According to the World Green Building Council, buildings are currently responsible for 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions. The emissions produced by buildings can be broken down into two broad categories: operational carbon and embodied carbon. Embodied carbon refers to the carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions associated with the materials and...

Alternative fuels – including compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen – are likely to be the most realistic option for freight users in the short to medium term when plug-in electrification is technically or financially unviable. But it is the fuel supply chain that developers of alternative...

The UK government has long recognised that biomass energy can aid the transition to net zero and has supported its deployment across the transport, heat and electricity sectors for more than a decade. However, biomass – which encompasses any material of biological origin, including the biodegradable fraction of products, crops...

Belgium, in order to achieve its climate targets, intends to rely heavily on offshore wind. To this end, the government has decided to increase the nation's offshore wind capacity from 2.2 GW to 5.8 GW by 2030. In line with its neighbouring EU Member States, Belgium intends to organise competitive...

The UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, delivered his Autumn Statement 2023 on 22 November, which was accompanied by a better-than-expected economic and fiscal forecast by the Office of Budget Responsibility. With the government having met its pledge to halve inflation, the chancellor said that he was delivering an "Autumn Statement for...

The development concept of co-location refers to the practice of situating multiple projects or infrastructure in the same geographic location. In the context of renewable projects, this includes co-location of new wind projects alongside other energy generation facilities, such as solar and battery storage. It can also include renewables that...

Planning has been the "talk of the town" in recent weeks, with the government's Autumn Statement on 22 November involving an array of planning updates, including to the energy National Policy Statement (NPS). The NPS set out the "need case" for different technologies and infrastructure, covering the competing issues that...

This edition focuses on Ofgem's outline of strategic priorities for the UK energy market for the coming year, ethical supply chain concerns and considerations for asset managers around the repowering of aging components. Ofgem outlines strategic priorities for the UK energy market into 2025 Ofgem published its Forward Work Programme...

Belgium's federal government adopted its hydrogen strategy in October 2021 that set out its ambitions for renewable molecules to fit in with Europe's ambitions to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. Hydrogen is projected to play an essential role in...

Ethical supply chains have been an issue for asset managers for many years. There have long been concerns, for example, about China, where a large proportion of the silicon needed for solar panels is produced and millions of Uyghur and ethnic Kazakh women have reportedly been subjected to forced labour...