Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 08/07/25.
Policy paper: Electricity Distribution Networks study: government response – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
7 July 2025. The government’s response to the National Infrastructure Commission’s study ‘Electricity Distribution Networks: Creating capacity for the future’:
Policy paper: Onshore wind strategy – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
4 July 2025. Strategy setting out how the UK government will increase the deployment of onshore wind to help meet 2030 clean power targets:
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/onshore-wind-strategy
Policy paper: Solar roadmap – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
30 June 2025. The Solar Roadmap details government and industry actions that will be delivered to radically increase the deployment of solar in all its forms across the UK:
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/solar-roadmap
Article: UK government wants investigation after Lindsey oil refinery owner falls into administration – The Guardian Online
30 June 2025, Rob Davies. Concerns over conduct of bosses at Lincolnshire site, with ministers saying workers had been ‘badly let down’:
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/30/lindsey-oil-refinery-prax-group-administration
Research briefing: Regulatory powers over billing of energy supply to businesses – House of Commons Library
27 June 2025. A debate has been scheduled for 1 July on regulatory powers over billing of energy supply to businesses. The subject has been chosen by the Back Bench Business Committee and the debate will be opened by Sarah Edwards MP:
Link: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cdp-2025-0145/
Guidance: List of special feature articles by subject published in Energy Trends – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
26 June 2025. List of special feature articles by subject published in Energy Trends since 2017:
News: Net Zero levies will be slashed by Labour to cut energy bills for struggling businesses – Daily Mail on MSN News
25 June 2025, David Wilcock. Electricity costs for thousands of businesses will be cut by scrapping green levies to help them compete with foreign rivals. The plan, which could cut bills by up to 25 per cent, forms a key part of Sir Keir Starmer’s 10-year industrial strategy which he hopes will address stuttering economic growth and transform the business landscape:
Open consultation: Climate-related transition plan requirements – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
25 June 2025. Views sought on options to take forward climate-related transition plan requirements in order to provide the market with credible and decision-useful information. This consultation closes at
11:59pm on 17 September 2025:
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/climate-related-transition-plan-requirements
News: Make electricity cheaper so households benefit from heat pumps, advisers urge – Energy Voice
25 June 2025. The Climate Change Committee also warned that pollution from flights now outstripped the emissions from generating electricity in the UK:
Publication: Flying start: establishing the UK as a leader in zero emission aviation – Green Alliance
23 June 2025. In this report, Green Alliance examine the challenges facing aviation and explore how hydrogen powered aircraft can transform the sector. They analyse the three essential components needed to make zero emission flight a reality in the UK: developing the technology, preparing airport infrastructure and creating market demand. Green Alliance also assess international competition from countries like Japan and China, and outline a comprehensive policy framework to position the UK as the global leader in clean aviation, boosting the UK economy by £26 billion by 2050 while creating 38,000 new jobs across the UK:
Policy paper: Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan – Department for Business and Trade and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
23 June 2025. The UK’s plan to create investment, growth, and good jobs in clean energy industries, as part of the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy:
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-energy-industries-sector-plan
Press release: Fusion energy powers UK’s Industrial Strategy – UK Industrial Fusion Solutions, UK Atomic Energy Authority and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
23 June 2025. Government’s Industrial Strategy announced on 23 June, puts fusion energy at the heart of driving innovation, economic growth and energy security:
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fusion-energy-powers-uks-industrial-strategy