Green Energy
Good Energy chief: new solar farm at risk with change to subsidies
Renewable energy firm Good Energy has warned a change to the subsidies for large-scale solar farm projects could put hundreds of new developments at risk. The major green energy supplier fears future projects along the lines of its development in Dorset, where the firm officially opened its first solar farm in the area last month, ...
UK breaks its record for solar generated electricity production
Britain has smashed its previous record for the generation of solar electricity, industry reports have revealed. The UK almost doubled the energy production reached this last year, but it is Germany soaring ahead in terms of solar power use, with the solar energy generating an impressive 50% of the nation's electricity at the beginning of ...
Good Energy opens first Dorset solar energy farm
Good Energy has officially opened its first solar farm in Dorset. Electricity generation at the five megawatt facility began earlier this week. Work on the site at Tout Hill, near the village of Wool, originally started in April. By harnessing the energy provided by the sun, the site will be capable of producing enough green electricity ...
Trillion Fund launches ambitious £5m crowd-funded wind turbine project
A crowd-funding company has launched what it has described as the UK's biggest peer-to-peer financed wind energy project - a £5m scheme to install a number of mid-sized wind turbines at locations across the UK. Trillion Fund has teamed up with E2Energy, a joint venture between Endurance and Earthmill, to offer investors the opportunity to ...
New £9.5m research facility set to aid marine energy development in UK
The trade association of the wind waves and tidal energies has praised the University of Edinburgh's new marine energy centre, calling it a huge step in the development of renewable energies. RenewableUK praised the FloWave Ocean Energy Research facility, which cost around £9.5m to develop, but is reported to be the first of its kind ...
Energy UK chief Angela Knight urges shift in green energy policies
Angela Knight has told an audience at a major energy convention in the UK that a shift in political thinking seen in the recent EU elections should also be reflected in the EU's energy policies. The CEO of the main representative of the UK's energy companies told the Eurelectric Convention in London the EU should ...
UK slips to sixth in Ernst & Young renewable energy rankings
The UK has slipped down to sixth in the latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices (RECAI), leading to a stark warning on the issue of policy 'tinkering' damaging the country's clean energy investment. It is the first time the UK has fallen out of the top five of the quarterly review conducted by Ernst & ...
Report claims Britain to run out of fossil fuels in five years' time
New research has suggested Britain will run out of fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas in as little as five years.
Government set to cut support for new solar farms above 5MW
The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) is to scrap its support for solar farms of a capacity above 5MW from April 1, 2015, it has announced.
Good Energy invests in tidal lagoon project
Good Energy has invested in a pioneering £850 million tidal lagoon project located in Wales. The green energy supplier has taken a stake of £500,000 in Tidal Lagoon (Swansea Bay) PLC, the company responsible for the development in Swansea.
