Rachel Millard

Delighted to start today as clean energy correspondent @FT I’ll be covering UK energy & clean energy more widely Tips, coffees, thoughts - please get in touch! rachel.millard@ft.com / 07899 096 602 👍

National Grid drops Beijing-backed supplier over UK power network fears ft.com/content/0a9887… via @ft w/@AttractaMooney @LOS_Fisher

UK oil and gas regulator opposed Rishi Sunak’s mandatory licensing rounds ft.com/content/6d9e7b… w/ @PickardJE @thomas_m_wilson

Ørsted troubles mount as S&P threatens credit-rating downgrade ft.com/content/3b0942… via @ft

The struggles of the offshore wind industry ft.com/content/00e8af… via @ft @RachelMillardAS

UK manufacturers handed millions in free carbon allowances for closed plants ft.com/content/50229b… via @ft with @RachelMillardAS @sylviapfeifer and @SavageSusannah

Brookfield swoops for UK wind farms in $1bn deal on.ft.com/48ByT5M

National Gas explores paying UK households to turn down heating ft.com/content/fb8a96… with @RachelMillardAS

Developer halts onshore wind farm due to rising costs and windfall tax ft.com/content/bb76a4…

Fossil fuel demand must fall by a quarter by 2030 to limit global warming, IEA says ft.com/content/44f712… @RachelMillardAS

Reminder that the green transition depends on Chinese manufacturing & materials ... EDP warns that solar supply chains must diversify away from China Interview from @rachelmillardAS and me @FT ft.com/content/6ecee5…

Labour to stick with Sunak’s diluted targets on phasing out gas boilers ft.com/content/b1607f…

Rishi's U-turn "increases emissions...by hundreds of millions of tonnes of carbon". It makes hitting UK carbon targets "even more difficult, if not impossible". @FT explainer, from @PickardJE, @GeorgeWParker, @RachelMillardAS, @AttractaMooney & me: ft.com/content/d44e70…

"It’s like mobilising an army, and then telling them to get back in the barracks for a few years". Car industry dismayed over the delay to 2035. (Though *some* are privately thrilled) @FT analysis with @PickardJE, @AttractaMooney & @RachelMillardAS: ft.com/content/21be9c…

Energy supplier seeks to overturn new financial resilience rule on.ft.com/3P6l6Lw

China drives Asian lead in global offshore wind as Europe loses top spot on.ft.com/3EjYd2c

Will lower carbon and energy prices help UK industry bridge divide with EU? on.ft.com/47TUXbq

Wind power industry grapples with race for bigger turbines on.ft.com/3qTpaqC

Excellent from ⁦@lesliehook⁩ ⁦@harrydemps⁩ & ⁦@ciaraCnugent⁩ Favourite fact: producer countries have often controlled exports to incentivise local processing, like UK banning exports of raw wool in 1500s to stimulate its textile industry on.ft.com/47p42Jm

US scientists repeat fusion power breakthrough on.ft.com/3DIxMmI

The humble heat pump blows a green wave across Europe on.ft.com/3OsoCQp