The Renewable Review | March 24th

Spotlight

Five things we've learned from UN climate report | BBC News

Campaigners fear loophole will let new homes in England be fitted with gas boilers | The Guardian

Policy

SSE backs UK’s first pumped hydro scheme in 40 years with ￡100m funding | Business Matters

Government awards ￡1.8bn for energy retrofit schemes | Construction Enquirer

Renewable energy projects at risk: ‘UK’s latest plans could cause missed investments’ | Energy Live

Solar

Manpower shortage dims solar panel boom in Germany | France24

RWE says US ban on imports from Xinjiang threatens solar ambitions | Financial Times

Good Energy to pay households with solar 10p per kWh via new tariff | Solar Power Portal

Wind

East Asia set to win scramble for wind power dominance by 2030 | Reuters

Universities develop ways for wind turbines to generate more energy | University of Sheffield

'Buy Chinese wind turbines or delay green transition' | Recharge

Battery

Solar Energy UK celebrates lobbying success as battery storage VAT examined | Solar Power Portal

Europe smashes new record for battery storage capacity | Energy Live

Cornwall set for lithium mining boom to power UK’s green battery revolution | iNews

Nuclear

Nuclear energy: How environmentally-friendly and safe is it? | BBC News

Macron’s nuclear power plan hits trouble | Politico

Mini nuclear reactors all the rage, but are they the answer? | Proactive Investors

Hydrogen

UK urged to approve hydrogen blending in domestic gas network | Financial Times

5 major challenges in the hydrogen economy – and 5 potential engineering solutions | IMechE?

‘Hydrogen boilers would allow more fossil fuels’ | Energy Live?

Anaerobic Digestion

How Many Anaerobic Digesters are in the U.S.? | Dairy Herd Management

New portable gas analysis technology unveiled at World Biogas Expo | Envirotech

Teagasc to work with Kerry-based firm on digital slurry monitoring | Agriland

ESG

Shell will defend ESG targets to shareholders ahead of activist showdown | City A.M.

Majority of UK SMEs 'don't understand' ESG | Consultancy UK

US Investors Fear Legal Action as ESG Splits Global Markets | Bloomberg (￡)

Food & Agriculture

Coffey’s ‘eat turnips’ message leaves bitter taste after biggest grower gives up | The Guardian

Food price inflation surges to 45-year high amid vegetable shortages | Farming UK

Vertical farming business wins funding for large London site | Farmer’s Weekly

Fossil Fuels

'Fossil fuel era over' says MP as anti mine petition nears 70,000 | Cumberland News and Star

Germany sees progress in EU talks for ban on fossil fuel cars | Reuters (￡)

The IPCC’s climate report has drawn the battle lines for Cop28 | The Guardian

Global

Global renewables capacity grew by 10% last year | Reuters

UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster | BBC News

Environmental injustice closely tied to gender violence, new study argues | Phys.org