wind power

High wind over the weekend sent power prices plunging as a surge in UK wind generation triggered negative prices for a record length of time, according to National Grid.

​Great Britain will need at least 30GW of energy storage if it hopes to reach net zero by 2050, according to new research.

Greater interconnection between Scotland and England, as well as the development of probabilistic analysis will be needed over the next decade according to National Grid ESO.

At a ceremony in Birmingham this morning, the Labour Party launched its “manifesto for hope” including its plan for a “green transformation".

​The UK has moved up one place in this years Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) report.

SSE has seemingly bounced back from a tough 2018, reporting that its profit rose to £128.9 million after a loss of £284.6 million last year.

​Big Six energy company E.on has signed a new power purchasing agreement with German power giant RWE Renewables, for 892MW of power a year.

According to new analysis by Carbon Brief, in Q3 this year the UK’s windfarms, solar panels, biomass and hydro plants generated 29.5 terawatt hours (TWh) of power, while coal, gas and oil generated just 29.1TWh.

​Wind and solar could provide half of the world’s energy generation by 2050 on the back of continually declining technology costs, particularly in battery energy storage, according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

The Scottish government will establish a publicly-owned, not-for-profit energy company to deliver renewable energy to Scottish customers “as close to cost price as possible”.