The government should set an ambitious goal of nearly tripling the UK’s solar power capacity to 40GW by the end of this decade,…
Continue Reading2,000 homes in Kingston upon Thames, Southwest London could soon be heated with energy captured from sewage in a pioneering low-carbon district heating…
Continue ReadingHalf of UK Electricity Could Be From Renewables by Next Year
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Half of the UK’s electricity generation could be powered by renewables from the end of 2022 if the government creates the right policy…
Continue ReadingAs Storm Darcy blasted the UK with biting winds and inches of snow, wind farms went into overdrive, hitting a new generation record…
Continue ReadingOil and gas majors BP and Total were among winners of Britain’s first major auction for offshore wind farm leases in nearly a…
Continue ReadingRenewables to Be World’s Dominant Power Supply by 2025, IEA Says
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Globally, renewables will be the dominant source of electricity generation by 2025 “at the latest,” ending coal’s 50-year reign, the International Energy Agency…
Continue ReadingEcotricity to Source Geothermal Electricity
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Renewable energy supplier Ecotricity has reached a “pioneering” agreement to purchase electricity derived from the hot granite rocks in Cornwall, marking the first…
Continue ReadingTyne and Wear Village to Be First on Public Gas Grid to Use Hydrogen
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More than 650 homes in a small village near Newcastle will become the first in the UK to be heated with a mixture…
Continue ReadingSSE Targets Tripling of Renewable Generation by 2030
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SSE is close to approving investment in the world’s largest offshore wind farm, part of its goal to triple its renewable energy generation…
Continue ReadingHydrogen-burning boilers have been installed in specially built demonstration homes in Northumbria to show the feasibility of the zero-carbon gas for home heating.
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