Solar on public buildings to be supported in £230 million package
Solar is set to be supported across a number of schools, hospitals and other public buildings as part of a £230 million funding boost by the UK government. The funding, which is being provided by the government to implement a
OVO cuts heat pump running costs by 50%
OVO has announced it has cut its heat pump running costs by 50% to 15p/kWh, making it cheaper to run than a gas boiler. According to the energy supplier, cutting the cost for the electricity used by heat pumps will
Report claiming net zero will cost UK trillions retracted due to ‘factual errors’
Rightwing thinktank Civitas mistakenly cost onshore wind power 10,000 times higher than reality and claimed bill would be £4.5tn A report that hugely overestimated the cost to the UK of reaching net zero emissions has been retracted by the
How Do I Set Time-of-Use Tariff Charging on a Solis Inverter?
Solis Inverter Overnight Charging Lots of our customers who have a hybrid solar inverter or a home battery system also have access to a cheap time-of-use electricity tariff (for example Economy 7 or Octopus Go) that has a cheap
UK approves Rosebank oil and gas field amid environmental and economic concerns
This week, the UK’s North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) approved the first phase of development at Equinor and Ithaca Energy’s Rosebank offshore oil and gas project, as the UK looks to ensure its energy security in the coming years. Equinor
Five Kinds of Survival Gardens
There are a bunch of books titled or subtitled "Survival Gardening" or generally about gardening to survive in difficult times, and they all focus, slightly differently on the idea of garden to get through a crisis. [ed note: Read all the
Keeping Your Home Battery Charged in the Winter
How to protect a home battery from the effects of the cold.
Storm readiness: Shifting from generators to energy storage systems
Fossil fuel-powered generators are strapped with emission concerns, maintenance needs, and potential personal risk, whereas a battery-based energy storage system is safe, efficient and has a very low operating cost. We are living in an era of extreme weather, and
Planned UK onshore wind capacity reaches record highs in 2023
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,