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Plug-in solar to hit UK shelves as government accelerates clean energy push

Plug-in solar panels will be available in UK shops within months as the government expands clean energy plans, including mandatory…

8 months ago

Ready-to-build wind farm ‘loses out to speculative projects’ in clean power auction

Scottish Power claims its consented £4bn East Anglia One North wind farm lost out in the AR7 subsidy auction to…

8 months ago

Octopus Energy Generation commits $1bn to Californian clean tech expansion

Octopus Energy Generation is investing nearly $1bn in California’s clean tech sector, backing carbon removal, heat batteries and solar-plus-storage projects.

9 months ago

Miliband backs vast solar farms in push to expand renewable power

Ed Miliband has approved subsidies for solar farms covering up to 40 square miles of UK farmland, alongside new onshore…

9 months ago

UK secures 6.2GW of onshore wind and solar in latest clean power auction

The UK Government has confirmed a new wave of onshore renewable energy projects under the Contracts for Difference scheme, following…

9 months ago

UK households set for £15bn boost to install solar and green tech under Warm Homes Plan

UK households will be eligible for billions in grants and low-interest loans for solar panels, heat pumps and batteries under…

10 months ago

Ex-Dyson engineers plot electric boiler to rival heat pumps

Former Dyson engineers behind Luthmore have raised £12.4m to launch a battery-powered electric boiler designed to replace gas combis in…

10 months ago

Rise of the zero-bill home? Ed Miliband pins hopes on solar power

Ed Miliband plans a £13bn Warm Homes push to expand solar, heat pumps and batteries, aiming to cut household energy…

11 months ago

Solar developers look for the exit as falling power prices squeeze returns

Solar developers in Spain are struggling to sell projects as electricity prices fall, valuations slide and oversupply squeezes returns, raising…

11 months ago

Ofgem fast-tracks UK electricity ‘superhighways’ to cut wind curtailment costs

Ofgem has approved early investment in three major UK electricity superhighways, aiming to cut billions in wind curtailment costs and…

11 months ago