Local energy co-ops to benefit from Whitehall’s new £10 million renewables pot
Communities across England will be supported in setting up local energy projects, thanks to a new £10 million government fund.
Both urban and rural communities...
Developer applies to set 14 turbines on hills overlooking Caerphilly
Welsh renewables firm Bute Energy is seeking planners' signoff of its Twyn Hywel Energy Park, a development of national significance, near Pontypridd.
The Twyn Hywel...
Energy groups welcome government’s biomass strategy
Seven trade groups representing suppliers & customers of biomass-based heat & power have welcomed the government’s plans to speed up Britain’s adoption of biomass...
As 2024’s cheapest electricity source, solar PV “challenges Net Zero opponents”: SEUK
Whitehall’s confirmation that solar farms are the cheapest way to power Britain is "a wake-up call for opponents of Net Zero", says trade body...
Brighton Energy co-op raises £700k in a month from small investors
The growing appetite of small UK investors to put their money into local volunteer-led local energy co-operatives was demonstrated again today, as one of...
Tory voters “support by 71 to 6” green upgrades to strip UK grids of...
Nearly two-thirds of all Britons - or 64% - support the development of new greening improvements to Britain's electricity grids, designed to speed decarbonisation...
£3 million offered before 22 August to energy co-ops & community campaigners
Ofgem’s Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme opened this week for its fifth round of grant-making. Community campaigners & leaders of the UK's nearly 400...
Winser points way to halving connection delays to “mere” seven years
Paying communities & homeowners to accept new power lines, could follow from a radical shake-up released today, intended to free up Britain’s chronically congested...
Government boosts CFD pot to £227 million for AR5, up £22 million
Energy secretary Grant Shapps has responded to developers' criticism, and found an inflation-matching sum of £22 million, to boost this autumn's latest round in...
Shine, together: Ethex hosts share floats to flip solar farms into co-operative ownership
Co-operative investment platform Ethex is hosting a £2.5 million share float for small investors, designed to convert seven commercial solar farms – four of...
Plant hire partners puff hydrogen gensets for building sites
Surrey-based AFC Energy last year launched its H-Power Generators, designed to offer zero emissions electricity to run drills, lifts and tools on building sites.
Later...
British Gas’ nine-fold hike in profits sparks rage
Centrica. the parent of leading UK supplier British Gas Energy, today posted half year operating profits for 2023’s first six months of £2.1 billion,...
Ofgem’s reform broom: “sharp practice” curbs on business supply, capital thresholds for home retailers
Britain’s energy regulator today introduced its widest-ever raft of reforms in heat and power supply, aiming to lift standards of customer service, curbing sharp...
Politicians’ NZ inaction “drives energy contractors back into booming oil & gas”; report
Uncertainty surrounding politicians’ messaging over Net Zero and a lack of good projects in green energy are leading energy enablers & service suppliers to...
Schroders Greencoat’s 25% purchase values London Array at £2.89 billion
Investors Greencoat UK Wind plc are buying Orsted's quarter stake in the London Array offshore wind farm, aided by other funds also managed by...
Kimberly-Clark’s Coleshill, Flint mill to run on green hydrogen, not Welsh coal or flint
A joint venture formed by Octopus Energy Generation and solar- and wind-power electricity developers RES is seeking planners’ permission to run the Welsh operations...
Solar energy innovators Naked buff up with Baltic partners
British solar engineering innovators Naked Energy have signed their latest European distribution deal with Axioma Service, Lithuania‘s leading provider of comprehensive engineering services.
Linking generation of electricity...
Octopus stretches seawards, targets £15 billion of turbines by 2030
The generation arm of renewables mega-investors Octopus Energy today announced its intention to splash a massive £15 billion – or $ 20 billion -...
ENW is first DNO to publish minigeneration hubs as small as 50kW
Electricity North West has become the first DNO to offer for public inspection its register of embedded capacity, listing all mini-generation plant in its...
Octopus extends Zero Bill homes concept, aims for 10,000 by 2025
Britain’s second largest energy supplier has found a new partner in its dream to deliver 10,000 new energy bill-free homes before 2025.
Octopus Energy is...