Cornwall

Major milestone for emerging renewable energy sector as developers of UK's first geothermal power plant agree to sell 3MW of baseload power to green energy supplier

UK's largest smart grid trial saw 200 homes and businesses fitted with solar panels and batteries trade electricity to offer local grid flexibility

Cornish Lithium Ltd announces preliminary results of geothermal sampling as it announces plans for further fundraising round

British Lithium Ltd secures backing from Innovate UK to help develop hard rock lithium extraction in the St Austell area of Cornwall

Major new report urges policy-makers to embrace demand- and supply-side incentives to drive EV innovation and manufacturing in the UK, or risk trade frictions driving economic and environmental opportunities overseas

Energy firm Centrica announces its platform can now host both transmission and distribution networks simultaneously

Tourist attraction plans to drill into quarry to source geothermal heat and power for the site

Cornish Lithium believes the county could be rich in resource required to help feed growing demand for electric vehicles and energy storage systems

Mark Futyan, distributed power systems director at Centrica, outlines why a U-turn on a 100-year-old government policy may be great news for household and business budgets