Act Now to Keep Domestic Solar in the UK
Hot on the tails of the end of the Feed-In-Tariff, news was announced that the Solar VAT level will rise from 5% to 20% on 1st October. This means that all domestic Solar or Solar and Battery installations will
Britain completes first week without coal since Industrial Revolution
Great Britain has completed a full week without coal generation, the first time it has done so since the Industrial Revolution in 1882. National Grid ESO confirmed the landmark had been reached in a tweet at 1:25pm this afternoon, having
Anger as UK gov’t proposes 15% tax rise for solar, storage purchases
The national Renewable Energy Association has taken aim at a British government proposal to hike up tax rates attached to some energy saving equipment purchases, including solar and battery storage. A consultation launched by the government department responsible for tax,
BEIS preparing Smart Export legislation before the summer, targets late 2019 tariff deadline
The government is aiming to start the legislative process for the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) before the summer in a bid to have the export tariff up and running before the end of the year. Earlier this week Labour MP
Watching my Home Generated Electricity Come In
My Home Power Station... I do enjoy seeing where my energy is going. I just grabbed a quick snapshot of my Solarman energy app and am delighted to see my generation is picking up. My home array is west facing,
Landmark 2050 net zero target would ‘end the UK’s contribution to climate change’
The UK could end its contribution to global warming by phasing out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said, a target which would drive a revolution in the country’s power system. Today the CCC
‘This report will change your life’: what zero emissions means for UK
Committee on Climate Change sets out how UK can reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 “Make no mistake, this report will change your life,” says Prof David Reay at the University of Edinburgh. “If the meticulous and robust expert
Government must be placed on a ‘war footing’ to tackle climate change threat
The UK government must be placed on a “war footing” to tackle the various threats posed by climate change, a new commission has said. UK-based think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has today unveiled a new Environmental Justice
Second-life EV batteries: The newest value pool in energy storage
With continued global growth of electric vehicles (EV), a new opportunity for the power sector is emerging: stationary storage powered by used EV batteries, which could exceed 200 gigawatt-hours by 2030. During the next few decades, the strong uptake of