Solar

New Google Maps functionality harness AI and aerial imagery to help businesses and cities plan solar deployments and tackle air pollution

New partners aim to accelerate roll out of off grid solar technology in Asia and Africa

Leading renewable energy trade bodies warns 'post code lottery' created by plans to allow for localised energy pricing could badly undermine efforts to meet net zero goals

Energy retailer launches £15m-a-month 'Power Move' programme to pay customers for using less power between hours of 4pm and 7pm

Trail-blazing project marks the latest in a flurry of innovative solar developments to have begun operations across the UK recent weeks

Yet UK installations of low carbon heating and home renewables tech remains far behind the government’s goals, analysts warn

Small-scale wind farms, rooftop solar partnerships, battery storage, rural heat networks and electric vehicle charging points among projects eligible to apply for government funding support

Government projections suggest wind and solar are on track to become orders of magnitude cheaper than gas power over the coming decade

Octopus Energy and UK Power Networks to provide free green electricity to local grids at times of high wind and solar generation

Publicly-funded company based on Anglesey aims to help develop green energy projects across Wales