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...
Onshore wind supported by 80% of Brits, as renewables resisters change minds or die
Britons’ resistance to renewable energy continues to weaken even among the old, the government’s long-term tracking study of public attitudes indicates.
A combined 87% of...
No10’s security strategy punts nukes, offshore wind & hydrogen towards 95% clean power by...
The Johnson administration’s strategy for UK energy security released this morning sets a new 2030 deadline for 95% of Britain’s electricity to be carbon-free....
Half-price green power near wind turbines? ”Yes, please”, say 87% of Brits polled ...
Clean electricity halved in price would persuade nearly nine out of ten British households to have an onshore wind turbine located in their postcode,...
Vestas bags big Scots order while rival looks to new boss for ‘turnaround’
Danish engineer Vestas has landed an order to supply eight of its biggest turbines for the onshore Greengairs East wind farm near Caldercruix, south...
Chancellor nixes VAT on home solar, heat pumps, turbines & energy efficiency, exempts commercial...
Rishi Sunak’s spring financial statement this lunchtime saw the Chancellor scrapping VAT on home solar, heat pumps and energy efficiency materials for five years,...
Wind farms to pay back £660 million, as levies lead to lower costs
Britain’s investment in renewables, supported by ‘green levies’ on energy bills, is lowering electricity costs, with some of Britain’s oldest, more expensive wind projects...
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...
Octopus boosts asset base by 90%, buys into turbines in UK, France, Finland &...
To a pre-announced UK joint development deal with Wind2, embracing nine farms in Scotland and Wales, Octopus Renewables is adding a 14.1 MWp onshore...
Solar & wind farms pumping green hydrogen? Octopus and BayWa set up homes together
Low-carbon hydrogen electrolysed onsite at Britain’s solar & wind farms moved from vision to incipient reality this week, as clean power developers BayWa r.e....
Solar: Good Energy quits generation, SSE snaps up first PV project
The sun rose this morning on a changing solar landscape across Britain, as clean energy pioneer Good Energy quit generation and renewables super-developer SSE...
Brits’ noses and bairns’ b*ms to be wiped clean, thanks to Octopus’ wind
Flexible renewables mega-developer Octopus has squirted ink onto paper, wrapping up a deal with paper-maker Kimberly-Clark, for supply of clean power from its Lanarkshire...
Onshore wind: Octopus commits up to £10 million to develop in Wales & Scotland
Octopus Renewable Investment Trust says it has already invested £2.5 million in the first of nine newly formed joint venture companies for projects. ORIT...
Capping onshore wind farms at 20 GW “could add £125 to home bills”; ECIU
Leading academic analysts have speculated that failure by the Johnson administration to free up onshore wind parks could add as much as £125 to...
Contracts for Difference auctions open: AR4 “bigger than all the rest”
Power developers in clean tidal, solar, and wind technologies jumped at the starting gun today, competing for a slice of the government’s record £285...
Octopus to Canada’s civil servants: ‘Ta for your $300 million. More coming, eh?’
Christmas arrived early today for Octopus Energy Group, as Britain’s fast-growing generator-retailer commanding nearly 6% of domestic power accounts welcomed a $300 million equity...
Vestas manages recovery from ‘LockBit’ cyber attack
Three weeks after suffering an attempted cyber attack for ransom, turbine maker Vestas is battling to define the extent of data theft. It is...
Energy activists supply premium clothing brand
Energy Garden, a network of community energy projects in London, from next month will supply renewable electricity to two outlets of Patagonia, the upmarket...
Begorrah and be-Bezos! Amazon to off-take Ørsted’s wind power from Ulster turbines
A yet-to-be-built 16 MW wind farm at Ballykeel, Northern Ireland saw its business case gold-plated today, as developer Ørsted pledged to sell the planned...