Cutting out the carb(on)s: developer un-wastes energy at Derby low-carbon food cluster

Supported by waste-to-energy innovators Veolia, industrial estate developers SmartParc are lightening the carbon load by 30,000 tonnes a year for a revolutionary food-processing complex...

The clean heat is on: Racks of data servers to render scores of thousands...

Data barns full of humming, heating computer servers are to be piloted as heat sources running district heat networks, energy ministry D-ESNZ confirmed today. Scores...

Green hydrogen offers up to £ 11 billion savings for UK plc, industrialists calculate

A new study backed by top manufacturers including Tata Steel, Air Products & Airbus has found nearly £11 billion of economic and environmental benefits...

Co-op a look, Donald! UK’s biggest community-owned wind farm half way to spinning citizen-controlled...

Four of eight permitted turbines have now been erected at a pioneering new wind farm in Kirkoswald, Ayrshire, on Scotland’s south west coast. Together rated...

Good Energy debuts hourly-based matching for business customers

In an industry first, low carbon power pioneer Good Energy is stepping up its anti-greenwash campaign, launching to its enterprise customers current time-matched to...

Centrica’s £65m strengthens Gresham’s & UKIB’s joint pledge on storage

Manager of green energy assets Gresham House and the state-owned UK Infrastructure Bank have confirmed their six-month old partnership to invest in collocated renewable...

50GW target for offshore wind this decade ‘will be missed’, Cornwall warns

The government will likely miss its goal for 50GW of offshore wind capacity operating by 2030, new calculations from respected consultants Cornwall Insight predict. ...

Sheep may safely graze on Enviromena farm at Bryngolwg, Rhigos in… which country?

Clean power services firm Enviromena have energised their first solar farm in Wales, on Bryngolwg Farm in Rhigos, Aberdare. Sparking up of the 30-acre plot...

Renewables firms turn up heat in Ohio and in Lithuania

Two UK-based innovators in the renewable energy space are stretching their wings, both westwards and eastwards. Oxford-headquartered Velocys, convertors of end-of-life plastics into sustainable aviation...

Amazon primes 39 new renewables projects in Europe this year, delivers 1GW

More solar PV atop its UK distribution centres and data warehouses is among 1GW of new renewable generating capacity added by Amazon so far...

Switch2 Energy celebrates wins at two industry awards

Yorkshire-based Switch2 Energy, a provider of district and community heating systems, has been honoured with two prestigious awards. The Shipley-headquartered company’s ICON connected heat interface...

0800 Repair dials up efficiency gong

Customer service delivery operation 0800 Repair, part of energy & waste management combine PHS, has been recognised at the prestigious National Energy Efficiency Awards. The...

ENW awards community funds to North West volunteer groups

Volunteers in community energy co-ops in the North West are sharing more than £80,000 to support the region’s needs in energy use and transition. Grid...

Three year payback on PV system serving Yorkshire hospice

A 73 kWp solar photovoltaic system installed on a Pontefract hospice is set to save £20,000 a year on energy bills, paying for itself...

Konnichiwa, Kraken ! ‘Ows tha doin‘, Coventry?   

Staff at fast-growing Octopus Energy were today celebrating two business successes, saluting separately the mystical Orient and the somewhat less mystical West Midlands of...

Crikey & Thunder! Pom solar boffins go Dutch on Outback jalopy jaunt

Solar electricity innovators Oxford PV are deploying their patented perovskite-on-silicon tandem cells for the first time as an automotive power source, motivating the Top...

Octopus winds down £90 m of Polish wind, Leg-ias it out of Warsaw

Octopus’ asset holding investment trust ORIT has signed conditional terms, enabling it to reap substantial profits on two Polish wind farms. Net proceeds of the...

Breaking news:  Emissions scheme to reduce sale of carbon allowances

Energy-intensive industries will be incentivised to reach their lowest-ever level of carbon emissions, under detailed plans published by the UK government & devolved administrations...

SME-to-SME trades of clean solar power ‘cuts bills by up to 90%’ on Suffolk...

Over 140 companies on an industrial estate in Mildenhall, Suffolk, reckon their local market trading low carbon electricity is slashing bills by between 20%...

Turkish turbine to spin extra hours into RheEnergise’s long-term storage trial

Innovators of long-term power storage RheEnergise have signed a turbine purchase contract to advance their demonstrator project near Plymouth. From Turkish supplier Hydropower Engineering, RheEnergise...