Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Environment only)
- Measures to make Britain's power network more resilient planned, after August power outage January 3, 2020Government-backed report into the blackouts in August that affected over 1 million customers in Great Britain, published today.
- UK satellites to help lead the fight against climate change December 30, 2019A new satellite data centre will use cutting-edge satellite technology to help combat climate change.
- UK energy statistics: statistical press release - December 2019 December 19, 2019December 2019 editions of Energy Trends and Energy Prices published.
- Heavy industry to cut 2 million tonnes of carbon emissions with new tech November 2, 2019The government is looking for most effective ways to cut industrial greenhouse gas emissions, as part of £315 million investment drive to decarbonise heavy industry.
- Government ends support for fracking November 2, 2019Government ends support for fracking in England on the basis of new scientific analysis, published today.
- Robots on the rise and heading for Cumbria October 29, 2019A range of innovative robotic systems will be on display at an event in Cumbria next month as an £8.5 million competition moves to the next stage.
- Low-income households to be guaranteed trusted tradespeople for home energy improvements October 25, 2019New ‘TrustMark’ scheme will protect 300,000 low-income households a year supported through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) from cowboy traders.
- PM to chair new Cabinet Committee on Climate Change October 17, 2019The Prime Minister will chair a new Cabinet Committee on Climate Change to drive further action across government to protect our environment, reduce emissions and improve air quality.
- UK to go further and faster to tackle climate change October 15, 2019The government today set out measures to go further and faster to tackle climate change, in response to Committee on Climate Change (CCC) recommendations
- UK to take a big ‘STEP’ to fusion electricity October 3, 2019The UK Government is committing £220M to the conceptual design of a fusion power station – the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP).