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Government moves to shore up clean energy contract regime, as new wave of renewables projects progresses
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

  • Energy
  • 13 May 2020
'Reality check': McKinsey highlights true scale of the net zero challenge
'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...

  • Energy
  • 04 May 2020
Hitachi Capital backs Gridserve's EV charging vision
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.

  • Transport
  • 30 April 2020
Covid-19: How solar is adapting
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

  • Solar
  • 29 April 2020
Abu Dhabi confirms plans for record-low cost solar farm
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

  • Solar
  • 29 April 2020
'Dramatic improvements': Onshore wind, solar, and battery costs plummet further worldwide
'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

  • Wind
  • 28 April 2020
Cleaner air and sunny skies drive all-time UK solar power record
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

  • Solar
  • 22 April 2020
Community-run solar projects divert £195,000 to coronavirus support funds
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

  • Solar
  • 17 April 2020
Cherry trees and carbon neutrality: LG Solar targets recycling boost as part of 2030 net zero goal
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

  • Solar
  • 14 April 2020
IRENA: Renewables accounted for three quarters of new power capacity in 2019
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

  • Wind
  • 06 April 2020
Community solar groups donate over £100,000 of profits to local coronavirus aid efforts
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.

  • Solar
  • 06 April 2020
Solarcentury sells residential business to Sweden's Svea Solar
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

  • Solar
  • 31 March 2020
Octopus Renewables snaps up eight UK solar farms in £144m mega-deal
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

  • Solar
  • 20 March 2020
Oil giants team up to float coastal solar vision
Oil giants team up to float coastal solar vision

Saipem and Equinor ink agreement to develop floating solar farm technology

  • Solar
  • 20 March 2020
UK renewables project pipeline hits four-year high
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

  • Wind
  • 16 March 2020
It's time to unleash solar's potential
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

  • Solar
  • 06 March 2020
'Net zero at lowest cost': Government unveils sweeping renewables reforms
'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

  • Policy
  • 03 March 2020
Onshore renewables revival suggests the government is serious about the Net Zero transition
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

  • 03 March 2020
'Subsidy-free': Government to open clean power auctions to onshore wind and solar projects
'Subsidy-free': Government to open clean power auctions to onshore wind and solar projects

BREAKING: In a shock move, Number 10 is set to confirm the most cost-effective forms of renewables will be able to bid for government-backed contracts, helping to curb energy bills in the process

  • Wind
  • 02 March 2020
In photos: Renewables projects as you've never seen them before
In photos: Renewables projects as you've never seen them before

From rooftop solar to large-scale PV farms, the the STA's Photo of the Year competition captures the changing face of the UK's energy landscape

  • Solar
  • 25 February 2020
Morgan Stanley: 47GW of US coal capacity uneconomic by 2024
Morgan Stanley: 47GW of US coal capacity uneconomic by 2024

  • Infrastructure
  • 21 February 2020
Brewed by the sun: Heineken and Iberdrola toast Spanish solar deal
Brewed by the sun: Heineken and Iberdrola toast Spanish solar deal

Dutch brewer signs power purchase agreement with Spanish utility to supply renewable electricity for its brewing operations in Spain

  • Solar
  • 18 February 2020
UK's 'first' subsidy-free community solar farm connects to grid in Devon
UK's 'first' subsidy-free community solar farm connects to grid in Devon

Creacombe solar project set to provide 7.3MW of renewable power capacity as well as 'healthy returns' for local community, developers claim

  • Solar
  • 11 February 2020
Let's start building the future
Let's start building the future

Chris Hewett of the Solar Trade Association argues that the government's proposed Future Homes Standard could turbocharge the net zero transition, but only if it acts as a floor, not a ceiling, for local rules

  • Solar
  • 07 February 2020
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