Renewable resources supplied a record 37.1% of the UK’s power last year, up from 33.1% in 2018, the government’s latest Digest of UK…
Continue ReadingOffshore Wind Could Soon Pay Money Back to UK Billpayers
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Renewable Energy
Offshore wind power is now so cheap it could return money to British households and bring down electricity bills by the middle of…
Continue ReadingPhase Out Gas Boilers by 2025 to Meet Net-Zero Goal, CBI Says
Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy
The UK must stop installing new gas boilers within five years or its goal of hitting net-zero emissions is “doomed,” a commission convened…
Continue ReadingVodafone Aims to Power Mobile Network with Renewables by 2021
Written by Lauren Smith in Mobile Renewable Energy
Vodafone has announced plans to run its entire European mobile network on 100% renewable electricity by no later than next July, as part…
Continue ReadingThe government has given Swedish utility firm Vattenfall the green light to develop a mammoth wind farm off the coast of Norfolk.
Continue ReadingGovernment Announces Extension to Renewable Heat Incentive
Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy
The government will give households and businesses more time to deploy low-carbon heating systems that qualify under the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) after…
Continue ReadingPeterborough has more solar arrays than any other UK city, with one in 10 homes fitted with the renewable energy technology.
Continue ReadingGood Energy Hits Out at OVO’s Green Credentials
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers Renewable Energy
Renewable supplier Good Energy has mounted an attack against OVO, an energy company which has grown rapidly on a foundation of dubious green…
Continue ReadingGas Firms Call on Government to Unlock £900m in Investment in Green Gas Grid
Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy
The UK’s five gas network companies, Cadent, National Grid, NGN, SGN, and Wales & West Utilities, have called for £904 million in investment…
Continue ReadingWind Farms Paid £9.3 Million to Disconnect from Grid
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Renewable Energy
Wind farms across England and Scotland were handed £9.3 million to switch off their turbines on Friday, to balance supply and demand and…
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