Scotland Generates Over 100% of Electricity From Renewables

Data from the Scottish Government shows that green power sources produced more than enough electricity for the country’s demand in [...]

UK Government to Introduce CfDs for Existing Projects

New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has confirmed her government will introduce new fixed price contracts for existing renewables [...]

Shared Offshore Wind Focus Prompts Maine, UK Clean Energy Collaboration

A mutual focus on offshore wind energy has prompted an agreement between Maine and the United Kingdom to collaborate [...]

EU Member States Agree to 55% Cut in Carbon Emissions by 2030

The Cop26 conference has been postponed until next November because of coronavirus, but on Saturday Johnson will co-host – [...]

UK: Johnson Unveils £12bn Plan for ‘Green Industrial Revolution’

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has taken the wraps off a £12bn plan to create a “green industrial revolution” [...]

UK Launches COP26 Energy Transition Council to Accelerate Switch to Clean Power

The new body will work with representatives of governments to ensure that for every country renewable energy is the [...]

New Legislation Set to Accelerate Renewable Energy Industry in the UK

The UK government is relaxing planning legislation to make it easier to construct large batteries to store renewable energy [...]

Planned Law Could Unlock 4 GW of UK Storage Projects

The government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has drafted secondary legislation aimed at easing the construction of [...]

Scotland Launches Offshore Wind Leasing Round

Crown Estate Scotland today opened the first of a series of leasing rounds for offshore wind projects that will [...]

UK Government Lifts Block on New Onshore Windfarm Subsidies

Decision comes four years after ministers scrapped support for new projects. The UK has abandoned its opposition to subsidising new [...]