Renewable Review | 18/10

SPOTLIGHT?

Burning rubbish now UK’s dirtiest form of power | BBC?

Labour’s net-zero challenge in five charts, from trees to EVs | The Times

POLICY

English homes ‘face decades of high bills and emissions’ without urgent action from ministers | The Guardian

‘Real risk’ that climate aid talks will fail, key COP29 negotiator warns | Politico

Starmer pledges to cut offshore wind red tape | renews

NUCLEAR?

A nuclear kettle of fish at Hinkley Point C | PoliticsHome?

Google buys world’s first private mini-nuclear reactors | The Daily Telegraph

US start-up plans ￡300m micro nuclear power plant in South Wales | The Times (￡)

PLANNING

Welsh ministers set to ‘accelerate’ planning decisions in clean energy push | Deeside.com

'Planning policy uncertainty putting businesses off investing in Britain' | Planning Resource (￡)

Solar Farm in Bridgend, Wales granted consent | The Planner Magazine

FOSSIL FUELS???

New York officials call for big oil to be prosecuted for fueling climate disasters | The Guardian?

Uni careers fair targeted by fossil fuel protests | BBC

Foreign aid for fossil fuel projects quadrupled in a single year | The Guardian

SOLAR

Tesco signs deal to buy enough solar energy to power 144 large stores | The Guardian

'Revolutionary' portable solar panels being developed | BBC

Largest Ever UK Solar Heat Installation to be Delivered at The British Library | ThisWeekinFM.com

BATTERY??

Local Businesses set for economic windfall from Bathgate battery storage proposals | SBN

Climate solution: Form Energy secures $405M to speed development of long-awaited 100-hour battery | The Independent

The giant battery storage facility planned for Cardiff that would be one of the biggest in the world | BusinessLive

WIND??

Sainsbury’s to meet 8% of annual energy needs from Capital Dynamics wind power plant | Current News

Ukraine 'built more wind farms than Wales' amid war | BBC

Labour versus wind farm resistance: who are the true environmentalists? | The Times?

HYDROGEN??

Hyundai recalls hydrogen fuel cell vehicles due to fire risk | The Independent?

Next stage of funding approved for hydrogen storage project in East Midlands | British Geological Survey

Construction begins on $3bn green-hydrogen-to-aviation-fuel plant in China | Hydrogen Insight

AGRICULTURE??

Farm Diversification Grows: Renewable Energy among top choices from UK farmers | The Northern Times

Green Growth Hydrogen Role in Powering the Future of Agriculture | Farming Online

Diversification helps to fill financial gap for Transition Farmers | Farmers Weekly