MCS to begin ‘next chapter’ as it completes relocation
The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) has relocated to Liverpool City Region as it bids to start the “next chapter” of its role within the country’s small-scale renewables sector. The MCS is now calling the Innovation Centre at Sci-Tech Daresbury, between
The Green New Deal Just Speeds Up The Current Green Wave
The rollout of the Green New Deal will hit some roadblocks. But its overarching theme is that the nation should go totally green by 2030 to avert the irreversible effects of climate change. It’s the latest volley in the war
Zero Carbon Homes axe costing consumers three-times energy cap savings
Former chancellor George Osborne’s decision to scrap the Zero Carbon homes policy is costing occupants of new-build homes more than £200 per year, essentially three times the targeted savings from Ofgem’s price cap.New analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence
Blow for coal as EDF to shut ‘uneconomical’ 2GW Cottam plant amidst deep decarbonisation
EDF Energy has confirmed it will close the 2GW Cottam coal plant at the end of September, blaming “challenging market conditions” and the country’s decarbonisation drive.The French energy giant announced today that the facility, which has been producing power for
Climate and economic risks ‘threaten 2008-style systemic collapse’
Environmental and social problems could interact in global breakdown
DfT funding innovative solar rail, roads and footways trials
The Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded multi-million-pound funding to trials of solar used in conjunction with railways, roads and footways.Last week the DfT announced a raft of new funding deals, the first of which is a project that has
A third of Himalayan ice cap doomed, finds report
At least a third of the huge ice fields in Asia’s towering mountain chain are doomed to melt due to climate change, according to a landmark report, with serious consequences for almost 2 billion people.Even if carbon emissions are dramatically
Adding Another Battery to a PowerBanx (Sofar/Pylontech) Home Storage System
Adding another Pylontech battery to a home battery system with a Sofar inverter.