SSE pays £481 million to tilt at Siemens Gamesa’s sunny windmills
British generator SSE Renewables is set to venture into the Mediterranean wind and solar business, after its purchase today of the southern European assets...
“Horrific” October price surge will threaten mental health, Martin Lewis’s charity tells suppliers
Money-saving expert Martin Lewis' charity linking depression and debt today urges energy retailers to step up support for vulnerable customers during Britain’s long energy...
Capping onshore wind farms at 20 GW “could add £125 to home bills”; ECIU
Leading academic analysts have speculated that failure by the Johnson administration to free up onshore wind parks could add as much as £125 to...
Octopus seeks Suomi wind and solar amid Northern lights
Fast-growing green power investor Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) is deepening its commitment to Finland.
Founded in 2010, the trust boasts generation assets across Europe...
Energy security: D-BEIS itemises cash support for preferred technologies
D-BEIS has followed up on Thursday’s energy security strategy, splitting out the technologies favoured to share the £375 million in subsidies earmarked by the...
No10’s security strategy punts nukes, offshore wind & hydrogen towards 95% clean power by...
The Johnson administration’s strategy for UK energy security released this morning sets a new 2030 deadline for 95% of Britain’s electricity to be carbon-free....
Solar farmers Anesco open Dutch operation
British renewables developer Anesco is powering up international expansion with the launch of its first operation outside the UK.
Wouter Beerten (pictured) joins the company...
“Tear down Government’s policy wall, and get renewables done”, REA tells Johnson
Britain’s long-term energy security depends on the Johnson government stripping out obstacles blocking green power deployment, the Renewable Energy Association is urging.
In the run-up...
Sunak plans California holiday, as energy hikes lead ‘unprecedented’ cost of living crisis
Under-fire millionaire Chancellor Rishi Sunak was today reportedly contemplating an Easter break in California with his billionaire wife, on the morning that 54% energy...
National Grid to pocket £4.2 bn in cash and financing, as its exit proceeds...
National Grid has found a buyer for Britain’s gas pipes and meters, as it continues its retreat from the energy source en route to...
US to source 15 Bn cubic metres of LNG for EU this year, Biden...
Russian supplier Gazprom’s grip on European gas consumers weakened further this morning as US President Joe Biden confirmed to EU Commission head Ursula van...
Chancellor nixes VAT on home solar, heat pumps, turbines & energy efficiency, exempts commercial...
Rishi Sunak’s spring financial statement this lunchtime saw the Chancellor scrapping VAT on home solar, heat pumps and energy efficiency materials for five years,...
Liquidity help urgently needed to ride out Europe’s energy crisis, say traders
An emergency life-raft of time-limited liquidity support is needed if Europe’s wholesale energy markets are to survive the price rollercoaster caused by the globe's...
Hydro schemes dampened by ‘outrageous and illogical’ fee rises, say campaigners
Today, World Water Day, energy campaigners claim that an imminent big fee hike from the Environment Agency will - in its words - put...
Hurry to close ‘widening gaps between aspiration & execution’, NIC warns Johnson
The Johnson administration needs to hasten actions in updating Britain’s energy infrastructure, a high-powered set of independent government advisors has warned.
Gaps are opening up...
Gillian Williamson, first female engineering director at any DNO, takes up role
Electricity North West has made history by appointing Britain's first female engineering director at a distribution network operator.
Gillian Williamson, a chartered engineer, has made...
Every Shell director faces ‘world first’ legal suit over environmental risk
Environmental lawyers Client Earth are suing all 13 directors and non-executive directors of Shell, alleging personal and corporate breach of UK company law in...
Green search engine pinpoints solar PV platform with Euros 20 million
Environmentally-based web search app Ecosia – the internet minnow committed both to paying its taxes & to funding worldwide tree-planting– is investing Euros 20...
Labour commits to 40 GW of solar by 2030, plus Sizewell C & mini...
The Labour Party has sought to steal the Johnson administration’s clothes by putting out its own 5-point strategy to address energy security and the...
Octopus boosts asset base by 90%, buys into turbines in UK, France, Finland &...
To a pre-announced UK joint development deal with Wind2, embracing nine farms in Scotland and Wales, Octopus Renewables is adding a 14.1 MWp onshore...