Europe’s solar chiefs grasp issue of slave labour among China’s Uyghurs
The EU’s solar panel makers and importers have launched their first ever code of ethical conduct, positioning the industry towards cutting out PV panels...
How independent generators can meet business demand for renewable energy
By Vish Sharma, Head of Power Purchase Agreements at npower Business Solutions
Wholesale energy price volatility, coupled with an increasing focus on reducing carbon emissions,...
National Grid’s £1.8 billion half year profits a “sham”, says union boss
Underlying profits of £1.8 billion announced today by National Grid for this year’s first half are a "sham", according to the head of Unite,...
G.Network takes delivery of 100 Maxus electric vans
London-based G.Network has acquired 100 Maxus eLCVs to be used by its field engineers as they travel around the capital connecting homes and businesses...
Government’s wavering snags flex markets & thus Net Zero, REA concludes
Compared to our European neighbours, the UK has some of the most ambitious energy targets this decade, but faces almost unrivalled problems in reaching...
Hydrogen hopes: Rolls-Royce trios up to probe gas’s potential from small nukes
Small nuclear reactors (SMRs) as sources of low-carbon hydrogen fit to decarbonise industry and to fuel vehicles are the focus of an engineering partnership...
Electric Tevva truck to drive skills at Mira
Mira Technology Institute (MTI) has taken delivery of a new Tevva battery-electric truck, that will enable students and apprentices to see how the technology...
Charles booed by eco-protesters, as King’s Speech confirms bill to pump more fossil fuels
King Charles was reportedly booed by environmentalists as he and Camilla, the queen-consort left Parliament this morning after he delivered the King’s Speech.
Confirmed in...
Roofs shine over school & Shoreham port, as Brighton Energy Co-op raises £700k in...
Sussex-centred green power volunteers Brighton Energy Co-operative have given the lie to fears of "investor fatigue” in raising funds for accountable, socially engaged power...
Arriva orders 34 Wrightbus Electroliners for London
Arriva London has placed an order with Wrightbus for 34 more double deck battery electric StreetDeck Electroliners for delivery in early 2024.
These buses will...
NG drops checks on 20GW of battery plug-ins, pledges “6 Hinkley Cs” of quicker...
Backbone electricity shifter National Grid ESO today pledged cuts as high as four years in delays to connect up to 20GW of utility-scale storage,...
AI second-guesses power cuts on SP’s network
Artificial intelligence has made its operational debut on a British electricity grid.
Distributed switches & cables managers SP Energy Networks are claiming a UK first...
Britain & Germany ink accord on renewables & de-carbing buildings
Energy leaders of Europe’s two biggest economies have pledged to share knowledge on expanding renewable power and pushing harder to strip carbon from factories...
Cutting out the carb(on)s: developer un-wastes energy at Derby low-carbon food cluster
Supported by waste-to-energy innovators Veolia, industrial estate developers SmartParc are lightening the carbon load by 30,000 tonnes a year for a revolutionary food-processing complex...
The clean heat is on: Racks of data servers to render scores of thousands...
Data barns full of humming, heating computer servers are to be piloted as heat sources running district heat networks, energy ministry D-ESNZ confirmed today.
Scores...
Cornwall: 15 more months of price cap pain
The Israel-Hamas conflict, strikes at an LNG conversion plant in Australia & disruptions to the Finnish Balticonnector are among causes set to keep predicted...
Dudley to host 37 new EV charging points
A project to install 37 new on-street electric vehicle charging points across Dudley is to begin at the end of this year.
The charge points...
Mark McAllister confirmed as new Ofgem chair
Britain's top nuclear scrutineer Mark McAllister was today confirmed as the incoming chair of energy regulator Ofgem, following endorsement by Parliament’s energy select committee.
Currently...
27 new licences to be awarded for N Sea fossil fuels. Green groups react...
Environmental organisations have slammed news that Britain’s oil licencing body is sifting through 115 applications to dig more hydrocarbons out of the North Sea...
Green hydrogen offers up to £ 11 billion savings for UK plc, industrialists calculate
A new study backed by top manufacturers including Tata Steel, Air Products & Airbus has found nearly £11 billion of economic and environmental benefits...