How a new capital hub is raising €650bn to decarbonise Europe’s cities
At the end of June, at the Cities Mission Conference in Valencia, the EU's Net Zeroes Cities project announced a…
Built environment
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Weekly data: why scrapping a key UK heat pump target threatens net zero
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has to plan for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 because his predecessor – and…
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EU Heat Pump Action Plan can deliver Europe’s Renewable Renaissance
The delayed EU Heat Pump Action Plan, now locked in the Commission’s political permafrost until after the European Parliament elections…
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How to build sustainable housing for three billion
There is a global sustainable housing crisis. Not only is the built environment –including construction and energy use – responsible…
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EU, UK set course for scrapping gas boilers
This month, both the EU and UK governments have come out with plans to phase out home gas boilers. This…
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A heat pump alternative for a quarter of UK homes
Household heating is the source of 17% of the UK’s carbon emissions. Most of the country’s homes are still heated…
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Weekly data: Republican states are hoovering up most of Biden’s IIJA clean energy and power funds
November marks the two-year anniversary of Joe Biden’s 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a key feature of the…
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Heat pumps essential to reaching net-zero goals – IEA report
When it comes to policy signals, the European heat pump industry has not had a good month. In September, as…
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‘I beg to differ’: international industry experts reject Sunak’s comments on heat pumps
Heat pumps are an “obvious” solution for national decarbonisation and recent comments on the technology by UK Prime Minister Rishi…
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Rendesco invests £150m in ground-source heat pumps for UK new-builds
Rendesco, a UK-based ground-source geothermal heat developer, recently announced it is developing a gross pipeline of more than £150m ($187m)…
