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Geopolitics requires decoupling from natural gas

It's déjà vu. Two years into the Russian war on Ukraine, the EU again warns of a winter energy price…

Iceland is closing the circle on geothermal

With the cataclysmic scenes emerging from Iceland recently, it is easy to see why the country’s original settlers coined it…

How clean cooking has ‘moved to the top of the energy agenda’

In Africa today, four-out-of-five people continue to cook their meals over open fires. Globally, around 2.3 billion people are burning…

Weekly data: why scrapping a key UK heat pump target threatens net zero

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has to plan for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 because his predecessor – and…

EU Heat Pump Action Plan can deliver Europe’s Renewable Renaissance

The delayed EU Heat Pump Action Plan, now locked in the Commission’s political permafrost until after the European Parliament elections…

New EU gas directive has big implications for hydrogen

In December, negotiators from the European Parliament and EU national governments reached a deal on a new EU gas directive,…

UK rooftop solar installations hit 12-year high

The number of rooftop solar panels installed by UK households and businesses hit a 12-year high in 2023, figures from…

EU, UK set course for scrapping gas boilers

This month, both the EU and UK governments have come out with plans to phase out home gas boilers. This…

How COP28 raised the profile of ‘super pollutants’ like black carbon

DUBAI – Nestled between the hundreds of pavilions in COP28's sprawling Blue Zone were four geodesic domes. The igloo-like structures,…

A heat pump alternative for a quarter of UK homes

Household heating is the source of 17% of the UK’s carbon emissions. Most of the country’s homes are still heated…

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