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'The sky's the limit': How 'cheap, abundant' renewables could boot fossil fuels from the electricity sector by mid-2030s
'The sky's the limit': How 'cheap, abundant' renewables could boot fossil fuels from the electricity sector by mid-2030s

Carbon Tracker study finds solar and wind energy potential is 100 times as much as global energy demand

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  • 23 April 2021
Bridgestone and Lightyear team up for long-range solar powered car venture
Bridgestone and Lightyear team up for long-range solar powered car venture

The electric vehicle boasts an 'unprecedented' 725km range powered by solar roof panels and is set for launch to market later in 2021

  • Technology
  • 23 April 2021
Amazon orders up wave of record-breaking renewables projects
Amazon orders up wave of record-breaking renewables projects

Company says plans for nine new utility scale wind and solar projects make it world's largest purchaser of renewable power

  • Energy
  • 19 April 2021
'Good news': Study charts contrasting fortunes for coal and renewables financing costs
'Good news': Study charts contrasting fortunes for coal and renewables financing costs

Landmark analysis from Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme reveals costs of financing coal projects have soared over the past decade, while renewable energy financing costs have moved in the opposite direction

  • Energy
  • 17 April 2021
UK subsidy-free solar market shines as intallations surpass 1GW
UK subsidy-free solar market shines as intallations surpass 1GW

A further 1GW of subsidy-free solar could also be added this year as decarbonisation of buildings and energy gathers pace, Solar Energy UK claims

  • Solar
  • 16 April 2021
RE100 initiative hits 300 member milestone
RE100 initiative hits 300 member milestone

Corporate clean energy initiative now boasts 300 members after Heineken, Epson, Novartis and LG Energy Solution pledged to switch their operations to renewables

  • Energy
  • 16 April 2021
Green Hydrogen for Glasgow: ScottishPower debuts plans for 'UK's largest electrolyser'
Green Hydrogen for Glasgow: ScottishPower debuts plans for 'UK's largest electrolyser'

Major new Scottish facility to harness wind and solar power to produce green hydrogen

  • Infrastructure
  • 12 April 2021
'Project Prometheus': British Army plots solar energy drive as it confirms 2050 net zero goal
'Project Prometheus': British Army plots solar energy drive as it confirms 2050 net zero goal

Plan to marshall a greener future for armed forces comes amid confusion around timetable for Army’s net zero goal, which was previously announced for an earlier date

  • Net Zero Now
  • 09 April 2021
Nissan plots 20MW solar farm to power EV production at Sunderland plant
Nissan plots 20MW solar farm to power EV production at Sunderland plant

Japanese automaker has unveiled plans to more than double on-site renewables capacity at its flagship plant in North-East England

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  • 12 March 2021
Government urged to target 40GW solar capacity by 2030
Government urged to target 40GW solar capacity by 2030

Greenpeace, the Green Finance Institute, the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), and others call on government to set ambitious solar target

  • Solar
  • 26 February 2021
Green uniforms: David Luke Schoolwear completes 1,000-panel rooftop solar plant
Green uniforms: David Luke Schoolwear completes 1,000-panel rooftop solar plant

Solar plant at uniform provider's Manchester headquarters made possible by green loan from HSBC

  • Solar
  • 12 February 2021
Macquarie raises €1.6bn for clean energy fund as investors flock to low-carbon assets
Macquarie raises €1.6bn for clean energy fund as investors flock to low-carbon assets

Fund launched following success of investor's first green energy fund, which it acquired when Macquarie Group purchased the Green Investment Bank from the UK government in 2017

  • Investment
  • 10 February 2021
BMW to begin sourcing 'solar aluminium'
BMW to begin sourcing 'solar aluminium'

'We will be able to meet over 50 per cent of our CO2 targets for the supplier network, just by using green power'

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  • 03 February 2021
NextEnergy Renewables targets £300m London Stock Exchange flotation
NextEnergy Renewables targets £300m London Stock Exchange flotation

Clean energy investor seeking investment to grow its solar, wind and batteries portfolio, as Green Investment Group unveils new solar business Cero Generation

  • Investment
  • 01 February 2021
AMPYR Solar Europe plots 4GW subsidy-free solar pipeline
AMPYR Solar Europe plots 4GW subsidy-free solar pipeline

Hartree Partners working with NaGa solar and AGP Group to finance and build subsidy-free solar projects in UK, Netherlands and Germany

  • Solar
  • 01 February 2021
Brighter times ahead
Brighter times ahead

The UK may be enduring an unbearably bleak winter, but the UK solar industry at least the future looks positive

  • Solar
  • 26 January 2021
Pioneering distributed renewables investment platform aims to boost off-grid energy access
Pioneering distributed renewables investment platform aims to boost off-grid energy access

Platform set to launch later this year aims to boost off-grid rural communities' access to private capital

  • Investment
  • 26 January 2021
'Strong growth dynamics': UK solar industry adds 500MW in 2020 as investment in subsidy-free projects heat up
'Strong growth dynamics': UK solar industry adds 500MW in 2020 as investment in subsidy-free projects heat up

Deployment outstrips government estimates by hundreds of megawatts, as plummeting costs see wave of new projects emerge

  • Solar
  • 25 January 2021
Aker Horizons acquires majority stake in Mainstream Renewable Power in €1bn equity deal
Aker Horizons acquires majority stake in Mainstream Renewable Power in €1bn equity deal

Norwegian investor snaps up 75 per cent stake in wind and solar developer providing boost for plans to establish global renewable energy major

  • Wind
  • 20 January 2021
Solar Trade Association rebrands as Solar Energy UK
Solar Trade Association rebrands as Solar Energy UK

Revamped trade body aims to 'lead the solar and energy storage industries into a brighter subsidy-free era'

  • Solar
  • 19 January 2021
Total to snap up stake in Indian solar giant Adani Green Energy
Total to snap up stake in Indian solar giant Adani Green Energy

Announcement of deal to acquire 20 per cent stake in world's largest solar developer comes just days after oil giant quits American Petroleum Institute over climate policy differences

  • Solar
  • 18 January 2021
Clean power drives Britain's grid to record low CO2 intensity in 2020
Clean power drives Britain's grid to record low CO2 intensity in 2020

National Grid ESO data for 2020 confirms raft of new records for wind and solar generation, as well as longest coal-free run since the Industrial Revolution

  • Energy
  • 12 January 2021
Everything you need to know about the UK's landmark Energy White Paper
Everything you need to know about the UK's landmark Energy White Paper

After several delays spanning at least a year, the government has finally unveiled vision for a future net zero energy system - here are the eight things you need to know about the long-awaited Energy White Paper

  • Politics
  • 14 December 2020
Energy White Paper: The green economy reacts
Energy White Paper: The green economy reacts

'Business stands ready to deliver the investment and innovation needed to turn ambition into reality, and the proposals outlined in the Energy White Paper will give firms further confidence to deliver new infrastructure'

  • Policy
  • 14 December 2020
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