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Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: May 5, 2023

We Mean Business Coalition

Dan Jorgensen, Denmark’s minister for global climate policy and development, told Reuters that finally meeting this goal could unlock progress in other areas of climate negotiations this year. The developer Xlinks estimates that that its project could supply the UK with 3.6

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UK Investors Undeterred by Offshore Headwinds

Chris Hall

The UK’s pipeline of offshore wind projects at all stages of development now stands at 99.8GW across 130 projects – an increase of 14GW in the last 12 months. Wind is forecast to grow from an estimated 896GW at the end of 2022 to 1,523GW by 2029. billion) worth of assets in total, with £2.8 billion (US$3.37

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UK Investors Undeterred by Headwinds for Wind

Chris Hall

There are currently 600 projects with a combined capacity of 176GW in England and Wales queued up for connection to the national grid, and MP’s had been warned by Merlin Hyman, CEO at Regen, which manages the Electricity Storage Network, that renewable energy projects will be “lucky to be offered a grid connection within a decade”.