Government announces sustainable aviation fuel commitments
Household waste and sewage will be used in jet fuel production with the UK Government making sustainable aviation fuel commitments.
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Teesside to become home to the first net zero power plant
Located at Wilton International industrial site, the Whitetail Clean Energy natural gas power plant will capture and store its carbon emissions under the North Sea.
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Highways England lays out roadmap to net zero by 2050
Highways England has announced its ambitious new carbon plan that will see it rapidly cut carbon from road construction, maintenance and operations, and support the transition to zero emission vehicles.
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H2Accelerate Collaboration releases hydrogen trucking whitepaper
The whitepaper: The need for hydrogen trucking sets out the underlying arguments in favour of the use of hydrogen to decarbonise long-haul trucks.
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Logistics UK launches Route to Net Zero campaign
Logistics UK has announced the launch of Route to Net Zero: a campaign to encourage its 18,000 members to commit to decarbonising their operations as quickly, effectively and as urgently as possible to help the UK achieve carbon neutrality ahead of the legal deadline of 2050.
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Volta Trucks calls for greater ambition in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan
Volta Trucks has issued a guarded welcome to the publication of the UK Government’s Transport Decarbonisation Plan, but has called for a greater level of ambition to tackle the climate and air quality emergency faced by the environment.
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Local leaders call for more powers to deliver net zero
A communiqué issued by UK100 and signed by a group of 32 cross-party Mayors and local leaders has called for local and regional authorities to have more powers to deliver Net Zero emissions.
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Transport Decarbonisation Plan launched
The Government has launched its long awaited Transport Decarbonisation Plan (TDP) which includes ambitious plans to decarbonise all modes of domestic transport by 2050, a pledge to end the sale of new diesel and petrol heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) by 2040 and a commitment to electrify the entire fleet of government cars and vans by 2027.
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37.4m EVs needed on UK roads to reach net zero by 2050
There will need to be 37.4m electric vehicles on UK roads to reach net zero by 2050, according to the National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO).
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ENA announces new grid connections process
Energy Networks Association (ENA) has announced a new, streamlined connections process making it easier for electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps to be connected to the electricity networks.
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