UK’s biggest li-ion recycling plant set to open “within weeks”
Britain’s biggest facility for recycling lithium from batteries along with associated cobalt, manganese and & nickel, moved closer to reality today, as the Environment...
Grid connections “biggest chokepoint” to more offshore wind, says independent champion
Granting Ofgem full legal powers to implement Britain’s Net Zero goals is among much needed steps to speed up connections for marine wind farms...
Paper maker Kimberly-Clark opts for Octopus’ & RES’ on-site green hydrogen
Green hydrogen made on site is set to heat boilers at UK factories making Kleenex, Andrex & Huggies paper products, under an initiative launched...
Good Energy inks its biggest offtake deal from Hornsea 1
Long-standing clean power supplier Good Energy has struck its biggest ever offtake deal for carbon-free electricity, targeting corporate & household customers.
Hornsea 1, operated by...
Brexit bonus? Octopus invests in solar potential of Land of the Rising Sun
Japan was confirmed this morning as British clean electricity generator Octopus Energy’s foothold into more Asian expansion.
Greg Jackson’s privately held behemoth-in-the-making announced today its...
Greencoat UK Solar & Innova ally to develop 5GW of solar & storage
UK solar received yet another boost this morning, as financiers Schroders Greencoat teamed up with developers Innova Renewables to roll out a hoped for...
Industrial heat pumpers Futraheat raise glass to £1.5 million, eye up brewery trial
London-based industrial clean heat start-up Futraheat has closed a £1.5 million investment round led by green investors Clean Growth Fund. A brewery trial of...
Solar-powered electric cars get go-ahead for Northumberland County Council
This includes an 800kW solar photovoltaic (PV) carport array - a combination of solar panels connected to form a large installation which provides weather protection for electric vehicles and generates power -...
Flexibility and plug-and-play for renewable energy
The energy sector is in a state of transition as the world moves to lower carbon power generation. Embracing sustainable resources is key to...
Grid constraints threaten renewable uptake
Demand for renewable energy is soaring, but limited grid capacity is slowing the widespread green electricity adoption, says Vattenfall Network Solution’s Suzanna Lashford
A key...
Solar co-op advances EU’s cash to green up Sussex firms’ power consumption
Brighton Energy, one of Britain’s most far-sighted volunteer-run energy co-operatives, is powering ahead, giving help to small businesses wanting to strip carbon from their...
Anesco breaks ground on four solar farms for Gresham House
The four sites are 50MW Low Farm in Skegness, 20MW Beavor Grange in Devon and two more 20MW farms in Derbyshire and Gloucestershire.
All four...
Renewables leaders hail Hydrogen Champion’s calls on government
Green power generators have welcomed the first report from the government’s ‘hydrogen champion’.
Johnson Matthey executive Jane Toogood was appointed last summer as an independent...
Boiler upgrade drive “fails due to poor Whitehall publicity”, eco-advisers claim
Renewable energy advisors The Eco Experts have joined criticism of the government’s failing Boiler Upgrade Scheme, saying online search data they’ve collated proves the...
1,000 London projects by 2030 targeted for citizen-owned renewables
Activists in London’s energy co-operatives have unveiled plans to spark up citizen-owned clean electricity generation on 1,000 buildings in the capital this decade, upping...
High power prices slow firms’ investment & recruitment, 2,300 tell ABB
Sustained high energy prices are deterring spending by large and small companies on recruitment, training and investment in productivity upgrades, research commissioned by multinationational...
Scots tidal pioneers take first spin in French waters
Edinburgh-based multinational marine generators Nova Innovation have successfully installed their tidal technology in the Étel Estuary, bringing their 100 kW turbine to France for...
Government’s £205 m fifth round CfD allocation “too low”, say green investors
Renewables investors have attacked as inadequate the government’s earmarking of £205 million for its latest Contracts for Difference bidding round.
The figure was revealed by...
VAT-exempt batteries: Solar industry hails Budget breakthrough
Leaders of the UK’s thousands of solar installers were today hailing a rare lobbying win conceded by the Treasury.
Among measures related to the spring...
Ceres trials its green H2 tech with Linde & Bosch
Clean energy innovators Ceres Power Holdings have signed up with chemical giant Linde Engineering & industrial leviathan Bosch to pilot a 1 MW green...