Solar energy has surged ahead of coal in the EU’s power sector, supplying 11% of the bloc’s electricity in 2024
On a crisp January morning, the slanting winter sunlight falls across a row of Victorian terraces in north London. At first glance, these brick-built homes look as they have for decades—weathered, modest, quintessentially British. But peer upward, and you’ll notice something distinctly futuristic. Where once there were only sooty chimney pots and mossy slates, sleek photovoltaic (PV) panels now glimmer.
The harbour at Kirkwall in Orkney is busy with boats—some ferrying tourists out to view local wildlife, others supporting an altogether more futuristic enterprise.
As interest rates drop for the first time in years, green energy investment trusts could see a revival. Learn how falling rates may narrow discounts and impact renewable energy funding in the UK.