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Solar M&A activity is on the increase following £11 billion worth of investment in UK solar projects since 2013, according to statistics collected by Clean Energy Pipeline for a joint report with UK law firm TLT.
Powervault has this week launched its new home energy storage range equipped for the smart power revolution, a transformation of our energy system forecast to save consumers billions of pounds.
Yorkshire-based renewables specialist, Earthmill, the UK’s largest agricultural wind turbine business, has expanded with the launch of a new division dedicated to servicing and maintaining wind turbines, to help maximise returns from wind power for farms.
Government innovation spending could deliver a world-leading energy system – if £500 million of allocated funds are targeted correctly, a new paper from industry body Scottish Renewables has said.
The EU-wide binding 2030 renewables target will not be delivered unless it is backed-up by an monitoring and enforcement mechanism that acts as a guarantor for the agreement, according to the House of Lords EU Committee which today published its report on EU energy governance.
Representatives from local government on both sides of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary have signed an agreement to work together to promote, explore and enable the strategic and sustainable development of the region’s vast offshore renewable energy resources.
Scottish businesses and community energy projects have adopted biomass and other forms of renewable heat at a faster rate than anywhere else in the UK, according to new analysis of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) adoption statistics by Raggnar, the renewable energy provider.
Abundance, the ethical investment platform, has seen a record pace of new investment during the COP21 climate talks in Paris. As world leaders debate the speed of our transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, £2.3 million has been invested directly by the British public in their latest UK based wind, biomass and solar projects; demonstrating a growing appetite for clean energy.
Rexel Energy Solutions has announced a partnership with Nedap to distribute its retrofit power diversion device.
Energy secretary Amber Rudd is facing damaging accusations that she ‘misled’ the public, following a letter leaked to the Ecologist predicting the UK’s imminent failure to meet legally-binding renewable targets.
Steve Pester, BRE, exposes ongoing poor practice in mounting PV panels
The IMP is designed to make the most of free power generated from solar PV or wind by turning on electrical equipment and limiting the export of electricity back to the grid.
REI: What have you got planned for the rest of 2015?
Greater support and a policy shift for renewables is needed to negate the threat of power outages, is the message to government amid dire warnings from the National Grid of possible blackouts.
Bill Wright, head of energy solutions at the ECA, reflects on a positive month for the renewable industry – which is set to benefit hugely from cheaper energy storage
Gordon Moran, writing for the European Energy Centre (EEC), forecasts the new UK majority government’s agenda for the renewable energy industry
With recent government policy shifts towards putting PV on large roofs, it is vital that installers are familiar with the mechanical issues that can arise on typical large commercial roofs, explains Steve Pester, BRE
Industry leaders pass judgement on the government’s decision to close the Renewables Obligation to onshore wind 12 months ahead of planned.
The government has confirmed that the Renewables Obligation will be closed to new onshore wind developments from April 01 2016, a full year earlier than was expected.
An energy bill confirming the government’s plan to end subsidies for onshore wind was one of the bills announced in today’s Queen Speech – the first all-Conservative one since 1996.
In the wake of a decisive general election result, the renewable sector is calling on the new government to send an early signal that low carbon energy and tackling climate change will remain a priority area.
Paul McCullagh, chief executive of UrbanWind
UrbanWind has completed a £30m funding deal to kick-start onshore wind projects across the UK.
The Conservative party’s election pledge to halt the development on new onshore wind farms has been branded ‘idiotic’ and ‘illogical’ by members of the UK wind sector.
The Contracts for Difference (CfD) register has been released by the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC), confirming that neither of the two solar projects that won CfD contracts for the next financial year will go ahead.
