‘Technical Limits’ slashes 80 months off renewable projects’ hook-up delays, NG claims

Electricity networks in England and Wales have enabled grid connection dates offered to over 200 clean energy projects to be brought forward, the National...

Now UKPN trumpets its speed-up of new renewables connections

UK Power Networks, England’s biggest distribution network operator, is the latest to put numbers to accelerated connection of new low carbon assets across its...

House builders still dragging feet over heat pumps in new build homes, survey finds

Britain’s volume home builders are still under-performing badly against the need to include low carbon heat pumps as standard in newly built houses, figures...

Vood you believe it? Germany debuts world’s first lumber-sourced turbine blades

The sustainability of materials used to generate electricity through wind power took a step forward today, as a German manufacturer announced a prototype turbine...

“Generational change”, as much as losses, spins turbine boss out of the door

Jochen Eickholt, pictured, head of turbine maker-in-a-spin Siemens Gamesa, is to quit both his post and the company this summer, the victim of restructuring...

Hive & Daikin team up to integrate heat pumps with smart home tech

Advanced home technology provider Hive and heat pump maker Daikin have announced a long-term collaboration to make Net Zero easier by helping customers control...

Can-ada-do: Octopus’ service platform takes toehold in New Brunswick

Kraken, the fast-growing utility service provider at the heart of Britain’s Octopus Energy, has signed its first licencing deal in Canada. Headed by Devrim Celal,...

Insurers Lloyds smile on hydrogen to replace freighters’ diesel

Prospects for hydrogen as a fuel for sea freight took a step forward today, with news that key marine insurers Lloyd’s Register has agreed...

Solar farms ‘no threat to food security’, PV industry tells Coutinho

Industry lobbyists Solar Energy UK have welcomed a parliamentary statement today by D-ESNZ chief Claire Coutinho, - pictured - as confirmation that existing land...

Elicio and BayWa r.e. win world’s first commercial floating offshore wind tender 

Elicio, international wind energy producer, and BayWa r.e., renewable energy developer and solutions provider, has won the AO5 tender in France to develop the...