Offshore sector supplies enough electricity to power 20% of UK homes, report finds
The Crown Estate has announced in its latest report, published this week, that in 2017 the offshore sector supplied the
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How a green economy can promote growth
Dustin Benton is policy director at Green Alliance and he is writing for Environment Journal following his contribution to the
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Renewable fuels given government boost
The Government has introduced new regulations which they hope will see the amount of renewable fuel blended in with petrol
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Estate residents start renewable trading energy
Residents on a Hackney housing estate have started trading renewable energy with each other, as part of a pilot blockchain
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Government announce £320m fund for heat networks
The government has announced a new scheme for consumers and non-domestic users such as hospitals, schools and council buildings to
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UK-based floating solar farm factory to begin production
AqvaFloat has announced that they are due to begin production of floating systems for solar farms across the UK and
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Human and environmental economics: 15 minutes with…Christian Felber, author and economist
Christian Felber is an economist who founded the Economy for the Common Good, an economic model which focuses on the well-being
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World’s most powerful wind turbine installed in Scotland
The turbine is the first of 11 to be deployed at the Vattenfall-owned facility in Aberdeen Bay and the developers
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Northumbrian Water to be powered solely from renewables
All of Northumbrian Water’s 1,858 sites will be run using power generated from renewable electricity after signing a deal worth
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Google Cloud reaches 100% renewable goal
Google has announced that 100% of the power that supports their cloud services is now generated from renewable energy –
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Will solar car parks be part of the EV infrastructure picture?
With 9m electric cars expected to be on the roads by 2030, compared to an estimated 1m in 2020, the
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Repower ageing wind farms, report says
Repowering UK onshore wind farms as they reach the end of their scheduled operating lives would be a cost-effective way
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Driving a more efficient energy future
We know we need to take action on the quality of the air we breathe in our cities – each
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Greater Manchester aiming to become the UK’s greenest region
Greater Manchester’s green summit took place in Manchester yesterday (March 21st), with several radical proposals put forward aimed at
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Interview: GRT Group CEO Luca Dal Fabbro on their innovative hydrogen storage solution
It’s the most abundant source of energy in the universe, and for centuries scientists have tried to harness its
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Offshore wind industry aims to generate one third of the UK’s electricity by 2030
UK offshore wind industry sets out its 2030 vision The UK offshore wind industry is targeting a sector deal with the
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Interview: Steve Cains and the democratisation of energy
Steve Cains is the head of Public Power Solutions (PPS), an energy company who are fully owned by Swindon Borough
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Collapsed wind turbine manufacturer blasts Westminster approach to Scotland
The Scottish renewables industry has taken another hit, with the news that wind turbine manufacturer Gaia-Wind has gone into liquidation.
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Council-led energy storage facility given go ahead
Cash-strapped councils are increasingly looking to innovative methods of generating both energy and income, and now a large scale battery
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MPs slam government’s handling of GIB sell-off
A leading group of MPs has criticised the Whitehall department responsible for the sale of the Green Investment Bank (GIB),
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