Councils hail Britain’s biggest solar deal, as Schroders swoops for failed Toucan’s £700m portfolio

Bankrupt Thurrock Council has sold its solar investments for £700 million, offloading the 513.5 MWp portfolio of collapsed developer Toucan Energy. In a transaction billed...

Dunelm ups solar roll-out across UK stores

Home furnishings specialist Dunelm said this morning it is stepping up solar generation on-site at its UK stores this year. Three more sites will benefit...

Solar co-operatives: Five groups bring 36MWp into community control

Community energy volunteers have completed what they claim is England and Wales’ biggest ever transfer of solar PV to collective citizen control. Eight solar farms...

Britain heads Europe’s offshore turbine boom, says trade group

2023 was the best year on record for new marine wind power across Europe, trade body WindEurope reports.  A total of 4.2GW of offshore...

Octopus withdraws from Spanish solar projects

Octopus’ investment vehicle is dropping its options to buy into 175MW of ready-to-build solar farms in Spain, profiting by £3 million on the unbuilt...

ScottishPower seeks biggest ever supply round worth £5.4bn

ScottishPower has unveiled £5.4bn worth of contract opportunities as it launches its next phase of electricity network investment.   A boost early in 2024 by...

NatWest’s app help small firms control energy costs

Banking giant NatWest is offering a digital tool to help the UK’s 5.5 million small businesses save on their energy bills and cut carbon...

Enviromena secures £200 million debt, swells 500MW pipeline

Berkshire-based renewable power developer Enviromena has agreed a £200m debt and construction facility with funders Close Brothers to fund its ambitions of building 500MWs...

Octopus invests £200m in Deep Green data centre heat re-use technology

Octopus Energy’s generation arm today announces a £200 million investment in London-based tech disruptor Deep Green to help it rapidly scale its groundbreaking technology...

HyNet’s two blue hydrogen plants at Stanlow win planners’ approval

Backers of the UK’s leading HyNet cluster for industrial decarbonisation were celebrating today, after council planners approved plans for its first blue hydrogen plants,...

Home heat pump installs rise by a fifth, but linger at 5% of government...

2023 saw a nearly 20% year-on-year jump in home heat pump installations by accredited technicians, record keepers at the Microgeneration Certification Scheme Foundation (MCS)...

GB power prices to remain high, despite drop in short-term forecasts: Cornwall

​​​​​​Analysts Cornwall Insight have cut their short-term power market price forecast by 12%, with average costs for 2024 now predicted to be £113 per...

PV installers welcome easing of rules for solar on historic or protected homes

The solar industry’s biggest trade body has praised the government’s intention to make installing solar panels on listed buildings more straightforward. A review published this...

‘Unapologetically ambitious’: Labour will ‘ramp towards’ £28 bn Green Prosperity Plan, says Starmer

Keir Starmer has repeated his party’s intentions to speed up de-carbonising Britain’s power generation by 2030, and to 'build towards' annual £28 billion of...

Statkraft inks CPPA to supply Workspace from 20MW Devon solar farm

Europe’s biggest renewables generator Statkraft has agreed a ten year corporate PPA to supply a hosted office firm with solar power from the 20MW...

Deutsche welly: Soaring solar & wind boot German renewables past 50% for first time

Germany’s record 14.4 GW of new solar PV capacity installed in 2023 alone helped surging wind to push renewables’ share above 50% for the...

Planners ‘hold back 4.4GW of clean power’, campaigners allege

Infrastructure pressure group Britain Remade claims up to 4.4GW of clean energy projects are being opposed by as many as 70 local councils, many...

Renewables output in 2023 ‘enough to power all UK homes‘, ECIU calculates

Academics at the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit say the 90TWh of electricity generated in 2023 by Britain’s wind, solar and hydro sectors alone...

Developers RES listen to neighbours, tweak design for Kent solar farm

Solar developers RES have revised their planning application for a giant 50MW PV park in Kent, in response to demands from its neighbours. The firm...

Ørsted signals final green light for Hornsea 3

Hornsea 3, at 2.9GW the world’s biggest projected wind farm, has won final construction approval from franchisee Ørsted, the developer’s directors confirmed yesterday in...