Green Great Britain Week, but was it really?
In case you missed it, last week was the government’s Green Great Britain Week (GGBW), a self-styled celebration of all the successes the UK’s clean sectors have achieved so far.
Is Your Residential Solar Panel Installation Battery Storage Ready?
If you are installing a solar panel system and want the option of battery storage in the future, it is helpful to plan accordingly.
Is California Dreaming? Energy storage’s role in reaching 100% renewables
It’s likely a strong indication of the way the world is adopting renewable energy rapidly that just under a month ago, one of the best-established trade shows for solar in the US featured what seemed like almost as much space dedicated to national and international energy storage companies and technologies, as it did for solar.Solar
Wind, solar and electric vehicles will dominate by 2035, study says
The world runs on oil and gas now, but it won’t for long, according to a study by the research firm Wood Mackenzie that estimates a global shift from fossil fuels to renewables by 2035.By then, the world will rely more on electric vehicles, wind power and solar power than gasoline-powered vehicles or fossil fuel-based
Lithium batteries simply the cheaper choice for UK businesses’ energy needs
The UK’s government has shied away from supporting large volumes of solar and other distributed energy technologies through subsidies, but commercial and industrial energy storage and solar-plus-storage could be a huge market opportunity in Britain and abroad.This morning, on the opening day of the annual Solar and Storage Live exhibition and conference in Birmingham, England,
Scottish Power becomes first big UK energy firm to switch to 100% wind power
The company has sold off its conventional power stations to Drax
Six climate questions for ‘Green GB’
Scientists say we must keep global temperature rise under 1.5C – so what does that mean for the UK?Next week, ministers are likely to ask their advisers how Britain can reduce carbon emissions in line with that target.They’ve declared what they’re calling Green GB Week – a celebration of the UK’s achievement as a world
UK’s housing stock ‘needs massive retrofit to meet climate targets’
Hundreds of millions of pounds must be spent on the UK’s draughty housing stock to meet the government’s climate change targets, with progress so far too slow to make the difference needed. Repairing existing homes to a high standard, with insulation and renewable energy technology, would cut consumer bills and bring health improvements, a new
Centrica completes brace of battery storage units with combined 100MW capacity
Centrica has completed the deployment of almost 100MW of energy storage capacity across two projects in the UK that are able to respond to peaks in demand within two minutes.The 49MW projects are in Brigg in North East Lincolnshire and Peterborough on land adjacent to Centrica’s existing gas-fired power plants.
Tesla Hikes Powerwall Prices to Better Reflect ‘Value’
The global price adjustment comes as Tesla struggles to keep up with Powerwall demand.