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Donegal development plan and wind variation meetings

Would you like to have a say in helping to shape future policies that affect almost everything we do in Donegal? If so you might like to know that Donegal County Council is inviting people to get involved in public consultation drop-in events on the ...

06 May 2022 at 08:33

Business Secretary fails to scotch reports of plans to scrap green levies

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has failed to dismiss reports that the Government is considering scrapping green levies amid Tory backbench pressure. The Business Secretary was challenged in the House of Commons over suggestions that changes ...

19 Apr 2022 at 21:55

Ed Miliband pressured to apologise to pensioners losing winter fuel payments

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has faced calls to apologise to pensioners losing winter fuel allowance as MPs, including those on the Government benches, expressed concerns about older people’s ability to heat their homes. The Government ...

08 Oct 2024 at 13:56

Fact check: Major hurdle for offshore wind auction was changed by Conservatives

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband has claimed that “Labour came in and fixed” last year’s failed offshore wind auction. On social media, the minister wrote: “Last year, the Conservatives oversaw a disastrous result – ...

05 Sept 2024 at 17:06

UK must build power infrastructure including pylons ‘at speed’, expert warns

The UK will need to build more pylons, including in areas where people do not want them, communities have been warned. Emma Pinchbeck, who has been appointed as the new chief executive of the independent advisory Climate Change ...

15 Oct 2024 at 13:15

Labour clean power plan ‘huge challenge but achievable’, says grid operator

Britain must radically shake up the power system, build vast amounts of new pylons and secure £40 billion of annual investment to hit its 2030 clean energy goals, ministers have been told. The National Energy Systems Operator ...

05 Nov 2024 at 09:26

Government to ban new coal mining schemes as UK turns to clean energy

New coal mining schemes will be banned in the UK, the Government has said. Ministers have confirmed that legislation will be introduced to restrict the future licensing of new coal mines, as they said phasing out the fossil ...

14 Nov 2024 at 16:16

World

Trump names fossil fuel executive Chris Wright as energy secretary

US President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary in his upcoming, second administration. Chief executive of Denver-based Liberty Energy, Mr ...

18 Nov 2024 at 09:57

Ministers to be given powers to bypass local opposition to onshore wind farms

Ed Miliband has said he will be able to bypass local opposition to onshore wind farms as Energy Secretary under plans to decarbonise the grid. Ministers will be given new powers to drive forward clean power energy ...

13 Dec 2024 at 13:16

Government removes red tape and provides funding to boost heat pumps

The Government has announced measures to make it easier for households to get a heat pump. The measures are part of a “warm homes plan” for installing clean heating tech and insulating more homes across the ...

21 Nov 2024 at 00:01

Starmer denies watering down green power target in new ‘plan for change’

Sir Keir Starmer was forced to deny watering down a green energy pledge after setting a target for the UK to be “on track” to deliver 95% clean power by 2030. The Labour election manifesto this year and ...

05 Dec 2024 at 17:28

Scotland

Labour accused of ‘rank hypocrisy’ over pledge to cut energy bills

The SNP has accused Labour of “rank hypocrisy” over its pledge to reduce energy bills while parts of Scotland still face “shocking and vastly outdated” grid charges. The SNP said while Scotland ...

03 Jan 2025 at 00:01

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