Energy company SSE and the Scottish government have won a lengthy legal battle against a conservation charity to permit the building of a…
Continue ReadingPwC: a Third of Solar Jobs Lost in Past Year Due to Subsidy Cuts
Written by Danny Lord in Renewable Energy
A report compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Solar Trade Association (STA) has found that over 12,000 jobs in the solar industry have been…
Continue ReadingEDF Expected to Make Final Investment Decision on Hinkley Next Week
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Largely state-owned energy company EDF announced this week that it plans to make the final decision on the future of the Hinkley Point…
Continue ReadingNAO Warns of Cost of Cut to Carbon Capture and Storage Scheme
Written by Danny Lord in CCS Climate Change Government Policy
The National Audit Office has warned that the government’s decision to scrap a carbon capture and storage plan in the name of saving…
Continue ReadingGoogle Cuts Energy Use at Data Centres Using AI
Written by Danny Lord in Climate Change Electricity Renewable Energy
Using technology developed by one of their recent acquisitions, Google claim to have cut down energy usage at their large data centres.
Continue ReadingThe UN’s special envoy for climate change, Mary Robinson, has criticised the UK and Germany’s continued subsidising of fossil fuel program as going…
Continue ReadingQuarterly investment in renewable energy firms has increased since the start of 2016, but is still below the record highs set in 2015,…
Continue ReadingWorkers on Royal Dutch Shell’s Brent oilfield platforms in the North Sea voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action over disagreements about the…
Continue ReadingUN: Theresa May Must Maintain Government Support for Fight Against Climate Change
Written by Danny Lord in Climate Change Government Policy
The chief executive of a UN’s Sustainable Energy for All Initiative has warned that newly appointed Prime Minister Theresa May must take action…
Continue ReadingCoal use in Sharp Decline as Renewables Increase
Written by Danny Lord in Government Policy Renewable Energy
The latest Electricity Market Summary from analysts EnAppSys shows that the coal use in the UK has continued to plummet as use of…
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