Fourth Update of December 2020 – An overview of last week’s Energy news

Below is this week’s summary. It should be a one minute read relevant to UK energy with links to documents for those who wish to read more.

(Click a bullet point to open the relevant article)

Monday – 21st December

• A central part of UK Government plans to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 is replacing natural gas with hydrogen for heating.

• The I newspaper reports on a UK-developed solar PV panel which converts more of the sun’s energy into electricity than others.

Thursday – 24th December

• This article claims UK Government favours generation of electricity from wind but not solar.

• Sky News reports that 15 UK companies generate 1/6 of UK CO2 emissions and are major manufacturers such as steel production; power generators and airlines.