Renewable energy
Renewables’ deep-sea mining conundrum
British scientists exploring an underwater mountain in the Atlantic Ocean have discovered a treasure trove of rare minerals.
Their investigation of a seamount more than 500km (300 miles) from the Canary Islands has revealed a crust of “astonishingly rich” rock.… Continue reading
Tidal lagoon project to be backed
Plans for a £1.3bn tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay will be backed in a government-commissioned review. Charles Hendry will publish his independent report into the viability of the renewable energy technology later, recommending the UK builds the lagoon to capture… Continue reading
Solar Power Is Now The World’s Cheapest Energy
The present government is too slow to commit to sustainable energy – we should let community energy take the lead.
We should let community energy take the lead.
Earlier this month the UK slipped out of the top ten of a respected global energy ranking – the World Energy Council’s… Continue reading
Renewable energy capacity overtakes coal
The International Energy Agency says that the world’s capacity to generate electricity from renewable sources has now overtaken coal. The IEA says in a new report that last year, renewables accounted for more than half of the increase in… Continue reading
Stalled solar scheme gets the green light
Harborough Energy is delighted to announce its latest solar PV project. Harborough Energy, a co-operative set up to provide affordable, renewable energy projects in and around Market Harborough is delighted to have secured agreement with Woodnewton Academy to install… Continue reading
Renewables ideal Hinkley ‘Plan B’
Conservative think-tank Bright Blue has said that renewables must be the government’s ‘Plan B’ in the event that the controversial Hinkley C nuclear power project falls through.
Bright Blue’s ‘Keeping the lights on’ report, published yesterday, profiled how it considered… Continue reading
Ed Davey urges UK to invest in community energy
The UK must keep investing in community energy, which is the “sector of renewables that will weather the storm” of political uncertainty, former energy secretary Ed Davey has insisted.
Speaking at an investor conference, Davey, who is chairman of community… Continue reading
Renewable energy still as popular as ever
In early February, DECC released their latest results from their ‘public attitudes tracker’ showing data collected in December 2015 (www.bit.ly/1STIdb6). Renewable energy, it seems, is still as popular as ever.
Here’s what DECC found: Support for renewable energy has… Continue reading
Climate change – UK ‘scores well’ for now
Not surprisingly perhaps Scandinavian countries have scored highly in the international rating for combating climate change. Some may be more surprised to see that the UK has also scored well in the international rankings. Denmark, the UK and Sweden… Continue reading