Unplugged Nirvana I live in Scotland and just got my solar install up and running a few days ago. While it's obviously still very early days, I'm really happy with how it's all going so far — and with my decision to go for a full panel and battery system. Was I tempted to
This summer could be the hottest, driest and deadliest in English history. Successive heatwaves have so far claimed almost 3,000 lives. Nearly three-quarters of England and all of Wales is in drought, while key reservoirs are parched. Across this brown and stickily unpleasant land, from Grimsby down to St Ives, hosepipe bans are in
Data from MCS shows a record start to the year for certified installations. There were 210,000 installations in the UK between January and June 2026, up 17% on the previous highest start to a year in 2025 and equivalent to one installation every 74 seconds. Solar panels were the biggest driver, with almost 150,000
Solar panel prices have fallen 90 percent since 2010, making solar the cheapest form of energy on Earth. Early German subsidies and Chinese manufacturing scale-up set off a cost spiral that still drives 80 percent of the global solar supply chain today. Energy security, not climate policy, is now the biggest driver of adoption,
Here are four reasons solar energy has seen a meteoric rise in recent years Forty-seven years ago U.S. President Jimmy Carter stood grinning in front of a set of 32 bulky solar panels. It was 1979, and the oil crisis had sent fuel costs skyrocketing. Carter, in response, was making the White House an
Extreme weather has upended life across Europe and Asia this week, with devastating flooding in Japan, heatwave wildfires in England, and a historic drought forcing two countries to power down nuclear reactors. The disruption spans two continents, leaving thousands of people stranded, evacuated or rationing water. In Japan, record rainfall triggered landslides and power
Another heatwave could be on the horizon, the Met Office has predicted, as the UK reels from a month of unprecedented hot and dry conditions. Temperatures are expected to finally come down this week after the fifth heatwave brought the hottest day of the year so far, with provisional peaks of 38.1C. But the Met
Between increasingly extreme weather, rising electricity demands, and the rapid expansion of data centers, energy independence is starting to look less like a talking point for doomsday preppers and more like sound planning. That shift in thinking is driving more homeowners than ever towards solar-plus-battery energy solutions like the industry-leading Tesla Powerwall – but
Every day 5kWh was exported to the grid which saved homes £21 during the seven-day heat in June This summer’s heatwave has increased the EU’s solar output by 17%, research by Ember finds. This included rises of 28% in Italy, 23% in Hungary, 14% in France and 13% in Spain, compared with days measured
Climate change threatens to bring about humanity's collapse as civilisations face mounting pressure from our planet's shifting conditions, scientists have warned. Multiple "global tipping" points are approaching dangerous thresholds that could spell disaster for our species. The most catastrophic milestones Earth is poised to cross include the collapse of the Amazon Rainforest, the complete