Category: Renewable Energy

Consent Given for Giant Wind Farm off Norfolk Coast

Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy

The government has given Swedish utility firm Vattenfall the green light to develop a mammoth wind farm off the coast of Norfolk.

Jul02

Government Announces Extension to Renewable Heat Incentive

Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy

The government will give households and businesses more time to deploy low-carbon heating systems that qualify under the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) after…

Jun09

Peterborough Is the UK’s Most Solar-Powered City

Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy

Peterborough has more solar arrays than any other UK city, with one in 10 homes fitted with the renewable energy technology.

Jun03

Good Energy Hits Out at OVO’s Green Credentials

Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers Renewable Energy

Renewable supplier Good Energy has mounted an attack against OVO, an energy company which has grown rapidly on a foundation of dubious green…

May29

Gas Firms Call on Government to Unlock £900m in Investment in Green Gas Grid

Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy

The UK’s five gas network companies, Cadent, National Grid, NGN, SGN, and Wales & West Utilities, have called for £904 million in investment…

May26

Wind Farms Paid £9.3 Million to Disconnect from Grid

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Renewable Energy

Wind farms across England and Scotland were handed £9.3 million to switch off their turbines on Friday, to balance supply and demand and…

May25

Green Hydrogen and Wind Power Critical to Net Zero, RenewableUK Says

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Renewable Energy

Renewables could generate meet more than three-quarters of the UK’s power needs by midcentury, as clean energy capacity surges, RenewableUK has forecast.