Jeremy Corbyn to make pledge as part of party’s ‘green industrial revolution’ Labour have announced plans to fit solar panels to 1.75m homes lived in by socially housed or low-income households as part of its promised “green industrial revolution” to try to combat climate change and boost jobs. The programme is due to be announced
Steep decline in coal-fired electricity generation means no need for new coal mines, campaigners claim The UK does not need any more coal mines. That's the clear message from environmental campaigners this week, after new analysis revealed the UK's coal phase-out plans negate the need for any extra supply. Without coal-fired power, there's no need
Good Energy argues the government's solar tax proposals urgently need a rethink Another government consultation has ended on increasing VAT on low-carbon technologies, including domestic solar panels, biomass boilers, and battery storage. Consumers are facing a five per cent to 20 per cent hike in costs to climate change solutions we can use today. Meanwhile,
The Labour Party has announced plans to install solar one 1.75 million homes as part of a huge energy sector shake-up. The plans would see solar installed on 1 million social homes in a bid to tackle fuel poverty, while a series of interest free loans, grants and regulatory changes will help enable an additional
This year has already seen “significant acceleration” of activity in the global grid-connected energy storage market, with 4.3GW expected to be deployed this year, analysis firm IHS Markit has said. In a report released to its subscribers, IHS Markit also predicted that there could be 10.6GW of grid-connected energy storage deployments annually by 2025. Julian
The human race has broken another record on its race to ecological collapse. Congratulations humanity! For the first time in human history — not recorded history, but since humans have existed on Earth — carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has topped 415 parts per million, reaching 415.26 parts per million, according to sensors at the
Yet another power generation record fell in the UK yesterday afternoon, as the country’s solar fleet set a new generation record. The UK’s solar generation topped out at 9.47GW around midday yesterday (Tuesday 13 May 2019), toppling the previous record of 9.38GW set in May 2017. And with the bright skies set to continue, there’s
Scientists in Cambridge plan to set up a research centre to develop new ways to repair the Earth's climate. It will investigate radical approaches such as refreezing the Earth's poles and removing CO2 from the atmosphere. The centre is being created because of fears that current approaches will not on their own stop dangerous and
The changes are set to come in from 1 October HMRC has proposed a price hike for a number of sustainable energy sources Prices would be higher, going from 5% to 20% VAT HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is set to introduce higher VAT rates for the installation of a number of renewable and sustainable
Britain "can't win a war against water" by simply building higher flood defences, the head of the Environment Agency warns. Whole communities may need to be moved as traditional defences are not enough to protect against the growing risks of flooding and coastal erosion, the Environment Agency (EA) has warned. With global temperatures predicted to