National Grid ESO ‘cautiously confident’ there will be adequate margins for winter
While there is a risk of blackouts due to electricity shortages over the coming winter, National Grid ESO is ”cautiously confident”. The operator has released its Winter Outlook report, which this year models both the Base Case for the period 31
Ministers hope to ban solar projects from most English farms
Ministers are planning to ban solar farms from most of England’s farmland, the Guardian can reveal. The new environment secretary, Ranil Jayawardena, is understood to oppose solar panels being placed on agricultural land, arguing that it impedes his programme of
America’s ‘first solar-powered town’ was a hurricane success story as millions of other Floridians lost power — see inside Babcock Ranch
Hurricane Ian knocked out power to 4 million customers in Florida. But one community was left largely unscathed by the Category-4 storm, CNN reported. Babcock Ranch, a planned town built with a focus on sustainability and renewable energy, kept
How Tesla’s Powerwall carried me through Hurricane Ian
Back in 2017, I was in a home with solar panels, but no battery backup. Hurricane Irma passed overhead, and I found myself without power for 24-48 hours. We lost all of our food as a result. When the storm passed,
Hurricane Ian: When the power grid goes out, could solar and batteries power your home?
Hurricane Ian’s catastrophic winds and flooding are likely to bring long-lasting power outages to large parts of Florida. The storm is the latest in a line of hurricanes and extreme heat and cold events that have knocked out power to millions
Business and the energy crisis: Have the measures gone far enough?
The UK’s business sector could be on the verge of complete catastrophe and irreversible damage. Amid an energy crisis that has rocked Europe, particularly Britain, government and energy suppliers have scrambled to introduce support schemes to mitigate the impact
Under the skin: How an EV can cut your energy bills
EV owners sharing their home-generated energy reduces their cost of living, a study finds With the spectre of colossal electricity bills looming over us like some sort of fully charged Grim Reaper, there’s plenty of talk about how the
Octopus Energy doubles fixed export tariff amid high wholesale power prices
Octopus Energy has doubled its Fixed Outgoing tariff to help lower customers' bills as they head into winter. This will increase from 7.5p/kWh to 15p/kWh, with all customers on the tariff seeing their rate automatically changed from today (20 September). This
It will be ‘socially unacceptable’ for businesses not to have solar, says BeBa Energy
“It is going to become socially unacceptable for businesses to not to have solar on their roofs in the short to medium-term,” said Shaun Beattie, sales director of BeBa Energy, at the UK Solar Summit. With the growing need to