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Any new boiler installed in Britain’s homes should be hydrogen-ready from 2025, a coalition of gas boiler manufacturers and grid operators has told the Prime Minister. In an open letter to Boris Johnson, gas boiler manufacturers Baxi Heating and Worcester Bosch have joined voices with all five of Britain’s gas grid operators to call for hydrogen-ready boilers to be mandated...

The hydrogen sector will receive £100 million over the next five years, the Scottish Government has announced. The country aims to generate 5GW of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen by 2030, enough to power the equivalent of 1.8 million homes as part of the government's new Hydrogen Policy Statement. Scotland’s Energy Minister, Paul Wheelhouse, commented on the announcement: “We are the first...

The Committee on Climate Change has updated its last year's advice to state that it is possible for Wales to reach net zero by 2050. Last year, the advice of the CCC was that the highest possible ambition for Wales was a 95% reduction in emissions by 2050. However, the Committee warns that a cohesive, economy-wide strategy for 2050, that ties...

The majority of UK companies expect greater focus on sustainability to result in a growth of sales over the next year, according to new research from HSBC UK. The bank's latest Navigator report, which surveyed more than 10,000 businesses in 39 markets with 1,000 of those in the UK, found more than three quarters (78%) of UK firms expect sales...

Vulnerable customers benefited from over £348m of support from suppliers last winter through the Warm Home Discount (WHD), Ofgem reveals in the scheme's annual report. The WHD is a government scheme administered by Ofgem, which requires larger and medium-sized suppliers to provide support to customers living in fuel poverty. The scheme was introduced by the government in 2011 and since then,...

The combined effect of UK and global climate action on UK economic growth is likely to be 'relatively small', the HM Treasury states in its interim Net Zero Review. The scale, distribution and balance of new growth opportunities and challenges will depend on how the economy and policy respond to the changes required, the report continues. Stated to be the first...

Ofwat is seeking stakeholder views on the water sector delivering public value, including incentives and risks of delivering better public value outcomes. In its discussion paper, Ofwat outlines an update on their latest thinking on public value, following a range of conversations with companies, and insights from annual reports and wider engagement. Whilst public value is inherent in the core services...

Ofwat and Water UK have published a report exploring the potential impact COVID-19 might have on the water sector in England and Wales. In May this year, Ofwat and Water UK decided to collaborate to better understand the potential impacts of COVID-19 across the industry and jointly commissioned a piece of research to look at the scale of these impacts...

Ofgem has confirmed its methodology for setting the next price controls for Great Britain’s local electricity distribution networks, known as RIIO-ED2, which run for five years from April 2023. This follows last week’s confirmation of the major investment programmes for the transmission, gas distribution and Electricity System Operator (ESO) price controls starting in April next year. Ofgem’s Chief Executive Jonathan Brearley...

The government is seeking views on temporarily easing the 2021 Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance (CHPQA) certification process to support operators impacted by COVID-19. Due to impacts of COVID-19 and nationwide and regional restrictions associated with it, some Combined Heat and Power operators have had to change the way they operate, meaning they may be unable to qualify for...