First Scotwind offshore farm seeks Holyrood’s consent, as Whitelee begins bug hunt
The first development in the winning bids of last year’s 24.8GW ScotWind leasing competition has filed papers seeking planning consent from ministers at Holyrood.
Offshore...
EDF to invest £4.5bn this year in UK low carbon electricity
Nuclear-to-solar-to-wind generator EDF Energy says it is on track to develop £4.5billion-worth of low carbon electricity-making assets in the UK this year.
In its 2023...
Ministers walk Tory tightrope over new wind farms in England
England’s onshore wind developers were today preparing a tentative celebration of the Conservative government finally enacting, twelve months after they promised it, a reversal...
NIMBYs – zombies or creatures of myth? Copper finds resistance to green power may...
Energy NIMBYs – objectors to green power projects close to homes and rural resources – may be far less numerous than developers fear and...
French-owned EDF signs 7 year offtake for 220.5MW wind farm on Ayrshire coalfield
State-owned EDF Energy has signed a seven year power purchase agreement (PPA) with developer Brockwell Energy’s North Kyle project on a former coalfield in...
Whisky stiffens “second life” spinning of rare metals from retired turbines
Scots researchers believe they've mapped a way to recover rare metals vital to rebuild and replace ageing wind turbines. Stereotypically enough, whisky plays a...
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...
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...
“Unfit” planning rules impose “4,700 year wait” to reach onshore wind’s NZ goals: IPPR
A left-of-centre think tank has called for radical overhaul of Britain’s planning laws, if targets for Net Zero energy from onshore wind and solar...
Car parks & industrial roofs “can accommodate government’s solar targets”: UCL researchers
Commercial roofs and urban surfaces such as car parks offer enough room in England alone to accommodate Britain’s targeted expansion of solar PV, without...
Wind beats gas for first time as UK’s top electricity source
Wind turbines have displaced gas for their first sustained period as Britain’s most important single source of power generation, new figures from Imperial College...
Grid sets new low carbon record in April
Britain’s transmission grid set a new low record for carbon intensity last month, tumbling to 33g/kWh on Monday 10 April.
80% of electricity in early...
Paper maker Kimberly-Clark opts for Octopus’ & RES’ on-site green hydrogen
Green hydrogen made on site is set to heat boilers at UK factories making Kleenex, Andrex & Huggies paper products, under an initiative launched...
Renewables & nuke yield over 60 % of UK power during winter
Wind, hydro, nuclear and solar together generated over 60% of Britain’s electricity over five months of the winter, new figures out from RenewableUK state.
Splits...
Quick shot! Britain’s RES to tilt at Spanish windmills
Hertfordshire-based clean energy developers and operators RES Group are entering Spain’s and Portugal’s wind turbine business.
IM FutuRe have inspected and repaired over two thousand...
Onshore wind remains stifled by poor planning rules, 100 activists tell Shapps and Gove
Leading environmentalists and prominent green energy entrepreneurs are confronting ministers Michael Gove and Grant Shapps, pressing them to deliver on freeing up onshore wind...
Good Energy hots up SET rivalry; plans roll-out to 80,000
Long-standing green energy pioneer Good Energy, Britain's biggest voluntary Feed-in Tariff (FiT) administrator with over 80,000 generation customers, has launched a new smart export...
How Green will be my Valley? Wales opts to go 100% renewable as early...
Wales’ devolved government this afternoon declared its intention to meet 100% of the nation’s electricity needs from renewable sources as early as 2035.
Describing the...
NG-ESO puts coal plants on standby again tonight, as suppliers prep DSR cash for...
National Grid ESO has for the second time this winter requested coal-burning power stations to be put on standby, and is asking suppliers to...