Month: May 2025

Meeting UK’s solar targets will be a ‘massive stimulus’ to the economy

Stuart Mitchell

Solar power and battery storage is powering up the UK’s economy. The sectors are expected to almost triple their annual contribution to £5.1bn by 2035, while employing well over 40,000 people, says a new report.[1] Around 20,000 people already work in the sector, providing £321m to the Exchequer, according to a new report by BiGGAR Economics. It was commissioned by Solar Energy UK and launched today at the Solar & Storage Live London conference and exhibition at the Excel Centre, London.[2] Put together, the two sectors are estimated to have…

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TfL’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and net-zero targets validated

Stuart Mitchell

Transport for London’s (TfL) commitments on climate action have been recognised as the gold standard. This is after the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) validated TfL’s near and long-term emission reduction targets, and net-zero target in line with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels, meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement. SBTi is a UK based climate-action organisation that provides validated standards, tools and guidance to help companies and organisations like TfL, and thousands of others across the transport, financial and consumer sectors to reduce their carbon…

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