Wind

Grants of up to £500,000 on offer for firms planning offshore wind component factories

Completion of Viking Wind Farm means UK's combined onshore and offshore wind capacity is now capable of powering over 26 million homes, according to RenewableUK

Also this week: The world’s biggest solar ‘precinct’ gets green light, Northvolt to close San Francisco R&D centre, and ICJ to hold public hearings on climate obligations

Energy giant to provide customers with additional cost-free electricity during periods when the wholesale price of power drops significantly

Electricity System Operator reveals initial plan to connect multi-gigawatt Crown Estate floating offshore wind scheme to the grid

Multi-billion-pound project connecting Scotland and Yorkshire is first scheme to be approved under energy regulator's new fast-track approvals process for transmission infrastructure

Clean energy developer and railway workers pension fund announce onshore wind joint venture in western Scotland

Over 60 per cent say they would feel frustrated if a local renewables project was blocked by a small number of objectors

'National targets are not ambitious enough for a global tripling, and most countries are still not on track to deliver even these,' new Ember report warns

Proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework extend far beyond the Green Belt and promise to turbocharge green energy development across the country