Solar
NextEnergy Capital secures £100m financing for two subsidy-free UK solar farms
Investor planning to build 75MW solar farm in South Wales and another 50MW project in Worcestershire, as industry awaits imminent final decision on 350MW Cleve Hill solar project
'Progress can be both quiet and spectacular': Britain's power grid emissions hit record lows
Electricity grid smashed several records over the bank holiday weekend, with low demand and high renewables output cutting both CO2 and flexible tariff prices
Obituary: Julia Craik, leading solar campaigner and renewables-powered recording studio director
Craik, managing director of the UK's first solar-powered recording studio, is remembered by friends and colleagues as a tireless champion for solar power who played an instrumental role in the campaign for the introduction of the solar feed-in-tariff....
Greencoat bags 156MW solar portfolio from BlackRock and Lightsource BP
Assets acquired for an undisclosed amount include the CfD-backed 14.4MW Charity Farm in Shropshire, but is largely comprised of projects backed by Renewable Obligation Certificates, companies said.
RenewableUK: Green hydrogen and wind energy boom crucial to UK's net zero transition
In its vision for the UK's transition to net zero, RenewableUK predicts that installed wind capacity will surge six-fold to more than 120GW by 2050.
IEA: Global wind and solar rollout to slow in 2020 despite 'impressive resilience'
New renewable power capacity set to drop 13 per cent from last year but rebound in 2021 after coronavirus crisis
Government moves to shore up clean energy contract regime, as new wave of renewables projects progresses
New consultation launched to help ensure Contract for Difference scheme can adjust to Covid-19 crisis, as plans for giant Dogger Bank wind farm move forward
'Reality check': McKinsey highlights true scale of the net zero challenge
Influential consultancy details how five major shifts will be necessary to steer the global economy on to a sustainable path, and that a laggard approach to the decarbonisation of power and transport now will have direct impact on the levels of reforestation...
Hitachi Capital backs Gridserve's EV charging vision
Loan facility of an undisclosed size will further green tech company's plans to roll out 100 EV charging stations across the UK by 2024.
Covid-19: How solar is adapting
Evert Vlaswinkel, managing director for Solarcentury in the EMEA region, examines the impacts of the coronavirus crisis on the solar power sector
Abu Dhabi confirms plans for record-low cost solar farm
Giant 2GW project from Abu Dhabi Power Corporation set to claim title as world's largest solar farm
'Dramatic improvements': Onshore wind, solar, and battery costs plummet further worldwide
The cost of electricity from solar, onshore wind and battery storage continues downward drive, BNEF analysis shows
Cleaner air and sunny skies drive all-time UK solar power record
Significant decline in air pollution and cool, sunny weather sees UK solar generate all-time high of 9.69GW on Monday
Community-run solar projects divert £195,000 to coronavirus support funds
Covid-19 crisis has reinforced the importance and value of community-owned infrastructure capable of generating stable cash flows, according to advisors
Cherry trees and carbon neutrality: LG Solar targets recycling boost as part of 2030 net zero goal
Korean technology giant's solar panel manufacturing arm pledges to become carbon neutral by 2030
IRENA: Renewables accounted for three quarters of new power capacity in 2019
Data from International Renewable Energy Association points to slight slowdown in capacity growth last year, but clean energy sector still outpaced fossil fuels
Community solar groups donate over £100,000 of profits to local coronavirus aid efforts
Rapid mobilisation of funds in crisis is evidence of "real value" of local, decentralised, community-run energy, says community energy facilitor Communities for Renewables.
Solarcentury sells residential business to Sweden's Svea Solar
Transaction includes Solarcentury's partnership with IKEA and is aimed at allowing firm to focus on utility-scale projects
Octopus Renewables snaps up eight UK solar farms in £144m mega-deal
Latest swoop from green energy investor sees it acquire solar farms with a combined capacity 123MW
Oil giants team up to float coastal solar vision
Saipem and Equinor ink agreement to develop floating solar farm technology
UK renewables project pipeline hits four-year high
New analysis of BEIS data suggests applications for onshore and offshore wind energy projects surged last year
It's time to unleash solar's potential
The government must deploy as much solar as feasible under the Contracts for Difference scheme - net zero depends on it, argues Chris Hewett of the Solar Trade Association
'Net zero at lowest cost': Government unveils sweeping renewables reforms
Proposals to let onshore renewables compete for clean power contracts accompanied by new plans to boost energy storage and catalyse floating wind farm development
Onshore renewables revival suggests the government is serious about the Net Zero transition
Yesterday's decision to let onshore renewables compete for clean power contracts shows the Prime Minister is willing to spend some of his political capital to get the net zero transition motoring
