The post below was first published on our Energy blog. The government recently undertook a consultation on certain amendments they proposed for improving the Capacity Market (CM). The government’s response to the consultation on improvements was published in June 2021. Below we have summarised the amendments that are now being made. The government will publish … Read more

The post below was first published on our Energy blog. The UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published a response to consultation on its proposed amendments to the CfD scheme in relation to Supply Chain Plans ahead of the CfD Allocation Round 4 planned for late 2021. This follows a second consultation paper issued … Read more

The post below was first published on our Energy blog. Overview We are now just over one month in to the UK Government’s new policy, revising its support for the overseas fossil fuels sector. As flagged in the initial request for consultation responses, as of 31 March 2021, the UK Government has determined, with some … Read more

The post below was first published on our Energy blog. In December 2020 the UK Government announced its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Climate Agreement – a target to reduce UK emissions by at least 68% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. Setting pace to this target, less than five months later the … Read more

The post below was first published on our Energy blog. The North Sea oil and gas industry has played a key role in Scotland’s economy since the 1970s. While annual oil production peaked in 1999 and North Sea tax revenues have fallen considerably in the last five years, Scotland’s oil and gas industry, including related … Read more

The prospect of a second independence referendum, like the first in 2014 (see our Routes and obstacles to a second Scottish independence referendum briefing), raises a number of issues for Great Britain’s single integrated energy markets for electricity and gas. This briefing takes an initial look at some of those issues. Read more

The post below was first published on our Energy blog. The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) was launched on 1 January 2021 to replace the UK’s participation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). As explained in our previous blog post (here), both schemes work on the basis of a reducing cap with … Read more

The post below was first published on our Energy blog. Joining Jeffrey Young of Racing Green and The Camden Clean Air Initiative, Nina Bowyer and Jeremy Griffin investigate hydrogen as part of the push for clean energy across Europe and beyond, and you can listen to the full podcast here.   Contacts Read more