Should rural land be used to produce food or energy? It is a question that divides farmers nationwide, and is being debated on the Somerset Levels. On ancient grazing pastures steel and silicon solar panels are being installed, taking thousands of acres of farmland out of food production. Across the country, the new Energy Security
Energy regulator Ofgem has today (23 August) revealed that the energy price cap for the October – December period will rise by 10% to £1,717 for a typical household in the UK. The rise follows a decrease in the past two price cap announcements. For Q2 2024, it was set at £1,690, before decreasing further
Solar panel installations tripled in the UK thanks to solar panel subsidies, analysis shows. It’s election year in Europe, and with it come big promises - including help for voters in greening their homes. The Labour Party’s UK victory heralds a new era for climate action with a “rooftop revolution” aiming to triple solar power
Using a range of machine-learning techniques, a group of scientists found that PV systems can significantly increase the value of a property in the United Kingdom. The analysis was based on property data from Zoopla, one of the leading providers of UK property listings, and price paid data sourced from the government’s Land Registry from
The UK Government plans to simplify the rules for building solar farms and wind turbines by raising the thresholds for stricter planning review The UK Government is planning to change the rules to make it easier to build solar farms and wind turbines. They want to raise the limits for when these projects need a
Rising block tariffs and national energy guarantee systems are almost unknown in Europe – but are flourishing elsewhere More than half of the world’s population lives under an energy system that its advocates say can tackle fuel poverty, improve crumbling housing stock and reduce energy demand. And to cap it off – when properly
The UK government has announced that the CfD Budget for this year’s Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6 (AR6) will be increased by over 50%, sending shockwaves across the energy industry. The budget has been increased to £1.56 billion, an increase of £530 million from last year’s AR5 auction. Notably, the low strike price at
Three organisations from across the energy and planning sectors have come together to examine how the UK’s renewable energy planning system could be improved to hit renewable energy capacity targets. Trade body RenewableUK, countryside charity CPRE and sustainable business organisation Aldersgate Group have released the interim findings of their investigation into the UK’s onshore renewable
Previously the idea was to sell electricity back to the grid, now the object is to power all of a households needs When solar panels were first sold in large numbers and heavily subsidised by the UK government using feed-in tariffs, which paid householders generously for every kilowatt they produced, prospective installers were obliged to
The UK government has reactivated the Solar Taskforce as part of a series of plans to speed up the delivery of solar energy across the country. The joint government-industry body is co-chaired by Chris Hewett, chief executive of Solar Energy UK, who oversaw the development of the Solar Roadmap, a plan detailing the practical measures