Zenobē signs Stateside deal with Japanese partner
Founded only five years ago, the London-based operator says its 235MW of grid-connected batteries in the UK contributes to its status as the largest...
UK floating turbines bob to all-time high
British investment in floating offshore wind schemes has hit record highs, buoyed by worldwide enthusiasm for the technology, a report out today reveals.
Experts at...
H2 trick! Carlton nets third hub, secures consent for City’s green gas plant serving...
Manchester’s third hat-trick in 24 hours arrived this morning, as innovators Carlton Power announced planning clearance for the North West’s first low-carbon hydrogen hub.
Trafford...
Solar chiefs to PM: Get real, and un-Truss more land for PV
Bosses of Britain’s busy solar sector today gave the government food for thought, urging solar sceptic Liz Truss to get behind the industry.
Representatives of...
More solar “clearly in Treasury’s interest”, say lobbyists urging price reforms
Liz Truss’ new steps to curb soaring energy prices mean expanding Britain’s installed base of solar generation makes more sense than ever, trade body...
Investors Next Energy Solar Fund and Bluefield hike quarterly asset valuations
NextEnergy Solar Fund and Bluefield Solar Income Fund today separately signal to LSE followers quarterly rises in net asset value of 8.2% and 10%...
Octopus & public pension fund partners buy 12.5% of world’s biggest windfarm
Renewables mega-investor Octopus Energy Group is teaming up to pay a combined £400 million for a one-eighth stake in Hornsea One, the world’s biggest...
Climate scientists: Johnson administration talking big, under-delivering on carbon transition
Britain’s path to net zero is being imperilled by the Johnson’s government’s over-reliance on long-term targets, market mechanisms, unproven new technology’, and not enough...
Floating offshore wind: Britain leads the world
The UK leads every other nation possessing a coastline in our innovation of floating wind turbines, both in numbers of operating spinners, and in...
Mitie buys installer Custom Solar for £12.4 million
Facilities and buildings management leader Mitie has bought PV installers Custom Solar, it told investors today.
The fee for the company based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire,...
First time solar developer Conrad Energy has 45MWp PV farm approved near Hereford
Planners in rural Herefordshire have praised an application they’ve approved for a giant 45MWp solar farm.
Debutant developer Conrad Energy’s application for the 120 acre...
Surrey solar array to electrify students
One fifth of the University of Surrey’s electricity may flow from its own 12.2MWp solar farm as early as 2024.
Land at Blackwell Farm, on...
Sunshine on Leith – and up to 6 GW of new PV arrays –...
Scotland could be in for an imminent bonanza in skilled jobs, care of clean, quickly deployed and popular solar power.
In his novel ‘Blandings Castle’,...
Graze expectations: Birds, bees, bugs & biodiversity bigged up in new solar guide
Wild creatures munching grass and sipping nectar from flowers flourishing on pesticide-free ground beneath solar arrays are the focus of a guide just released...
Dawidosky completes management revolution at turbine makers Siemens Gamesa
Turbine-maker-in-a-spin Siemens Gamesa has appointed Tim Dawidowsky as its new chief operating officer.
The Hispano-German combine last month hired new CEO Jochen Eickholt in a...
Towering in-farm-o: V-FAST gorges on vertical feast
Vertical, temperature-controlled, giant indoor fruit and veg farms powered by Scottish renewables are the vision of a four-company consortium announced today.
Power storage and clean...
Plots for Kilowatts: Octopus ups pressure on nimbys
In an initiative this morning certain to provoke rural Conservative MPs, but probably to be welcomed even by shire-dwellers, onshore wind champions Octopus Energy...
Labour commits to 40 GW of solar by 2030, plus Sizewell C & mini...
The Labour Party has sought to steal the Johnson administration’s clothes by putting out its own 5-point strategy to address energy security and the...
“To the roofs, and beyond!” Lockdowns can’t stop record 2021 for UK solar
Solar bosses are today hailing 2021 as another record-busting twelve months for clean PV-generated power. Figures just released prove gigawatts of the speedily deployed...