Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 23/11/21.
News: Ofgem opens consultation into price cap as high power prices continue to squeeze suppliers – Current News
22 November 2021, Molly Lempriere. Ofgem is to consult on the energy price cap, as suppliers continue to falter amidst record high power prices:
Press release: Glasgow to be home to first-of-a-kind hydrogen storage project – Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
22 November 2021. A trailblazing hydrogen storage project near Glasgow has been backed by nearly £10 million in UK government funding:
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/glasgow-to-be-home-to-first-of-a-kind-hydrogen-storage-project
Article: Can The UK Achieve Five Key Net Zero Targets In The Next Decade? – Politics Home
18 November 2021, Michael Thorogood. More than 40 countries agreed to five ambitious targets at COP26 that aim to make clean technologies affordable and accessible worldwide by 2030:
Overview: 9th November 2021 Price Cap consultations – Ofgem
18 November 2021. The unprecedented and unexpected rise in gas and electricity prices over recent months has put energy markets under severe strain:
Link: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/overview-19th-november-2021-price-cap-consultations
News: The small nuclear power plants billed as an energy fix – BBC News Online
19 November 2021, Emma Woollacott. “We’ll likely have more accidents than existing reactors because it’s a new technology, but these will be accidents and not disasters,” says Troels Schonfeldt, co-founder of Denmark’s Seaborg Technologies:
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59245973
Research briefing: Energy intensive industries – House of Commons Library
18 November 2021. A Westminster Hall debate on energy intensive industries is due to take place on Wednesday 24 November 2021 at 9.30am. The debate will be led by Jack Brereton MP:
Link: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cdp-2021-0195/
News: National Grid targets ‘significant growth opportunities’ as underlying operating profit rises 47% – Current News
18 November 2021, Alice Grundy. National Grid has seen its underlying operating profit rise 47% to £1.4 billion for the six months ended 30 September as it focuses on delivering “critical and green investment”:
Article: How we can make tidal power the UK’s next renewables success story – learn from experts and industry leaders – Politics Home
16 November 2021, Dr Stephen Wyatt, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. Amidst a Code Red Climate Emergency and power supply uncertainty, it’s time to support tidal power:
News: Germany suspends approval for Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline – Guardian Online
16 November 2021, Jillian Ambrose. Move follows mounting political pressure to scrap project in setback to Kremlin-backed project:
News: ‘Few quick wins or cheap fixes’: NIC begins plotting delivery of net-zero UK energy systems – Edie.net
15 November 2021, The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has outlined plans for addressing some of the UK’s major barriers to net-zero through to 2023, pledging an increased focus on low-carbon heating and scaling up hydrogen:
Article: Off-grid homes risk becoming guinea pigs in government decarbonisation policy – Politics Home
12 November 2021, OFTEC. The long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy outlines profound changes coming to the way we heat our homes:
Decision: Consultation on Ofgem’s administration of the Green Gas Support Scheme and associated Green Gas Levy – Ofgem
9 November 2021. See Ofgem’s decision on administration of the Green Gas Support Scheme and associated Green Gas Levy:
News: New Foresight Project launched to support UK’s 2050 net zero target – Government Office for Science
11 November 2021. The report will inform the government’s long-term net zero strategy:
Inquiry: Decarbonising heat in homes – The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee
November 2021. The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee has launched an inquiry examining the path to decarbonising heating in homes:
Link: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/645/decarbonising-heat-in-homes/
Notice: Net zero society: scenarios and pathways – Government Office for Science
10 November 2021. Foresight report looking at the role of future societal change within UK pathways to net zero:
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/net-zero-society-scenarios-and-pathways
Notice overview: Zero Emission Vehicles Transition Council: 2022 action plan – Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Department for Transport
10 November 2021. How the Council will collaborate over the coming year to accelerate the transition to zero emission vehicles:
Policy paper: COP26 declaration: zero emission cars and vans – Department for Transport and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
10 November 2021. The COP26 declaration on zero emission cars and vans is a landmark global agreement launched by the UK COP presidency to signal the end of polluting vehicles:
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cop26-declaration-zero-emission-cars-and-vans
Press release: UK backs new small nuclear technology with £210 million – Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
9 November 2021. Each small modular reactor could be capable of powering 1 million homes – equivalent to a city the size of Leeds:
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-backs-new-small-nuclear-technology-with-210-million
Notice: Cluster sequencing for carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) deployment: Phase-2 – Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
8 November 2021. Call for submissions from organisations wanting to take part in Phase-2 of the CCUS Cluster Sequencing Process:
News: Rolls-Royce backed to develop nuclear reactors – BBC News Online
9 November 2021. Rolls-Royce has been backed by a consortium of private investors and the UK government to develop small nuclear reactors to generate cleaner energy: