Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 08/05/25.
News: Government replaces CfD low carbon generation scheme’s monetary budget with ‘capacity ambition’ – Current News
7 May 2025, Molly Green. Changes to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme will replace the monetary budget applied to allocation rounds with a ‘capacity ambition’:
News: Danish firm shelves huge UK windfarm project over rising costs – The Guardian Online
7 May 2025, Jillian Ambrose and Joanna Partridge. Ørsted cancels fourth stage of Hornsea project off Yorkshire coast, which was set to include enough turbines to power 1m homes:
News: People in England and Wales concerned about higher electricity bills under scheme to divide UK up into different pricing zones – Energy-pedia.
5 May 2025, Renewable UK. A poll of over 3,000 people in England and Wales by Opinium Research, commissioned by Renewable UK, has found that most of them object to proposals by the Government to introduce a new scheme called zonal electricity pricing, as it would lead to unfair increases in their energy bills:
News: Tony Blair at war with Ed Miliband over net zero – The Independent Online
30 April 2025, David Maddox. Tony Blair has warned of a credibility gap with voters over sacrifices needed to get to net zero, but Ed Miliband’s allies point out his agenda was part of Labour’s victorious election manifesto:
Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tony-blair-ed-miliband-net-zero-b2741510.html
Article: Government not taking climate seriously – advisers – BBC News Online
30 April 2025, Mark Poynting and Justin Rowlatt. In a highly critical report, the independent Climate Change Committee says progress is “either too slow, has stalled, or is heading in the wrong direction”:
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgpey03pnno
News: Warning meters in 300,000 homes could stop working – BBC News Online
30 April 2025, Tom Moseley. Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of losing hot water or heating when their old type of electricity meter goes out of action:
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjlkrwmpveo
Open consultation: Proposals for greenhouse gas removal and power bioenergy with carbon capture and storage regulations – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
28 April 2025. Views sought on proposals for revenue support regulations relating to greenhouse gas removals (GGRs) and power bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (power BECCS) business models. This consultation closes at 11:59pm on 9 June 2025:
News: Zonal energy pricing ‘won’t proceed if it raises bills in parts of UK’ – The National (Scotland)
24 April 2025, Laura Pollock. THE UK Government will not split the country’s energy market into regions if it raises people’s bills, Ed Miliband has said:
Open consultation: Planning for new energy infrastructure: 2025 revisions to National Policy Statements – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
24 April 2025. Views sought on the revised energy National Policy Statements that support decisions on major energy infrastructure. This consultation closes at
11:59pm on 29 May 2025:
News: UK hosts global energy summit with renewables under attack – AFP in Yahoo News
24 April 2025, Natalie Alonso. An international summit on the future of energy security opened in London with stark opposition from Washington, which called policies to phase out fossil fuels “harmful and dangerous”:
Link: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/uk-hosts-global-energy-summit-023125918.html
Press release: Prime Minister launches major boost for UK clean energy industry – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street, Great British Energy, The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP and The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP
24 April 2025. Prime Minister brings forward £300 million for Great British Energy to invest in offshore wind supply chains ahead of the Future of Energy Security summit:
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-launches-major-boost-for-uk-clean-energy-industry
Article: Ministers braced for showdown over ‘postcode pricing’ in energy market shake-up – Guardian Online
23 April 2025, Jillian Ambrose. Ed Miliband’s looming decision on electricity market changes could mean regional bill disparities for households: