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Energy weekly highlights—20 July 2023

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Published on: 20 July 2023

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This week's edition of Energy weekly highlights includes: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)’s consultation on helping industry to switch from fossil fuels to electricity, its response to the consultation on potential changes for Allocation Round 6 (AR6) of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, its report on use of powers under Part 3 of the Energy Act 2013 (EA 2013), its award of £22.3m funding to eight projects under the (Nuclear Fuel Fund (NFF) as well as its publication of the shortlisted applications for the Future Nuclear Enabling Fund (FNEF) and its two commissioned reports on the UK’s carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) supply chain capabilities.

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