The rollout of vaccines will enable European lawmakers to focus on initial but substantive steps towards net-zero objectives, according to Wood Mackenzie. Rory McCarthy, senior research manager at Wood Mackenzie, says the biggest trends to watch for in the bloc’s power sector include: Laying the foundations for EU Green Deal delivery “From the depths of…
As the UK takes its first steps away from the EU, there are still plenty of open questions about how it will align with Europe on climate policy, and in particular, with the EU’s flagship emissions trading scheme (ETS). On 31 December, the UK left the EU ETS, which obliges big industries and airlines running…
This time it’s around the explosion in data and as much about policy as technology, with wide-ranging skills requirements that we need to put in place to maximise the opportunity it presents. Get it right and we will be at the centre of the global data ecosystem that is going to grow even more significantly…
The age of “the super grid” has arrived and will play a major role in decarbonising the world and ultimately bring cheaper electricity to consumers, Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan has predicted. Ireland would play a very significant role in feeding into a super grid in Europe because it was “one of the windiest places on the…
Britain’s electricity grid operator is pushing deeper into the turbulent waters of the North Sea, seeking to support the government’s $27 billion program to build up the offshore wind industry. Executives from National Grid Plc meet government officials on Thursday to discuss how a growing tangle of projects offshore can be best connected to the…
The UK and EU wrapped up 2020 by securing an eleventh-hour agreement on a trade deal. As 2021 gets underway, there are a number of areas where the impact of Brexit will have to be closely watched. There were huge concerns about whether the UK would start the new year under the blanket of a…