Octopus says it will invest £2bn in UK clean power projects by 2030
Octopus Energy has said it aims to invest £2 billion in UK clean energy projects between now and 2030.
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UK is set to loosen its 2030 offshore wind power target
The UK is preparing to pull back its target of building 55 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by the end of the decade.
A ‘reset’ or a ‘reality check’? Reaction as the Scottish Government scraps climate target
"World class climate emergency leadership requires more than good intentions and setting ambitious goals."
Updated: Scottish Government rolls back climate goals
The Scottish government is to abandon its ambitious climate target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030.
Neptune Energy to go ‘beyond net zero’ by 2030
Neptune Energy has announced it aims to store more carbon than it emits from its operations and the products it sells by 2030.
Scottish Government unveils plans to more than double onshore wind by 2030
The government is seeking input on proposals that could see up to 12GW of new capacity rolled out across Scotland, supporting up to 17,000 jobs.
Banning petrol and diesel cars by 2030 would meet UK climate goal – Greenpeace study
The UK government must bring forward by a decade its ban on the sale of the most polluting cars if it wants to even come close to its climate change goals, new analysis showed.
Shetland Energy Hub aims for hundreds of jobs and to make giant oilfields ‘net zero by 2030’
Ambitious plans for a new Energy Hub have been unveiled with hopes for hundreds of jobs and to make giant oil and gas fields in the West of Shetland "net zero by 2030”.
‘Virtually no new oil fields’ sanctioned after 2030, analysis claims
The global oil and gas sector will see “virtually no new oil fields” sanctioned in the 2030s, according to an analysis by financial specialists Carbon Tracker.
Aker Solutions sets out green revenue targets for 2030
Aker Solutions has set out plans to derive 20% of its revenue from renewables and 25% from low-carbon solutions by 2030.
All cars in Germany to be emission free by 2030
All new cars registered in Germany need to be emissions free by 2030 at the latest to help meet pollution reduction goals, a senior government official said.
Huge ambition but many challenges face the renewables juggernaut
Doubling the share of renewables in the global energy mix by 2030 is feasible, but only with concerted action to jump-start their use in transport, building and industry. Bioenergy is seen as being a critical component to achieving this objective. And if it is, then the sector could “sustain 24.4million jobs worldwide” just 15 years from now.