REA honours Octopus’ Jackson & Net Zero reviewer Skidmore
Octopus co-founder Greg Jackson and Chris Skidmore MP, Conservative reviewer of the Johnson administration’s low carbon plans, pictured, have received awards from trade body...
National Grid taps £540k social fund, puts first solar panels on a school
The regional DNO operation of Britain’s privatised National Grid has chipped in £10,000 towards its first ever direct solar PV installation, generating now on...
Ukraine trio spur Scottish Power towards Net Zero
Scottish Power’s call for 1,000 new recruits to speed up the UK's journey to Net Zero has been answered by a trio of skilled...
Europe “back on track to build 30GW of solar kit by 2025”: industry chiefs
Continental Europe is back on course to re-build its manufacturing capacity in solar panels and inverters beyond 30GW as early as 2025, industry experts...
Octopus “mass-roofs” street with solar PV, embraces Community Energy
Green power innovators Octopus Energy have completed their first ever venture into community energy, by roofing more than a dozen homes in one East...
NG zooms for industry views to speed renewables hook-ups
National Grid ESO has opened its latest round of consultation events, aimed at tapping industry wisdom to speed up connections for new renewables generators.
Over...
Co-ops hail Starmer’s “turbo-charging” of volunteers’ & Town Halls’ renewables
Community Energy England, the Renewable Energy Association and a leading advocate of collective ownership of power assets have welcomed Labour’s £400 million pledge today of...
Downing whets (sic) Southern Water’s solar ambitions with £12 million
Investment management firm Downing is backing Southern Water with around £12 million to build 12 new solar electricity facilities to run the utility’s treatment...
Thumbs up for THOM, as Chameleon colours in heat pump picture
A consortium of innovators led by energy pioneers Chameleon Technology has secured government cash to smooth Britain's installation of heat pumps. Reassuring consumers &...
ECIU: Freeze new N Sea gas now, and make up 2030’s power loss from...
A halt now to licencing new North Sea gas would lose UK electricity production in 2030 easily replaced with the output of an average-sized...
Energy groups hit back at mangled media messages
Two examples of off-beam journalism about clean energy have drawn counterblasts from practitioners’ representatives.
Screened on Monday, a 'Panorama' examination of Britain’s supposed unpreparedness for...
Solar power from space: Shapps pumps cash to tech-enablers
Solar electricity made on satellites orbiting the Earth may be beamed down to Britain soon, if a £4.3 million government spending round announced today...
Cancel coal-ture: “Pay customers, not coal burners”, Octopus tells NG
Octopus Energy is demanding National Grid ESO stops asking generators to burn coal, and instead uses consumer flexibility as a cheaper, low carbon alternative.
At...
London’s Mayor & Arup announce “Roofs Designed to Cool” plan to fend off heat
A big expansion of solar panels in Britain’s capital city, with buildings retrofitted to reflect summer heat, are the centrepiece of a study by...
Community Energy Fortnight celebrates Britain’s 300+ power co-operatives
Volunteers seeking to advance citizen control of Britain’s burgeoning clean power sector have begun celebrating events this Community Energy Fortnight.
Tours of community-owned electricity generators...
Circular economy: Offshore turbine firms ally to recycle blades, strip carbon from steel
Wind power generator Ørsted and turbine maker Vestas are partnering in an industry-first recycling deal, aimed at minimising the environmental impact of future offshore...
“Unfit” planning rules impose “4,700 year wait” to reach onshore wind’s NZ goals: IPPR
A left-of-centre think tank has called for radical overhaul of Britain’s planning laws, if targets for Net Zero energy from onshore wind and solar...
Regulator bans Shell ads over alleged ‘greenwashing’
Britain's advertising watchdog has banned adverts by energy giant Shell on television and on YouTube, saying they gave a misleading impression of the size of...
Flow control firm & SGN partner over gas grids’ hydrogen readiness
The companies will work together as part of the operator's LTS Futures project, designed to verify the compatibility of Britain’s local transmission system (LTS)...
From install to export: how to make the most of an energy generation asset
By Vish Sharma, Head of Power Purchase Agreements at npower Business Solutions
With increasing organisational focus on environmental responsibility, and with security of supply and...