Renewables and Efficiency

The G+ Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation has highlighted a fall in the total number of health and safety incidents among its members last year.

Supplies of coal as a fuel for homes will continue to receive a reduced 5% VAT rate.

It is part of GRIDSERVE’s £1bn UK-wide programme to make EV charging as easy as using petrol stations.

The 1.100MW Ocean Wind offshore wind farm is expected to power more than half a million homes.

The Margam Green Energy Plant has the potential to manage around 250.000 tonnes of waste wood a year.

A mocked-up supermarket has proven freezer aisles across the UK could be used as a giant virtual battery.

New research highlights how the average renewable installation. such as rooftop solar panels or mini wind turbines. takes 21 years and three months before it starts to make a saving.

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More British electricity is set to come from zero-carbon sources than fossil fuels this year for the first time since the Industrial Revolution. National Grid has said.

Only 40MW of Clearway Energy’s 250MW California Valley Solar Ranch remained operational after a bird caused a fire.