Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 27/10/20.
Press release: 11 million households to make savings as government extends cap on energy bills – Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP
20 October 2020. Around 11 million households across the UK will be protected from being overcharged on their energy bills thanks to an extension to the government’s Energy Price Cap until the end of next year:
11 million households to make savings as government extends cap on energy bills
News: Energy price cap extended for a year protecting 11m households – City AM
20 October 2020, Edward Thicknesse. About 11m UK households will be protected from being overcharged for their energy bills for another year after the government decided to extend its price cap. The cap, which saves households on standard variable and default tariffs between £75 and £100 every year, will now last until the end of 2021:
Energy price cap extended for a year protecting 11m households
News: Government to release Net Zero Strategy ‘raising ambition’ ahead of COP26 – Current News
16 October 2020, Molly Lempriere. The government has committed to releasing a Net Zero Strategy for the UK ahead of the COP26 summit in 2021. In its response to the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) Progress Report – which was released in June and called on the country to seize the “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to address” the urgent challenges of climate change and COVID-19 together – the UK government has promised to release a comprehensive decarbonisation plan that will help guide the country towards its net zero by 2050 target:
Speech: Ofgem’s vision for a net zero future – Ofgem
16 October 2020. This is the keynote speech Jonathan Brearley, chief executive of Ofgem, gave at Energy UK’s annual conference on October 15:
Ofgem’s vision for a net zero future
News: Environmental Audit Committee to look into barriers for heat pump adoption – Current News
14 October 2020, Molly Lempriere. In light of news that it will take the UK 700 years to move to low carbon heating at its current speed, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has announced an inquiry into heat pumps:
Speech: Adapting to 4°C of global warming – Emma Howard Boyd and the Environment Agency
13 October 2020. Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency, delivered a speech at the Committee on Climate Change’s “Adapting to 3°C+ of global warming” conference, 13 October 2020:
Adapting to 4°C of global warming
News: Creating fuel from thin air with artificial leaves – BBC News Online
12 October 2020. The sun produces more than enough energy for human activities, but we still can’t capture enough of it, points out Erwin Reisner, energy and sustainability professor at Cambridge University: