After the Ten Point Plan: Next steps to net zero
The UK government’s Ten Point Plan for a green industrial revolution sketches out a map to a net-zero economy, but much still needs to be filled in.
Sector / Heating and cooling
Heating and cooling
Climate change is costing hundreds of work hours a year
Workers in cities around the world are losing the equivalent of hundreds of hours of productive work each year due to excessive heat, reveals analysis by Energy Monitor.
EU renovation wave needs standards and cash
The European Commission’s strategy to double EU renovation rates by 2030 is rightly ambitious, but lacks the firepower needed to deliver.
How to revolutionise clean energy access in East Africa
Wangari Muchiri, a 30-year-old renewable energy engineer, explains how she is leading efforts to bring clean energy at scale to remote communities.
Is EU competition policy killing the Green Deal?
The EU is consulting on how state aid and antitrust rules can be greener, after years of criticism that its approval decisions benefit polluters.
Heating homes with hydrogen: Are we being sold a pup?
Hydrogen has an important role to play in the clean energy transition, but there are better options for decarbonising heating in our homes.
Heat pumps are on the rise in Europe
Though heat pumps are not yet widespread, they offer a series of advantages compared with traditional heating solutions.
Europe makes progress integrating renewables in district heating
District heating could supply 50% of heat demand in Europe's urban areas by 2050 and help decarbonise the heating and cooling sector.
Community energy: power to the people
Are energy cooperatives key to reducing emissions, or just “antisocial rich people trying to disconnect from the grid”?
Heat pumps, not hydrogen, key to decarbonise UK heating
Decarbonising heating is essential to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but the UK Government is still hesitating about which path to take.
