Exclusive: Reliance on fossil fuels fell in August to less than one-fifth of all electricity generated across country Great Britain’s electricity system has recorded its greenest ever summer after growing numbers of wind and solar farms cut the need for gas power plants to fresh lows. Analysis of energy generation data, commissioned by the Guardian,
A new report has revealed that the onshore wind pipeline is picking up pace, growing twice as fast in the past 12 months than in the previous. RenewableUK’s latest EnergyPulse Onshore Wind Report shows that the pipeline of onshore wind projects across all stages of development, from pre-planning all the way to operational, has increased
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
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
Fossil fuels accounted for 27% of the EU’s electricity generation in the first half of the year, a 17% decline over the first half of 2023, with solar and wind generation on the rise. Solar and wind generation accounted for 30% of the EU’s electricity generation in the first half of 2024, exceeding the
Statistics released in the government’s latest Energy Consumption Trends report showed that wind generated a record 28.7% of the UK’s electricity needs in 2023. This represented a year-on-year 4% increase, with wind remaining the UK’s biggest clean power source, generating over 60% of the nation’s renewable electricity in 2023. The report showed that offshore wind
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has detailed in two new reports that a rise in the deployment of solar, wind and electric vehicles (EV) has helped soften the increase of carbon (CO2) emissions across 2023. In its newly published Clean Energy Market Monitor and CO2 Emissions Report studies, the reports showcase how the rise in both renewable and electrification
The prowess of the UK’s offshore wind sector and how it has helped shape global developments, particularly with the international acclaim the nation’s work in the North Sea continues to gain, cannot be understated. Although many may look to the East coast of the UK to observe the renewable powerhouse being developed in the North
To date, the UK has installed more than 14GW of onshore wind energy and has a pipeline of planned projects totaling 23GW. During the second quarter of 2023, there was the highest quarterly capacity submitted into planning so far, suggesting significant future growth of wind developments. This article examines these projects by analysing their
Britain now has more installed wind capacity than gas generation, according to data released by Drax Electric Insights. The data, provided by Imperial College London for Drax, found that for the “first time ever” installed wind capacity surpassed gas, reaching 27.9GW in June compared to the 27.7GW installed capacity of gas generation. This represents a