Solar plus batteries aim to retire natural gas plants in 2019
For years, proponents of natural gas referred to it as a “bridge fuel,” an interim power source on the way to a distant future dominated by renewable energy.
Solar + Storage Half The Cost Of Gas Peaker Plants
S&P Global reports the cost of solar with battery backup dropped precipitously in 2018.
A new era or a mountain to climb? BEIS export guarantee receives mixed bag of responses
The government’s Smart Export Guarantee (SEG), its eagerly awaited replacement for the soon-to-close export tariff, has been dubbed both a “new era” for solar and a “mountain to climb” as the proposals received a mixed response.The government has backed the scheme to be transitional for the small-scale renewables sector. Claire Perry, the government’s energy and
UK government floats market-driven replacement for solar payments
The UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has unveiled a new ‘Smart Export Guarantee’ to replace the export tariff.The country’s feed-in tariff, paid for every kWh generated, and the export tariff that remunerated people for the excess power transferred to the grid, both close on 31 March this year.A row broke out last
Renewable energy set to power district’s electric vehicle charging points
A firm generating electricity from wind farms off the Whitstable and Herne Bay coast will install 12 electric vehicle (EV) charging points across the district after winning a contract from Canterbury City Council. Swedish company Vattenfall, which operates the Kentish Flats and Kentish Flats Extension wind farms, agreed a deal with the council in December.
This Uxbridge farmer is ditching diesel for a solar-powered tractor
Small-scale organic farming conjures bucolic images of days spent under blue skies doing honest work and living close to the land.All that, says Uxbridge farmer Tony Neale, is true.
Hotel to operate on battery power in Edinburgh
An Edinburgh hotel is claimed to be the first in the UK to be powered by battery.The Gyle Premier Inn at Edinburgh Park has installed a five-tonne battery.It will charge from the national grid in off-peak periods and power the 200-room site for several hours each day.The 3m cubed lithium ion battery will save the
2018: A Tipping Point for Climate Change
Did the world wake up to climate change in 2018? Or are we falling deeper into ignorance about the environmental changes happening all around us?The increasingly severe effects of the rise in global temperature are being felt everywhere on the planet through extreme weather events and natural disasters, serving as a wake-up call to the
Renewables posted record share of UK power in Q3 2018
Renewables provided almost one-third of the UK’s total power output in Q3 2018, a record high for that period of the year, boosted by the summer’s heatwave and high wind speeds.That performance also lifted the total share of power from low carbon sources to 56%, another record high for Q3, however this was also aided
The FT Editorial Board has a problem with those who pretend to solve climate change. Who might they have in mind?
“The depressing reality about climate change is that we could solve the problem, at manageable cost, but are failing to do so.”