Spotlight: Nuclear boost, new pledges for green growth and rising pressure across UK energy and development

ENERGY

✒️ Nuclear fusion boost as government sets to unblock planning rules | News story from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Ed Miliband MP

✒️ New UK support to power green growth at home while tackling climate change abroad | Press release from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

✒️ Capacity Market auction parameters | Letter from RT Hon Ed Miliband MP, to the National Energy System Operator (NESO)

🗣️ ‘If we don’t act, things will get worse’ – Ed Miliband on climate change | Channel 4 interview with Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

🗣️ Electricity Grid Capacity | House of Commons debates

📰 UK green energy groups warned they would lose subsidies under a Reform government | Financial Times (paywall)

📰 'UK must take bold action now on clean energy' | renews

📰 British and French solar generation hit new records | Solar Energy UK

📰 Europe’s clean power paradox: record solar sends prices below zero | Energy Live News

📰 UK’s clean electricity growing too slowly to meet climate targets, report says | The Guardian

📰 UK extends subsidy contracts in boost for wind and solar developers | Financial Times (paywall)

📰 NESO’s Future Energy Scenarios show the foundation for net zero is already laid | Solar Power Portal

📰 UPDATE: NESO extends grid connection application window as major issues raised | Solar Power Portal

📰 First project put forward from publicly owned renewable energy developer | The Planner (paywall)

📰 NatureScot pre-application guidance for solar farms | NatureScot

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INFRASTRUCTURE

✒️ Impact of extreme heat events on industries | Press release from the Met Office

✒️ Transport connectivity declaration between UK and France | Policy paper form the Department for Transport

✒️ UK and Czechia to lead global race on small modular reactors | Press release from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

✒️ Government sets out reforms to create a fair, secure, affordable and efficient electricity system | Press release from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

✒️ Govt infrastructure ambitions put at risk through lack of credible pipeline of projects | Press release from the Public Accounts Committee

📰 British and French government to collaborate on securing GPS for critical infrastructure | Tech Radar

📰 UK government announces £63m funding for EV charging infrastructure | The Guardian

📰 Planning system changes look to aid the delivery of UK infrastructure | Osborne Clarke

📰 Tapping into UK Water Infrastructure: Climate Resilience and Regulatory Pressures Create Investment Opportunities | AI Invest

📰 Need for water infrastructure projects included in companies' management plans will not be revisited during DCO process, updated NPS states | Planning Resource (paywall)

📰 Industry protests follow suspension of electrification scheme | Railnews

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DEVELOPMENT

✒️ Planning and Infrastructure Bill enters Lords committee stage | Press release from the House of Lords

✒️ New online appeals service launching for all local planning authorities | Press release from the Planning Inspectorate

🗣️ Housebuilders: Information Sharing | House of Lords debates

📰Nine things you need to know about the government’s English Devolution Bill | Planning Resource (paywall)

📰 Government to delay planned consultation on national development management policies until later this year | Planning Resource (paywall)

📰 Legislation unveiled to grant mayors strategic planning powers | The Planner (paywall)

📰 Ethical developers rebuild property sector’s reputation | The Times (paywall)

📰 The £200 billion landbank that could boost the UK’s housing supply | The Independent

📰 Labour housing plans could destroy 215,000 hectares of nature in England, analysis shows | The Guardian

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