Now more than ever, the UK needs a diverse, low-carbon and secure home-grown energy mix. There has been more than £30 billion of investment announced in low carbon electricity generation projects since 2010, and we expect another £40-50billion of investment …
Today is a momentous day. Today is the day that clean electricity is generated on a commercial scale from a coal fired power station. I am here at the Boundary Dam coal fired power plant in Saskatchewan, Canada, witnessing the …
Since the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund closed we’ve been busy behind the scenes. This blog provides an update of our activity. Payments to GDHIF applicants GDHIF has been extremely popular with over 21, 000 applications to the scheme when …
We are now well into the final phase of the Wetland Biomass to Bioenergy project, and whilst the remaining participants are consolidating plans and ideas, we are still seeing innovation. Over the last two weeks we have been trialling a …
In late July we announced plans to change regulations in the private rented sector by imposing minimum energy efficiency standards. In this blog, we explain why and how these changes can help consumers to take control of their energy bills …
July was one of the biggest months ever for the Green Deal and we’ve released our regular monthly statistics to keep you up to date on the latest figures for Green Deal Assessments, Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF), Green …
As Tom trailed last week, Japan has launched their '2050 Low Carbon Navigator'. You can access it in Japanese and, fortunately for me, in English and read all about why and how they built it. The work is a much …
Today we’ve set out our renewed approach to find a suitable site to dispose of the country’s higher-activity radioactive waste. This waste exists from decades of enjoying the benefits of low-carbon electricity from nuclear power. We must manage this material …
A new report from the Risky Business project published on 24th June quantifies for the first time the risks of climate change for American businesses. It sets out clearly the economic consequences across the whole country, for “corn producers in …
Close observers of DECC will know about the UK's 2050 calculator, and the unexpected benefits of being open with it: it has been adapted by the governments of India, China and several others (and watch this space for news about …