A report published by the European Environment Agency has shown that the increasingly rapid rollout of renewable energy sources around the EU has had a major impact on bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions.
The United Nations has ramped up its criticism of the UK government’s approach to the Hinkley Point C nuclear project, going as far as to suggest that work on the plant should be suspended.
A group of MPs across four separate committees have banded together to launch a “super inquiry” into the effects of air pollution on the health of residents of major UK cities.
The Supplemental Balancing Reserve (SBR), a back-up power scheme, that cost a total of £180m over its three year life span has ended without ever being used, according to a new report from the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit.
Massive increases in the amount of solar generators installed in China and the US last year saw the world’s rate of capacity growth increase by 50% compared to 2015.
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Helped by the closure of coal-fired power plants and simultaneous rollout of several renewable generating facilities, the UK’s carbon emissions have fallen to their lowest level since 1894, a new report from Carbon Brief has shown.
Newly created VLC Energy has announced a multi-million pound investment in two energy storage facilities to be built in the UK by the end of the year.
The world’s largest oil producing nation is embarking on a major renewables development project that should ultimately see close to 10GW of capacity created over the next 8 years.
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Centrica, British Gas’ Spanish parent company, has announced that it will be launching a new unit dedicated to the funding and ‘incubating’ of energy related tech start-ups.
A letter penned by the head of cross-party lobby group calling on the Government to heed the advice of a recent report and push ahead with the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon protect has been co-signed by 107 MPs.