How Green will be my Valley? Wales opts to go 100% renewable as early...
Wales’ devolved government this afternoon declared its intention to meet 100% of the nation’s electricity needs from renewable sources as early as 2035.
Describing the...
Solar heat-with-power innovator Naked Energy buffs up, targets Portugal and Greece
“Twin solar” technologists Naked Energy are targeting new EU territories with two distribution deals announced today.
In September the Crawley-based firm, founded in 2009 by...
Whitehall advisor Peter Mather “quits BP”, after ‘conflict of interest’ fears
A senior advisor on government energy policy has reportedly stepped down from the BP payroll, as an investigative news source voiced concerns over a...
Bluefield & Octopus tie up PV deals – though not with each other……
Solar photovoltaics’ progress to ousting planet-cooking hydrocarbon from electricity generation advanced still further this week, exemplified today by Bluefield Solar Income Fund.
The investment vehicle...
‘Intelligent Octopus’ inks charging deal with brand owner of Peugeot, Fiat and Alfa Romeo
Car maker Stellantis, manufacturer of brands including Citroën, Fiat, Jeep, Alfa Romeo and Peugeot, has signed a deal to provide extended charging for its...
Zenobē signs Stateside deal with Japanese partner
Founded only five years ago, the London-based operator says its 235MW of grid-connected batteries in the UK contributes to its status as the largest...
Planners green-light Britain’s biggest battery, and first CCUS plant in Lincs
Innovative generation projects on opposite sides of Britain have this week received planning approval, speeding innovation in the nation’s dispersal and deployment of practical...
Thanks, Vladimir: Solar PV to replace coal as planet’s top power source by 2027,...
Renewables will be the world’s main source of electricity as early as 2027, the United Nations’ energy authority states bluntly today.
In its global survey...
Teachers strike in Scotland, eh?: Canucks pile on to a quarter of SSE’s pylons
Snowy-booted visitors from northern America today descended once again on the snowy-booted electricity engineers of north Britain, as a big Canadian public-sector pension fund...
Britain lags in race for renewables, says new REA study
As Premiership players begin their break over the five weeks of Qatar’s controversial World Cup, away from football Britain already languishes in Europe’s “relegation...
Gas operating profits rise fourfold at SSE during six months to September
Operating profits from the gas and thermal energy division alone of vertically integrated generator-retailer SSE soared to £248million on an adjusted basis in the...
Equans & HM Government prime efficiency start ups with £2 million
Equans, the corporate energy & facilities management advisory offshoot of French-parented power giant Engie, is backing two British start ups in IT, targeting energy...
Italian jobs: Octopus twins with Milan’s Nexta Capital
Octopus Energy Group’s continental European adventure turned south east today, as the renewables mega-developer returned to Italy, unveiling a collaboration deal with Nexta Capital,...
Ofgem: Britain faces possible “gas supply emergency” over winter
Gas supplies to keep the UK’s lights on and homes heated face a ‘significant risk’ of running short this winter, the nation’s energy regulator...
Gresham & Octopus: places in the sun, riffled by a German breeze
Two leading renewables investment funds today turned in sun-kissed, wind-burnished figures for 2022’s first half, storing up wealth for their backers.
Gresham House Energy Storage...
Great British Energy: Labour would launch nationally owned green powerco in Year 1, says...
Sir Keir Starmer today pledged to launch a nationalised clean energy company in competition with existing suppliers and within the first year of a...
Octopus legs it deeper into Lincs, surfaces onshore in Germany
The quoted trust driving expansion for European renewables hyper-investor Octopus reached further into Lincolnshire’s biggest offshore wind farm this morning, at the same time...
Speed up decarb efforts now and save “trillions” by 2050, Oxford study urges ...
Pushing still harder to decarbonise the world’s energy supply by 2050 promises to strip as much as $12 trillion – or £ 10.34 trillion...
“Sun more, up top!” Double-decker bus kit takes biscuit
It always happens. You wait ages for a story about electric buses, and then three come along, all at once.
On the heels of Ulster-based...
SSE Renewables blows into Mediterranean, pays Siemens-Gamesa £528m for 3.8GW of wind plays
Fast-growing SSE Renewables has completed the purchase of Siemens Gamesa’s 3.8GW portfolio of wind projects across southern Europe.
The clean power division of SSE, Scotland’s...