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The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has released its Fourth Carbon Budget for Wales, recommending a dramatic cut in emissions to reach Welsh net zero goals. Wales’ Fourth Carbon Budget covers the five-year span between 2031 and 2035, and recommends a 73% emissions reduction from the 1990 baseline level over this period. This equates to a […]
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has finalised the methodology for developing the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan commissioned by the government. Ofgem and the secretary of state for net zero Ed Miliband have approved NESO’s plans for how it will develop the plan, which is due to be presented to Miliband in Autumn this year. […]
Ofgem has announced that it will raise the threshold at which energy projects must undergo a Transmission Impact Assessment (TIA). The evaluation of TIA is the process by which the National Energy System Operator (NESO) assesses the impact that a project looking to connect to the distribution network will have on the local transmission network […]
Changes to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme will replace the monetary budget applied to allocation rounds with a ‘capacity ambition’. The UK government announced reforms to the CfD mechanism that will come into effect in the upcoming allocation round seven (AR7). It consulted on several proposals at the beginning of this year. To align […]
Trade body Scottish Renewables has revealed that 64% of Scotland’s clean power supply chain is investing in the renewable energy market to drive the nation’s green future. The sixth edition of Scottish Renewables’ Supply Chain Impact Statement surveyed the organisation’s more than 370 members to find out their opinion on the current renewable energy landscape […]
