Renewables output in 2023 ‘enough to power all UK homes‘, ECIU calculates
Academics at the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit say the 90TWh of electricity generated in 2023 by Britain’s wind, solar and hydro sectors alone...
Developers RES listen to neighbours, tweak design for Kent solar farm
Solar developers RES have revised their planning application for a giant 50MW PV park in Kent, in response to demands from its neighbours.
The firm...
Ørsted signals final green light for Hornsea 3
Hornsea 3, at 2.9GW the world’s biggest projected wind farm, has won final construction approval from franchisee Ørsted, the developer’s directors confirmed yesterday in...
Statkraft buys Inverness’ 450MW pumped hydro battery
Norwegian power giants Statkraft, Europe’s largest renewable power generator, have agreed to buy the Red John Pumped Storage hydro project from Intelligent Land Investments...
Government finds £1.5 billion more for heat pumps, breaks down £6 billion of efficiency...
Ministers today added £1.5 billion to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS), promoting electric pumps as gas' low carbon replacements for warmth.
In helping homes replace...
Octopus boosts global expansion as shareholders come clean with £625 million
Existing backers of privately held Octopus Energy, now ranked as Britain’s biggest supplier of home energy, have today pledged £625 million - $800 million...
NG speeds 175 clean power connections with £90m upgrade on single link
A £90 million upgrade of one West Country power line will now bring forward connections for 175 clean energy ventures by as much as...
Green hydrogen scoops £2bn for industry projects, as pilot falters to convert homes
Energy ministry D-ESNZ has committed to back 11 projects making industrial use of green hydrogen with £2 billion over 15 years.
In return for state...
What makes a successful PPA? – Register for the webinar
What makes a successful PPA? Find out by registering for The Energyst's discussion with Zeigo Power by Schneider Electric on 23rd January 2024. The...
Solar wins VAT battery battle, as PV installs surge towards 2 million homes
Solar electricity campaigners are celebrating success in their struggle to remove VAT from domestic batteries retrofitted to homes already benefitting from PV panels.
Victory in...
Operators pledge 139 GW more next year to speed up grid decarbonisation
Britain's energy network operators have detailed their commitments to speed up generation and storage connections, pledging to deliver all of them during 2024.
Grid companies...
Green power surge: Britain’s cleanest power grid ever
A surge in renewable electricity has helped the UK achieve its cleanest power grid on record, with carbon emissions falling to an all-time quarterly...
ENGIE & Canadian Solar bring two 2-hour grid batteries to Scotland
French-based power supplier ENGIE has signed a deal with green generator Canadian Solar’s e-Storage offshoot to construct two 50MW/100MWh, two-hour duration battery sites in...
Crown Estate preps floating turbines to power 4 million homes
Leasing details set to place Britain at the forefront of the world’s floating offshore power industry were set out today by the seabed’s oversight...
London’s Khan goes halves with private finance, seeks £100 million of EDGE decarb projects
The capital’s mayor Sadiq Khan has announced a new £100 million fund to accelerate London-wide decarbonisation ventures, in partnership with leading green investor Sustainable...
£11 Bn deal draws RWE  & Masdar deeper into Dogger Bank windfarms
UAE state-owned power developer Masdar has signed a deal with German energy company RWE to acquire a 49% stake in the UK’s Dogger Bank...
Every photon helps: Tesco to install solar on 100 more stores before 2027
Mega-retailer and solar power leader Tesco has unveiled plans to install PV arrays on one hundred more of its UK stores in only the...
AFC to debut world’s first ammonia-into-hydrogen pilot cracker
Fuel cell innovators AFC Energy have announced what they claim as the world’s biggest trial plant for producing low carbon hydrogen from ammonia.
Weekly output...
Government lifts planning curbs outside conservation areas for solar PV
Ministers are easing planning restrictions on roofs, in a bid to speed adoption of on-site generation of low carbon solar power.
Industrial roofs and public...
Youngsters’ ignorance of Net Zero sparks fears of skills crisis
Research carried out by youth charity The Prince’s Trust and pollsters Public First finds that only 27 per cent of all young people can...