renewables

Devon County Council has received almost £200,000 from the UK Government for projects exploring ways to lower the county’s carbon emissions.

Exploratory tunnelling for SSE Renewables’ Coire Glas project, the UK’s first large-scale pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) scheme to be developed in 40 years, has been completed.

Scientists at the University of Oxford have today (9 August) revealed a breakthrough in solar PV technology via an ultra-thin material that can be applied to “almost any building” and deliver over 27% energy efficiency.

Sonning Common Primary School will install solar photovoltaic (PV) panels using an interest-free loan of just under £12,000 from Oxfordshire County Council.

Solar Power Portal speaks to the co-founder of Bristol Energy Cooperative to explore the rise of community energy.

Solar Energy Scotland has raised concerns over the new energy efficiency standard for buildings put forward by the Scottish government.

Three organisations from across the energy sector have released a report examining how the UK’s solar energy planning system could be improved to hit renewable energy capacity targets.

New data from the UK government has shown that the UK now has 16.9GW of solar capacity online, as of the end of June 2024.

A new report from the National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC) has declared that accelerating the rollout of solar energy is a key step towards hitting the UK’s 2030 clean energy targets.