How Much Solar Power Could My Roof Generate?
Many people want to know how much free electricity and income their home roof could generate if fitted with solar panels – if that includes you, then you’ve come to the right place.
CCC calls for a coronavirus recovery plan that supports net zero
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has called for low carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure to be at the heart of the government’s approach to rebuilding the UK after COVID-19. In an open letter sent to Prime Minister Boris Johnson today, the CCC outlined five measures that should be taken as the country moves on
Covid-19 crisis will wipe out demand for fossil fuels, says IEA
Renewable electricity may be only source to withstand biggest shock in 70 years Renewable electricity will be the only source resilient to the biggest global energy shock in 70 years triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the world’s energy watchdog. The International Energy Agency said the outbreak of Covid-19 would wipe out demand
Solar hits new milestones as renewables become world’s cheapest choice
“Dramatic” recent gains have pushed solar’s levelised cost of electricity below US$30/MWh and will see the industry break the US$20/MWh average in a decade, BloombergNEF (BNEF) has said. New analysis from the consultancy found that utility-scale solar and onshore wind new-builds have become the cheapest option in countries home to two-thirds of the world’s population,
UK has ‘record-breaking’ year for low carbon energy
Last year saw renewables records broken across the board as renewables produced nearly 37% of the UK’s power, according to new data released by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). In 2019, renewables generated a record breaking 36.9% of the UK’s electricity, it announced today (26 March). Of this, wind power
Why Solar-with-Storage is a Leap Forward
I heard a solar developer say that if the solar development was checkers, storage looks like three-dimensional chess, or for some, like a Swiss Army knife. Storage is complicated, and a new study of the value of energy storage explains some patterns we see in energy storage adoption and deployment. This helps explain why
The solar market is about to go ‘bang’
The UK solar market has seen great change over the last year, with prices falling dramatically, leading to the growth of subsidy free developments as the sector comes of age. Following the closure of the feed-in tariff (FiT) in the UK on 31 March 2019, clean energy company AMP launched a funding partnership with
The Benefits of a Home Battery Storage System
What do you get from a home battery install.
How to Safely and Securely Attach Solar Panels to Non-Tiled Roofs
Attaching solar panels to a flat roof with permanent fixings.
10 Predictions for the Solar and Storage Market in the 2020s
Batteries will be standard with virtually every new solar system installed in the U.S. by 2025, the author predicts. The solar-plus-storage market is evolving rapidly and will look completely different a decade down the road. What can we expect on the way to 2030? Here are 10 predictions. All-in-one systems will be the new