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What happened to onshore wind and solar in the PM's Ten Point Plan?
What happened to onshore wind and solar in the PM's Ten Point Plan?

The government should introduce dedicated annual auctions for onshore wind and solar that can boost their deployment, argues RSPB's Seb Berry

  • Energy
  • 26 November 2020
'Astonishing': Offshore wind could soon return money to UK billpayers, study finds
'Astonishing': Offshore wind could soon return money to UK billpayers, study finds

Offshore wind power is now so cheap that farms are set to pay money back to consumers from mid-2020s, Imperial College London study predicts

  • Wind
  • 28 July 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
Queen's Speech: Government ramps up offshore wind target to 40GW
Queen's Speech: Government ramps up offshore wind target to 40GW

Climate change and environment central to government's legislative agenda, Queen's Speech confirms

  • Legislation
  • 19 December 2019
Net Zero: Next government urged to 'get serious' on onshore wind
Net Zero: Next government urged to 'get serious' on onshore wind

Trade body argues next government must offer new policy support to help scale up onshore wind power capacity in line with UK net zero climate targets

  • Wind
  • 07 November 2019
Banks Group revealed as firm behind clean energy auction Judicial Review application
Banks Group revealed as firm behind clean energy auction Judicial Review application

Developer Banks Renewables lodged application for formal review of Contracts for Difference subsidy scheme over the exclusion of onshore wind projects from current auction

  • Legislation
  • 15 August 2019
Onshore wind critical to 2050 net zero goal, energy giants tell ministers
Onshore wind critical to 2050 net zero goal, energy giants tell ministers

Firms including Scottish Power, SSE, EDF, Vestas, Vattenfallm and Siemens Gamesa call on government to end effective 'ban' on new onshore wind in UK

  • Wind
  • 05 August 2019
A very public message to get serious about combatting climate change
A very public message to get serious about combatting climate change

UK industry must prepare for the radical supply chain changes deep decarbonisation will bring, argues Victoria Sinclair of ScottishPower Renewables

  • Supply chain
  • 13 June 2019
State-led or market-based: How should the UK decarbonise its electricity system?
State-led or market-based: How should the UK decarbonise its electricity system?

The UK is at a crucial political crossroads between state-led investment and market based intervention, argues Aurora Energy Research

  • Energy
  • 06 June 2019
Report: Subsidy-free renewables could be delayed by five years under Ofgem plans
Report: Subsidy-free renewables could be delayed by five years under Ofgem plans

Ofgem's Targeted Charging Review will favour gas power over new renewables, according to new research from Aurora

  • Infrastructure
  • 09 May 2019
Could England's community energy groups be left behind in Europe?
Could England's community energy groups be left behind in Europe?

Community energy groups in the UK face an uncertain future, warns Green Alliance's Chaitanya Kumar

  • Energy
  • 07 March 2019
ECIU: Wholesale price 'windfall' cuts government green energy subsidy costs
ECIU: Wholesale price 'windfall' cuts government green energy subsidy costs

New analysis suggests a surprise rise in wholesale power prices means government could relax the renewables subsidy purse strings

  • Legislation
  • 03 October 2018
Government overhaul of biomass auction rules sparks controversy
Government overhaul of biomass auction rules sparks controversy

Measures to restrict biomass' role in upcoming Contracts for Difference auction cheered by environmental campaigners but slammed by industry

  • Legislation
  • 04 September 2018
Onshore wind: Record high deployment in 2017 but government policy threatens future development, warns RenewableUK
Onshore wind: Record high deployment in 2017 but government policy threatens future development, warns RenewableUK

Anaylsis warns that under existing policy UK could see investment and new capacity coming online drop sharply in 2018 and 2019

  • Wind
  • 03 September 2018
SSE eyes subsea cable link to unlock Scottish island wind potential
SSE eyes subsea cable link to unlock Scottish island wind potential

Energy supplier seeks to capitalise on government's recent decision to allow remote island onshore wind developers to bid for clean energy contracts

  • Wind
  • 15 August 2018
Government review backs subsidies for mini nuclear reactors
Government review backs subsidies for mini nuclear reactors

Controversial review argues offshore wind-style subsidies should be made available to nuclear sector to kickstart deployment of small modular reactors

  • Nuclear
  • 09 August 2018
Two-thirds of Britons favour new onshore wind power
Two-thirds of Britons favour new onshore wind power

Poll by RenewableUK also finds 61 per cent of Conservative voters would also like to see effective onshore wind development ban lifted

  • Wind
  • 16 July 2018
Government tweaks rules to allow new onshore wind projects for remote islands
Government tweaks rules to allow new onshore wind projects for remote islands

Onshore wind projects on remote UK islands will be allowed to compete for subsidies in upcoming Contracts for Difference auction

  • Wind
  • 07 June 2018
Repowering our way through the wreckage
Repowering our way through the wreckage

Britain's oldest onshore wind turbines will soon be 20 years old - the government should ensure they are repowered rather than dismantled, argues Labour's Alan Whitehead

  • Politics
  • 05 June 2018
'Short on detail': Clean investment slump puts government policies under the spotlight
'Short on detail': Clean investment slump puts government policies under the spotlight

Environmental Audit Committee calls for urgent plan to boost green investment and close Clean Growth Strategy 'policy gap'

  • Politics
  • 16 May 2018
We must seize the opportunity offered by floating wind
We must seize the opportunity offered by floating wind

RenewableUK's Maf Smith urges the government to extend the deadline for vital subsidy support for floating offshore wind

  • Wind
  • 20 February 2018
"Paralysis" in Westminster threatens future of floating wind, industry warns
"Paralysis" in Westminster threatens future of floating wind, industry warns

RenewableUK's Maf Smith warns that without an extension to deadline for subsidy support three pioneering wind farms may not get built

  • Wind
  • 20 February 2018
Fix green power investment climate to drive down industrial power prices, government told
Fix green power investment climate to drive down industrial power prices, government told

New analysis from University College London argues better investment conditions for onshore wind and solar and more co-ordinated electricity strategy will cut power costs for businesses

  • Infrastructure
  • 05 February 2018
British offshore wind capacity could hit 30GW by 2030s
British offshore wind capacity could hit 30GW by 2030s

Market could see five-fold growth by the 2030s, according to new Aurora report highlighting the 'new economics' for offshore wind

  • Wind
  • 18 January 2018
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