the UK to ‘net zero’ by 2050. The powers needed to do this sit with the UK government (reserved powers) and the governments of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales (devolved powers). In looking across the UK, NAO has identified four key themes:
Link: https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/approaches-to-achieving-net-zero-across-the-uk/