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- Poorer households in UK should get free heat pumps, say experts Wed, 16 Jun 21, 4:00pmHelp is needed to replace gas boilers with low-carbon alternatives, warn builders, energy firms and charities
- Britain’s electric car charging network boosted by £300m funding Tue, 25 May 21, 12:51amOfgem to build infrastructure for 3,550 new ultra-rapid charging points on motorways and in towns
- Urgent policies needed to steer countries to net zero, says IEA chief Wed, 31 Mar 21, 5:00pmEconomies are gearing up for return to fossil fuel use instead of forging green recovery, warns Fatih Birol
- UK startup Octopus Energy becomes renewable energy giant in £3bn deal Fri, 26 Mar 21, 11:01amPlan to create 50 million customers after takeover of Octopus Renewables hands UK supplier 300 projects in six countries
- First microwave-powered home boiler could help cut emissions Tue, 16 Mar 21, 6:00pm‘Drop-in’ replacement for gas boilers may help tackle challenge of cutting emissions from home heating
- Eco-homes become hot property in UK's zero-carbon ‘paradigm shift’ Sat, 6 Mar 21, 7:00pmSmart, low-carbon homes were once the preserve of one-off grand designs – now there are up to 30,000 projects in the pipeline
- Fossil fuel cars make 'hundreds of times' more waste than electric cars Mon, 1 Mar 21, 5:00pmAnalysis by transport group says battery electric vehicles are superior to their petrol and diesel counterparts
- Green homes grant will meet only tiny fraction of target in England Fri, 26 Feb 21, 5:00pmScheme will issue vouchers to just 49,000 people by end of March at current rate, analysis finds
- Wood burning at home now biggest cause of UK particle pollution Tue, 16 Feb 21, 10:44pmFires used by just 8% of population but cause triple the particle pollution of traffic, data shows
- Hundreds of millions in green grants for English homes pulled despite delays Wed, 10 Feb 21, 10:28pm95% of £1.5bn set aside to improve houses unspent due to slowness in making grants and paying installers
- UK's green plan offers mixed hopes for post-Covid-19 jobs boom Fri, 5 Feb 21, 9:19pmOnly five green jobs on average are created per £1m spent, while most equipment is made abroad
- UK's green plan offers mixed hopes for post-Covid jobs boom Fri, 5 Feb 21, 5:00pmOnly five green jobs on average are created per £1m spent, while most equipment is made abroad
- Ovo to launch 'half-price' electric vehicle charging tariff Wed, 27 Jan 21, 6:57amNew Drive Anytime rate bids to mirror rivals’ off-peak tariff with savings of 60% a year, supplier claims
- Electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced Tue, 19 Jan 21, 5:30pmExclusive: first factory production means recharging could soon be as fast as filling up petrol or diesel vehicles
- Electric cars are not perfect, but they are a good start | Letters Mon, 14 Dec 20, 4:55amThe use of lithium in rechargeable vehicle batteries is problematic but this shouldn’t derail attempts to decarbonise our environment, writes Jamie Adam, while Jim Grozier believes we need infrastructure that discourages...