Sunny weather sees Britain break solar power record, estimate says
Increase in solar installations and good weather means UK is sourcing 16% of its electricity from sunshine on Friday afternoon, industry claimsSolar power is supplying 16% of the UK’s electricity...
View ArticleSolar Impulse lands in Hawaii after longest non-stop solo flight in history
Veteran pilot tested to the limit of endurance on record-breaking solar-powered flight across the Pacific, on the eighth leg of round-the-world journeyA solar plane attempting the world’s first flight...
View ArticleSolar plane breaks record for longest non-stop solo flight in history – video
A plane which is attempting to complete the first ever round-the-world solar powered flight lands in Hawaii. The plane took off from Nagoya in Japan on 29 June, meaning the flight has broken the record...
View ArticleThe innovators: how smaller batteries give more power to UK solar households
London startup tailors smaller, cheaper battery for UK households to use more of their own generated solar energy When Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, took to the stage in California in April...
View ArticleNational Trust to invest £30m in renewable energy sources
Europe’s largest conservation organisation to use solar, biomass and hydro power to supply half its energy needs for its estates, historic houses and palacesThe National Trust is to invest £30m in...
View ArticleHow can wind energy and Africa’s vultures co-exist?
Wind farms are one of the solutions to Africa’s energy crisis, but they have the potential to jeopardise threatened bird species such as eagles and vulturesMany people see wind energy as one of the key...
View ArticleAustria files legal complaint against UK's Hinkley Point C nuclear plant
Country takes row over subsidies to European court of justice amid concerns UK project could distort energy marketAustria has filed a legal challenge at the European court of justice against EU-granted...
View ArticleA blow to wind energy
It is said that the UK has the greatest wind energy potential in Europe. Our weather could give us more sites producing more energy per wind turbine at less cost than any other country in Europe. The...
View ArticleBeer and business: the unexpected benefits of water access in Cameroon
A solar-powered water project in Cameroon’s arid north has enabled villagers to fight poverty by starting small businessesWhen the government of Cameroon started a solar-powered water distribution...
View ArticleBrown coal wins a reprieve in Germany's transition to a green future
Even as Europe’s biggest economy aspires to be a renewable energy leader, it is exploiting its vast reserves of dirty brown coal, reports Yale Environment 360 The hole in the landscape that opens up in...
View ArticleWhat energy shortage?
We humans are not facing a shortage of energy. We are facing a technical challenge in capturing it and delivering it to consumers, says Jostein EikelandIf we were able to capture and use the energy...
View ArticleTory 'blue crap' means UK is falling behind in global switch to clean energy
Emergency budget confirms that the government is out of step with the rest of the world in its lack of credible policy for a secure and sustainable energy systemThe government says that it wants a...
View ArticleGreen energy sector attacks chancellor's changes to climate change levy
Greenpeace accuses George Osborne’s budget of taxing clean-power schemes as if they were fossil fuel producersGeorge Osborne has infuriated green energy producers and campaigners with a £910m-a-year...
View ArticleWe can make a greener, more liveable London and expand Heathrow
London can still become a world-leading green city with a third runway at Heathrow as long as it backs solar roofs, electric cars and a bigger congestion zoneThe next mayor of London needs to be...
View ArticleLevy on renewables a boost to fracking | Letters
As renewable energy producers have pointed out, the removal of their exemption from the climate change levy in Wednesday’s budget is likely to drive them from profit into loss, and thus put many of...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne is saving green pennies, but spending nuclear pounds
The removal of the climate change levy exemption has shocked the renewables sector, when there are lasting questions about Hinkley Point’s expansionIn the world of renewable energy, they are still...
View ArticleEnd to wind power subsidies is anti-business, says Scottish minister
Energy minister Fergus Ewing says move by Westminster to close onshore wind subsidies a year early will cause redundancies, reports BusinessGreenThe government’s decision to end onshore wind subsidies...
View ArticleWind power generates 140% of Denmark's electricity demand
Unusually high winds allowed Denmark to meet all of its electricity needs – with plenty to spare for Germany, Norway and Sweden tooSo much power was produced by Denmark’s windfarms on Thursday that the...
View ArticleCoalition bans government's clean energy bank from financing wind power
Trade minister confirms Clean Energy Finance Corporation will no longer invest in wind projects, but disputes report that Greg Hunt was outmaneuveredThe federal government has ordered the Clean Energy...
View ArticleAbbott government extends renewable energy investment ban to solar power
Clean Energy Finance Corporation banned from investing in small-scale solar projects in move industry claims is ‘revenge politics’ that will strangle the sector A directive banning the Clean Energy...
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