Around £400 million of this is dedicated to boosting electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the UK.
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National Grid ESO has published its final technical report into the power outages of Friday 9th August.
Read More »SSE Recruits Next Generation of Energy Workers With 100 New Apprentices
The energy giant says they will be trained up to tackle climate change across a variety of roles within the organisation.
Read More »EU Awards €10.6m to Scale Up Highly Efficient Solar Modules Production
Swiss start-up Insolight’s technology is said to have achieved an efficiency of 29% during tests in the pre-production phase.
Read More »Government Seeks Views on Energy Efficiency Requirements for External Power Supplies
The updated requirements for products such as mobile phones and speakers are estimated to save around one million tonnes of carbon emissions equivalent between 2020 and 2029.
Read More »Solar Leads $2.6tn Global Renewable Energy Investment
Solar power capacity will have risen to more than 26 times the 2009 level – from 25GW to an estimated 663GW – by the end of the year.
Read More »Only 40 Schools in England Protected from Toxic Car Emissions at Gates
A new UK100 report says one of the main challenge to implementing ‘school streets’ outside London is the lack of resources and powers for local councils to enforce a ban on parents driving to school.
Read More »Scottish Developer Breaks Ground on Subsidy-Free Onshore Wind Farm
The 46MW Crossdykes Wind Farm in Dumfries and Galloway will generate enough electricity to power nearly 45.000 homes.
Read More »Aberdeen University Sets Sight on New Centre for Energy Transition
It will focus on all areas of energy-related research. with an emphasis on supporting the oil and gas industry in the transition to clean energy and renewables.
Read More »World’s First Project to Turn Biogas from Sewage into Hydrogen
Hazer is seeking to build a 100-tonne per annum facility in Australia by December 2020.
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