Solar power in the UK almost doubled in 2014
Installed solar photovoltaic capacity grows from 2.8GW to nearly 5GW as industry hails ‘milestone achievement’Solar power almost doubled in the last year, with 650,000 installations ranging from solar...
View ArticleBalcombe balks at tax changes for community green-energy projects
Village which brought fracking to public attention fears changes to tax relief will thwart efforts to spread solar energy useThe small, picturesque village of Balcombe in west Sussex became synonymous...
View ArticleThe killer lake: how an exploding lake became a gold mine for Rwanda
Potentially lethal methane at the bottom of Lake Kivu is being harnessed to solve Rwanda’s energy poverty, but the project needed complex funding agreements to get off the groundIn 1984 37 people died...
View ArticleShetland's Viking windfarm cleared by supreme court
Onshore farm that could power 175,000 homes and become world’s most productive clears legal hurdle over threat to nesting populations of birdsA massive onshore windfarm on Shetland which is expected to...
View ArticleAbbott government shows signs of shifting ground on climate policy
Government preparing to make concessions over RET and adopt more consultative processes to set new greenhouse emissions reduction target The Abbott government could be shifting ground on climate policy...
View ArticleUK spent 300 times more on fossil fuels than clean energy despite green pledge
Government’s export credit agency gave £1.13bn to ‘dirty’ energy operations abroad compared to just £3.6m to clean energy The UK government has broken a key pledge to support green energy abroad over...
View ArticleGermany leads record wind power growth in Europe
Record amount of wind power capacity installed across EU in 2014, more than new gas and coal capacity combined, reports BusinessGreenThe British wind power industry installed 1.7GW of new capacity last...
View ArticleEcotricity gives £250,000 to Labour amid ‘existential threat’ from Tories
Founder of renewable energy firm accuses David Cameron of abandoning green policies to placate UkipThe renewable energy company Ecotricity is giving £250,000 to the Labour party, and has accused the...
View ArticleWind farm study finds 'no direct evidence' they affect health
‘There is currently no consistent evidence that wind farms cause health problems in humans,’ says National Health and Medical Research Council CEOThere is “no direct evidence” that windfarms affect...
View ArticleRenewable energy: How wind is changing the fortunes of Lewis islanders
The bitter winds that batter Scotland’s Isle of Lewis are set to fuel Europe’s biggest community energy project. But for clean energy here to fulfill its potential – and for the islanders to reap the...
View ArticleWorld leaders should take advantage of low oil prices to ditch fossil fuel...
Powerful vested interests in high-carbon businesses are desperately opposing the move to an inclusive and sustainable economyWorld leaders need to make it clear that they choose an inclusive and...
View ArticleOil firms must think beyond shareholders | Letters
The difference between Shell’s boss, Ben van Beurden, and his critics is that when he argues for the continued extraction of fossil fuels he has his shareholders in mind, while those in favour of...
View ArticleThe truth behind the wind power subsidies row
Do claims in a recent IPPR report that 100 UK wind turbines are receiving unfair subsidies at a cost of £400m to consumers add up? Fiona Harvey investigatesA row has broken out within the wind power...
View ArticleNo need to tread lightly: the tile lighting up football in Rio and stations...
Guardian talks to 29-year-old behind Pavegen kinetic tile, which is harnessing energy from footsteps to power floodlights, electronic devices and moreWhenever a goal is scored on the community football...
View ArticleBalfour Beatty sells Thanet windfarm transmission system stake
Troubled infrastructure group disposes of 80% holding in Thanet Ofto project for £40mBalfour Beatty has sold80% of the transmission system for a windfarm off the coast of Kent to an infrastructure...
View ArticleIs Hawaii’s solar power surge slowing down?
The leading US state in rooftop solar per capita is facing financial and technical hurdles in its drive to generate 40% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2030, reports Yale Environment...
View ArticleBiofuel from trash could create green jobs bonanza, says report
Advanced biofuels industry could spur hundreds of thousands of jobs across Europe, says new report, but key European parliament vote next week could throw clean fuel ambitions into disarray Creating...
View ArticleGeoengineering is no place for corporate profit making
There is no shortage of ideas from business to save the environment – the problem is when they want to make a fast buckGeoengineering: it could be a money-making opportunity for business“Save the world...
View ArticleBP: huge rise in energy demand at odds with climate change fight
Annual outlook forecasts unsustainable rise in carbon emissions, fuelled by 40% rise in energy demand that it says can only be met by fossil fuelsRising global demand for energy over the next two...
View ArticleMinister's claims that solar panels harm UK food security are false
Documents from environment secretary Liz Truss’s own department reveal they lack any data to back up claims used to justify removal of subsidies from farm land with solar panelsBritish food security is...
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