Mixing it up — how wind and solar can work together
WORLDWIDE: As technology costs come down, combining wind, solar and energy storage looks like the way to integrate renewables at least cost.
Clean energy is cheap, surging – and headed for a fall
Solar and wind projects are transforming Australia’s power grid, but unclear policies will slow new investments
Budget 2018: Hammond’s ‘missed opportunity’ as government prepares energy efficiency overhaul
The UK renewables lobby has once again expressed its exasperation that clean energy failed to merit a mention within this year’s Budget, despite the government teasing an overhaul of tax benefits for on-site generators.Yesterday afternoon chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the 2018 Budget, but during his speech in the House of Commons failed to mention climate
Can Civilization Survive What’s Coming?
The new IPCC report on climate change will fill you with existential dread — rightfully so
How to add storage to an existing solar array
Adding storage to an existing solar array is not always an easy, plug-and-play process.
Green Great Britain Week, but was it really?
In case you missed it, last week was the government’s Green Great Britain Week (GGBW), a self-styled celebration of all the successes the UK’s clean sectors have achieved so far.
Wind, solar and electric vehicles will dominate by 2035, study says
The world runs on oil and gas now, but it won’t for long, according to a study by the research firm Wood Mackenzie that estimates a global shift from fossil fuels to renewables by 2035.By then, the world will rely more on electric vehicles, wind power and solar power than gasoline-powered vehicles or fossil fuel-based
Scottish Power becomes first big UK energy firm to switch to 100% wind power
The company has sold off its conventional power stations to Drax
Six climate questions for ‘Green GB’
Scientists say we must keep global temperature rise under 1.5C – so what does that mean for the UK?Next week, ministers are likely to ask their advisers how Britain can reduce carbon emissions in line with that target.They’ve declared what they’re calling Green GB Week – a celebration of the UK’s achievement as a world
Grid trading and off-peak incentives to spark ‘huge growth’ for residential storage in 2019
The rise of grid trading and off-peak tariffs, rather than the closure of the feed-in tariff and potentially the export tariff, will see the domestic storage market experience “huge growth” over 2019 according to SolaX’s European product manager ahead of next week’s Solar & Storage Live.