First Update of February 2021 – 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 – 1st February

• Controversy over the UK government allowing a NW England local authority to approve a new coal mine continues with criticism from the head of the Committee on Climate Change.

Wednesday – 3rd February

• A group of women in Yemen have set up an electricity generation solar plant for the local area with UN support. There are plans for more.

Thursday – 4th February

• UK Government has announced a further £20 million will be provided to develop charging stations for electric vehicles.

Friday – 5th February

• The UK regulator has raised the cap on energy bills for most UK households due to increases in costs for suppliers and to help energy companies recover from a larger proportion of defaults in payment of bills according to this article. An energy price cap was introduced in January 2019.

Saturday – 6th February

• The BBC asks how will we heat homes for net zero emissions: “And be warned – it won’t always be cheap, or convenient.”

Sunday – 7th February

• The Welsh government is trying to step in to preserve the option of finding a developer for the previously abandoned plans for a new nuclear plant.