Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero is responsible for UK energy security, protecting billpayers and reaching net zero. The departments priorities are: Leading the government mission to achieve clean power by 2030 and accelerate to net zero, British jobs and supply chains and a successful Great British Energy, warm Homes Plan, a fairer deal for consumers, establishing a just and orderly transition away from fossil fuels and leading the fight against climate change and supporting global action

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero News

10 projects from the first phase of the government's flagship hydrogen programme can begin construction.

In an update to the hydrogen market, the government has confirmed that 10 projects from the first phase of its flagship hydrogen programme – Hydrogen Allocation Round (HAR1) – can begin…

Energy Minister Michael Shanks asks the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to explore clean energy at Moorside.

The government’s nuclear decommissioning arm, which owns the site adjacent to Sellafield, will work with the local council to explore using the land for clean energy projects –…

Government and industry to train up 'clean power army' of apprentice engineers, welders, and technicians.

Young people will be trained to fill thousands of clean energy jobs and apprenticeships needed to deliver clean power by 2030 as part of the government’s Plan for Change to get Britain…

A new wave of hydrogen powered projects have been shortlisted today to help cut emissions and create thousands of jobs in the UK’s industrial heartlands.

Twenty-seven hydrogen projects have been selected for the next stage of the Second Hydrogen Allocation Round (HAR2) – supporting low-…

Energy Secretary calls for action and cooperation from China to tackle the climate emergency.

Pragmatic cooperation with China will help keep British people safe from the climate crisis, as UK and Chinese ministers are set to meet in Beijing for the first formal talks to accelerate climate…