Norwegian state-owned power firm Statkraft has outlined plans to invest nearly £1 billion a year over the next six years in a bid to deploy multiple gigawatts of renewable power.
Installations of solar and battery units are underway in Cornwall as part of a local energy project setting out to prove that distributed energy resources can power homes and businesses in the region via a smart digital aggregation platform.
Four electricity networks companies have collaborated on a programme of network improvements that stand to boost renewable connections and save consumers millions of pounds.
The UK’s domestic renewables sector faces significant job losses, business closures and collapses in deployment should the government persevere with policy proposals as planned.
Battery assets have been used in the Balancing Mechanism for the first time via a virtual power plant, marking the start of a new era in energy storage revenues in the UK.
The British public is in favour of a significantly decarbonised, decentralised energy system and wants the government to support the transition to such a system, a new survey has found.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has begun the process of potentially opening the door for renewables to compete in the Capacity Market.
All new housing developments should be fitted with three-phase electricity supply to update them from the single phase norm that has been in place since before World War II, according to a new report out today.
E.On has said the government must throw its support behind small-scale renewables as an urgent priority as the industry faces a looming policy cliff edge.
