UK loses 11.4GW of coal and gas capacity in three years
The UK lost 11.4GW of coal and gas generation capacity in the three years to end of 2015, latest government data shows.
Some 8.8GW of...
Green Investment bank invests £80m in new CHP energy from waste plant
The Green Investment Bank has committed £80m to finance a new 43MW combined heat and power (CHP) energy from waste plant in Kent. Other...
UK renewable power generation soars, government stats show
Renewable power’s contribution to the UK generation mix soared in 2015, official statistics show.
Compared to 2014, solar generation almost doubled (up 87% to 7.6TWh)...
Solar power private wire agreements: A way to fix power costs for 20 years
If I said to a CFO, “I will fix your transport costs or employment costs for the next 20 years”, they’d rip my arm...
Business rates on rooftop solar installations could increase eightfold from April
The Solar Trade Association has warned that business rates taxes on commercial rooftop solar installations could increase eightfold next April unless ministers intervene. The association told...
Scottish Power: Has low carbon energy had its day?
In this sponsored post John Dallimore, head of origination at Scottish Power asks whether government changes signal a policy shift on the future of low carbon...
Power shift: Coal tanks, gas rises, onshore wind doesn’t blow as much
Output from coal-fired power stations halved in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2015. Gas generators largely...
Local power for local people: Trial suggests changes to local grid charging regime could...
A trial to match local generation with local businesses suggests that peer-to-peer renewable power services could lead to lower energy system costs. Now Open...
Businesses pile in to onsite renewable power in 2015
Businesses were the fastest growing segment of independently-owned renewable generation projects by volume in 2015, according to a new report.
The number of onsite generation...
Solar thermal eclipsed by PV: Can Epsom salts revive industry and solve storage?
“My work tends to be driven by what might be the right solution in the future, even if it is not cost effective at...
Blessed are the cheesemakers: Dairy firm powers AD plant and CHP engine with cheese...
A 5MW anaerobic digestion plant being commissioned in Cumbria this month is the first in Europe to feed biomethane into the gas grid that...
Green wars: Good Energy and Ecotricity in new row over who is the greenest...
Green energy suppliers Ecotricity and Good Energy are set to lock horns over who has the greenest power - and not for the first...
SmartestEnergy claims cost difference between buying renewable and brown power ‘less than 1%’
Smartest Energy has launched a new report urging large firms to switch to renewable power - which it supplies. The firm claims it costs companies...
Drax and Infinis lose bid to overturn CCL exemption axe
Drax and Infinis have lost their bid to overturn the government’s decision to axe Climate Change Levy exemptions for renewable power.
The two firms had...
European Commission investigates Drax biomass subsidy contract
The European Commission thinks the biomass subsidy deal struck by the UK's biggest coal plant operator and the coalition government may be too generous....
Eon takes offshore wind hit as Supreme Court rejects Robin Rigg appeal
The news that Eon must foot the bill to repair defective offshore wind turbines at Robin Rigg may have ramifications for UK offshore wind...
GDF touts gas to grid earner
GDF Suez is urging firms with anaerobic digesters to consider exporting biogas to National Grid rather than burning it for electricity. Injecting direct to...
United Utilities begins work on 3MW floating solar plant
United Utilities is to bolster its self-generation to the tune of 3MW as work begins this week on a floating solar PV plant at...
Businesses braced for cuts to small scale generation and export rates
Government has proposed steep cuts to small scale renewable energy subsidies. The department of energy and climate change (Decc) clarified its intentions in a...
Combined heat and power behind 6% of UK electricity, could do more
Combined heat and power generated around 6% of UK electricity generated in 2014, according to latest data. “But the technology remains underexploited,” says Chris...