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.
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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...
Swedish heat pump maker commits £300 million to UK, intends 8,000 jobs
Swedish-based heat pump manufacturer Aira has launched in Britain, promising to invest £300 million before 2027, en route to sighing up one million homes...
Global competition ‘jeopardises investment in UK renewables’: Cornwall Insight
Growing competition from the US and the EU for investment in renewable energy could divert crucial financing away from the UK, slowing the nation's...
King’s College Chapel welcomes solar panels to its roof
King’s College Chapel, a Grade I listed building at Cambridge University, and for many the starting point of every English Christmas, is benefitting from...
Iberdrola commits £12 billion to UK over next five years
The parent company of Scottish Power has pledged to invest £12 billion in Britain between now and 2028.
Spanish giant Iberdrola, reputedly Europe’s biggest utility...
Lightsource BP pre-funds Spanish solar farms, targetting SMEs with a grouped PPA
British-based international solar developer Lightsource BP is launching Europe’s first raft of multi-buyer power purchasing agreements (PPAs) serving small and medium sized firms.
Half-owned since...
Co-op primes 15 year divi from Yorkshire solar farm
Britain’s biggest co-operative society the Co-op has signed a 15 year power purchase deal to draw all the output from a Yorkshire solar farm.
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Renewables connections ‘to take wing’ as Chancellor puts £960m behind Winser recommendations
The government is pumping £960 million into a radical upgrading of Britain’s creaking grid, with chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirming ministers’ acceptance of measures proposed...
BA takes good care of government’s £9m, lifts cleaner wings with SAF partners
An aviation partnership led by British Airways has secured funding totalling £9 million from the government’s Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) competition.  The grant clears...
Octopus’ ‘heavenly wind’ to fan £3 Billion into Europe’s offshore turbines
The generation arm of internationally expanding Octopus Energy today announced its first ever dedicated investment drive focused on offshore wind, primed with capital from...
Heat pumps bamboozle Brits, as misunderstandings & manipulations abound
Urban myths that refuse to die continue to slow heat pumps’ take-up in Britain’s homes, new research from supplier Good Energy has found.
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D-ESNZ pushes 2024’s CfD caps higher in quest of renewables boost
The government today confirmed increases of 50 per cent and higher in Contract for Difference ceiling prices offered to next year’s projects bidding to...