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'Breakthrough': Wales First Minister offers 'substantial investment' to help kick-start Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon
'Breakthrough': Wales First Minister offers 'substantial investment' to help kick-start Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon

Could an offer to provide a substantial equity and/or loan investment help slash the headline price support the Swansea Tidal Lagoon would require?

  • Marine
  • 10 January 2018
CCC calls for deep waste and energy CO2 cuts in Wales' carbon budgets
CCC calls for deep waste and energy CO2 cuts in Wales' carbon budgets

Wales should seek to reduce 1990 emissions by 23 per cent by 2020 and 35 per cent by 2025, according to the UK's Committee on Climate Change

  • Legislation
  • 19 December 2017
November winds provided three quarters of Scotland's power needs, data shows
November winds provided three quarters of Scotland's power needs, data shows

Green groups praise 'another great month for renewables' as wind turbines provide 77 per cent of Scotland's power demand last month

  • Wind
  • 11 December 2017
'Energy Island': Plans approved for Anglesey solar plus storage project
'Energy Island': Plans approved for Anglesey solar plus storage project

Anglesey fast emerging as clean energy hub, as major new 50MW project gets the green light

  • Solar
  • 07 December 2017
Wales urges UK government to 'think again' on onshore wind ban
Wales urges UK government to 'think again' on onshore wind ban

Welsh Government and renewables sector calls for onshore wind and solar projects to be allowed to compete in future clean energy subsidy auctions

  • Politics
  • 29 November 2017
Vattenfall cuts ribbon on Wales' largest onshore wind farm
Vattenfall cuts ribbon on Wales' largest onshore wind farm

More than half of the £400m investment to build the new Pen y Cymoedd wind farm went to Welsh business, Vattenfall announces

  • Wind
  • 28 September 2017
Wales sets renewables target to make country world-leader in clean energy
Wales sets renewables target to make country world-leader in clean energy

Country wants to source 70 per cent renewable power by 2030, with more emphasis on locally owned generation

  • Politics
  • 27 September 2017
Could UK manufacturing be recharged by the EV boom?
Could UK manufacturing be recharged by the EV boom?

Norwegian aluminium firm Sapa reopens shuttered factory in Wales as demand for lightweight metal soars among EV-focused automakers

  • Supply chain
  • 18 September 2017
Wales recycling rate hits 64 per cent target three years early
Wales recycling rate hits 64 per cent target three years early

Provisional figures show households in Wales recycled 64 per cent of their waste in 2016/17, meaning it has hit its target three years early

  • Waste
  • 25 August 2017
Scotland and Wales environment ministers band together on Brexit strategy
Scotland and Wales environment ministers band together on Brexit strategy

Environment ministers from the two nations pledge to work together to protect devolved green agendas

  • Politics
  • 18 August 2017
Milford Haven Marine Energy Test Area secures funding boost
Milford Haven Marine Energy Test Area secures funding boost

Plans to provide a pre-consented testing area in Welsh waters for marine energy developers awarded fresh funding support

  • Marine
  • 10 August 2017
UK-funded 'homes as power stations' project to bring solar-storage to Indian villages
UK-funded 'homes as power stations' project to bring solar-storage to Indian villages

Consortium led by Swansea University awarded £7m government funding to trial solar-storage technology in India

  • Solar
  • 09 August 2017
Rail electrification plans scrapped in favour of 'alternative technologies'
Rail electrification plans scrapped in favour of 'alternative technologies'

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling claims technological advances in batteries, alternative fuels, and hydrogen power mean "we no longer need to electrify every line"

  • Rail
  • 20 July 2017
Vattenfall powers up plans for batteries at Welsh wind farm
Vattenfall powers up plans for batteries at Welsh wind farm

22MW battery system will store power from the 76-turbine Pen y Cymoedd wind farm in Wales to help stabilise the grid

  • Wind
  • 23 May 2017
Wales' largest onshore wind farm reaches full power
Wales' largest onshore wind farm reaches full power

Vattenfall's Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy Project promises to deliver enough power for 13 per cent of Welsh households

  • Wind
  • 09 May 2017
Minesto secures marine license for Welsh tidal kite power project
Minesto secures marine license for Welsh tidal kite power project

Developer says 0.5MW project marks major step towards commercialisation of innovative Deep Green technology

  • Marine
  • 20 April 2017
CCC: Wales' carbon plans should include international shipping and aviation
CCC: Wales' carbon plans should include international shipping and aviation

UK's Climate Change Committee publishes recommendations for how Wales should account for emissions and set carbon budgets

  • Legislation
  • 18 April 2017
Theresa May backs Swansea green projects, but what of the tidal lagoon?
Theresa May backs Swansea green projects, but what of the tidal lagoon?

Government announces new funding for low carbon steel, green homes, broadband, and marine energy - but tidal lagoon remains absent from £1.3bn Swansea investment plan

  • Technology
  • 21 March 2017
UK's first new hydro energy storage plant in 30 years given green light
UK's first new hydro energy storage plant in 30 years given green light

Snowdonia Pumped Hydro given go-ahead to turn two abandoned quarries in Wales into 700MWh capacity energy storage water reservoirs

  • Infrastructure
  • 09 March 2017
Has BIPVCo created the 'Coco Chanel' of rooftop solar?
Has BIPVCo created the 'Coco Chanel' of rooftop solar?

BusinessGreen Technology Awards double winner BIPVCo is aiming to bring a stylish clean energy solution to residential, commercial, and industrial markets

  • Solar
  • 18 January 2017
UK Tidal Lagoons - What happens next?
UK Tidal Lagoons - What happens next?

The Hendry Review today urged government to take the first steps towards building a UK tidal lagoon industry - but what will this involve and will Ministers back the plan?

  • Marine
  • 12 January 2017
Hendry Review backs Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon
Hendry Review backs Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon

Former Energy Minister says 'pathfinder' project can be delivered for less than the price of a pint of milk per household, per year

  • Marine
  • 12 January 2017
Can the government really hold back the tidal lagoon?
Can the government really hold back the tidal lagoon?

A big decision is looming for the government on the future of tidal energy in the UK - and it could shape the future of the UK's clean energy mix for a century

  • Marine
  • 11 January 2017
Government review likely to back Swansea Bay tidal lagoon
Government review likely to back Swansea Bay tidal lagoon

£1.3bn plan is seen as 'pathfinder' for six bigger plants, which could generate more than 10 per cent of UK's electricity

  • Marine
  • 10 January 2017
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