Green hydrogen electrolysers boosted by Toshiba-Bekaert tie-up

The route to making green hydrogen looked to have eased significantly today, as two technology giants allied to cut up to 90% of valuable...

Ethex celebrates 10 years, aims for £200 million by 15th birthday

Impact investment platform Ethex is celebrating its first decade of putting £120 million of small investors’ cash to good use in green energy and...

‘Think big, to keep UK’s sea turbines in world league’, wind body urges ministers

This summer’s Contracts for Difference auctions offer energy ministers a unique opportunity to double Britain’s offshore wind capacity, new research from lobbyists RenewableUK claims. The...

New boss for Morocco-to-Devon solar & wind venture

Xlinks, developers of a £16 billion scheme to pipe solar & wind power from Morocco to Britain, have a new CEO. James Humfrey, pictured, has...

Latest Podcast: Corporate Power Purchase Agreements – A framework for the future?

The Talking Power podcast series has launched its second instalment on Corporate Power Purchase Agreements: A framework for the future? In this episode, Tim...

Heat pump boss greets government’s easing of installation curbs

A major entrant in Britain's heat pump market has welcomed the government’s intended easing of planning rules governing home installation of the low technology's...

Cabling firm XLCC hires CTO Larsen

The firm spending £1.4 billion to turn part of the Hunterston former nuclear site into Europe’s biggest cable-making factory has appointed industry veteran Vegar...

Octopus allies with NG’s DNO to speed heat pumps & home EV charging

Octopus Energy and the National Grid’s distribution business NGED are cutting red tape in a bid to speed installation of low carbon technologies in...

CCUS innovator Seabound plots course to de-carbing world’s freighters

London-based carbon capture start-up Seabound is celebrating proof of its contribution to stripping carbon emissions from commercial shipping. Container shipping is estimated to account for...

SP Energy Networks offers Net Zero grants to community groups

A historic medieval church now in community control is among ventures to benefit from SP Energy Networks’ community fund, designed to spur technology accelerating...

EDF plugs in to market-leading PV & battery deal

Nuclear-to-renewables power supplier EdF has signed one of Britain’s biggest energy management deals, optimising revenues from a solar 66MWp farm and a 50MW grid-scale...

Carlton & Kraft Heinz opt for green hydrogen at Wigan mega-factory

Energy infrastructure innovators Carlton Power have inked a deal with groceries colossus Kraft Heinz to develop the food firm’s first ever green hydrogen supply...

Octopus buys Ireland’s biggest solar complex, feeds Microsoft for 15 years

Renewables investor Octopus has bought four newly constructed solar farms close to Dublin from Statkraft Ireland for €160 million. The PV farms total 199MW in...

Scottish Power EN ups green asks from its suppliers

Regional distributor SP Energy Networks has set out its vision for delivering a cleaner planet in its new sustainable business strategy. With operations stretching from...

Ease planning curbs on London’s community energy, GLA councillors urge

London’s Mayor and central government must back the capital’s solar energy volunteers with cash and by easing planning curbs which hold back City Hall’s...

British solar panel maker sets new world efficiency record

Pioneer solar technologists Oxford PV have set a new record for the world’s most efficient solar panel, marking a crucial milestone in the clean...

Amazon backs Moray West & Ocean Winds with 473MW PPA

Data colossus Amazon has signed a corporate power purchase agreement with ENGIE, increasing its share of output from developer Ocean Winds’ Moray West venture...

Drax preps US-based BECCS division to speed global carbon removal

Biomass energy leviathan Drax is targeting global leadership in carbon removal, as it sets up an independent unit to drive development of its new-build...

Downing buys 5 Swedish hydro dams

London-quoted investment trust Downing Renewables Infrastructure DORE has paid £6 million to complete the purchase of five hydropower plants in Sweden. The dams, including one...

Good Law Project presses ministers over onshore turbines

Campaigners at the Good Law Project have begun legal action against D-ESNZ and planning ministers over the government’s exclusion of land-based wind power from...