10/09/24 – Useful Links

Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 10/09/24.

News: Government secures record pipeline of clean cheap energy projects – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Michael Shanks MP and The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP

3 September 2024. Sixth renewables auction delivers record smashing 131 clean energy projects powering equivalent of 11 million homes:

Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-secures-record-pipeline-of-clean-cheap-energy-projects

Policy paper: Great British Energy Bill: factsheets – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Great British Energy

3 September 2024. Factsheets relating to the Great British Energy Bill:

Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/great-british-energy-bill-factsheets

Column: The breakthrough that hydrogen has been waiting for? – Motor Mouth (Driving)

30 August 2024, David Booth. Researchers from the University of Alberta say they have the technology to bring hydrogen to the masses:

Link: https://driving.ca/column/motor-mouth/motor-mouth-the-breakthrough-that-hydrogen-has-been-waiting-for

Press release: Certainty for oil and gas industry in light of landmark ruling – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Michael Shanks MP

29 August 2024. Government announces plans for new environmental guidance for oil and gas firms as the North Sea transitions to its clean energy future:

Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/certainty-for-oil-and-gas-industry-in-light-of-landmark-ruling

News: New supply chain champion announced for offshore energy industry as outgoing champion launches findings – Energy-pedia

27 August 2024, OEUK. The UK offshore energy sector’s representative body OEUK has announced Steve Nicol, Executive President of Operations at leading consulting and engineering company Wood, as the new supply chain champion for the sector:

Link: https://www.energy-pedia.com/news/united-kingdom/new-supply-chain-champion-announced-for-offshore-energy-industry-as-outgoing-champion-launches-findings-197106

Opinion: COP29 – what to expect… – Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit

13 August 2024. The next UN climate summit takes place in November, in Azerbaijan. As it draws closer, we take a look at what is on the agenda, and what could influence progress:

Link: https://eciu.net/insights/2024/cop29-what-to-expect