Outlet: The Guardian
Summary: Ed Miliband has a rare chance to do for the climate what Nye Bevan did for health: create something future generations will be proud of. Labour aims to shift the UK to homegrown clean energy (wind, solar, nuclear, EVs), reducing reliance on volatile fossil fuel markets and improving national security.
Headline: £25m backing for synthetic gas plant
Summary: The founder of Wise is among those backing a British producer of synthetic natural gas, which has raised £25m as it gears up to build the largest plant of its kind in Europe.
Outlet: The Times (print article 22.04)
Page: 33
Headline: Renewables overtake coal for the first time in a century
Summary: Renewables have overtaken coal worldwide for the first time in a century.
Outlet: The Times (print article 22.04)
Page: 4
Headline: Highlands generates most renewable electricity per household in UK, study reveals – Yahoo News UK
Outlet: Yahoo News UK
Summary: More renewable energy is produced in the Scottish Highlands per household than in any other area of the UK, new research has shown.
Headline: How clean energy shielded the world from crisis during Strait of Hormuz blockade | The Independent
Outlet: The Independent
Summary: New data reveals solar and wind power significantly shielded the world from the worst impacts of the energy crisis triggered by the Strait of Hormuz blockade.
TEP Birmingham-Specific News
Headline: UK hydrogen-based synthetic gas start-up raises £25m | Power | gasworld
Outlet: Gasworld
Summary: UK start-up Rivan Industries has raised £25 million to expand its hydrogen-based synthetic natural gas (SNG) technology, which aims to produce cleaner, domestically generated fuel for heavy industries like steel and cement. This will support scaling up a 15 MW plant and manufacturing capacity in South London.
Headline: Plans submitted to build waste-to-hydrogen plant in Manston – BBC News
Outlet: BBC News
Summary: Plans to build a “waste-to-hydrogen” facility in Manston, Kent, which would convert non-recyclable waste into hydrogen fuel as part of efforts to cut emissions and reduce landfill, has been submitted.
Headline: Call for Government rethink of diesel truck ban | Electric trucks
Outlet: Fleet News
Summary: Introducing a mandate requiring only zero-emission truck (ZEV) sales could destabilise the UK commercial vehicle market because it risks forcing supply ahead of real demand.
