France and Norway feed UK’s return to net electricity imports

2023’s opening quarter saw an end to the UK’s previous nine months as a net exporter of power, energy data analysts EnAppSys have revealed. The...

Wind beats gas for first time as UK’s top electricity source

Wind turbines have displaced gas for their first sustained period as Britain’s most important single source of power generation, new figures from Imperial College...

Car parks & industrial roofs “can accommodate government’s solar targets”: UCL researchers

Commercial roofs and urban surfaces such as car parks offer enough room in England alone to accommodate Britain’s targeted expansion of solar PV, without...

Energy groups welcome government’s biomass strategy

Seven trade groups representing suppliers & customers of biomass-based heat & power have welcomed the government’s plans to speed up Britain’s adoption of biomass...

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...