RBS hits £1bn milestone for green loans
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) more than doubled its lending for sustainable energy projects las year. It provided around £1 billion of loans to businesses including SMEs and large corporates looking to...
View ArticleAviva goes green to reduce energy costs
Solar rooftop systems are to power three of Aviva Insurance’s sites in the UK. They will help the company save energy and carbon emissions as well as cut costs. The solar panels, which will generate...
View ArticleSolar airplane completes 62-hour flight without fuel
A plane powered by solar energy has completed a 62-hour flight without any fuel. Solar Impulse 2 took off on Thursday from Hawaii and landed in California completing its crossing of the Pacific Ocean....
View ArticleSolar farms ‘boost biodiversity’
Solar farms can have significant benefits for biodiversity. That’s according to a new report, which looked into the effects of 11 solar arrays on local biodiversity. Researchers at Clarkson & Woods...
View ArticleUS invests $25m to integrate solar into the grid
The US has announced an investment worth $25 million (£16.7m) to accelerate the integration of solar energy into the country’s grid. That’s part of the Department of Energy’s (DoE) plans to modernise...
View Article£11bn investment in UK solar increases M&A activity
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK solar sector are increasing due to a £11 billion investment since 2013. That’s according to a new report which added the number of deals tracked in 2015...
View ArticleArgentina opens 1,000MW green power auction
Argentina has announced its first auction for renewable energy. It has been launched by President Mauricio Macri, offering 1,000MW of green power. The peak capacity offered for wind and solar are 600MW...
View ArticleUS invests $10m in solar training programmes
The US has announced an investment worth $10 million (£6.9m) for solar training projects. The Department of Energy (DoE) will use the money to fund 10 new schemes under its ‘Solar Training and...
View ArticleHounslow Council expects to save £145k a year through solar
The London Borough of Hounslow has installed more than 6,000 solar panels on a wholesale market rooftop. The £2 million project is a “great scheme” for the public sector, according to Energy Manager...
View ArticleEcotricity to convert wind farms into hydbrid energy parks
Energy company Ecotricity is to install 18,000 solar panels in three wind farms in Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. The green supplier will build two solar farms with a capacity of 5MW each in Devon...
View ArticleInstalled solar before 2012? You can get ‘cash back’
A solar firm has partnered with an investment company to launch £10 million in green cashback payments for households. ShareSolar and Abundance’s scheme allows householders who installed solar panels...
View ArticleSantiago’s metro to be powered mostly by renewables
Santiago’s metro system is to be powered mostly by solar and wind energy. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said the station and trains which are used by more than 2.5 million passengers will run on...
View ArticleEight million people employed by renewables sector in 2015
A total of 8.1 million people worldwide worked in the renewables sector in 2015. That’s a 5% increase compared to 2014, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The solar...
View ArticleSolar street lighting market ‘to reach $17.8bn by 2024’
The solar street lighting market is forecast to grow to $17.78 billion (£12bn) by 2024. That’s an increase from $2.72 billion (£1.8bn) last year, a new report suggests. It claims Asia Pacific was the...
View ArticleFeed-in Tariff deployment rose 28% in April
Projects deployed under the government’s Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme at the end of April had a total capacity of 4,982MW. That’s more than 865,600 installations – a 28% increase in total FiT installed...
View ArticleHounslow Council expects fruitful savings through solar
ELN goes to Western International Market where the London Borough of Hounslow has invested in a project to install more than 6,000 solar panels which generate electricity during the day to power the...
View ArticleRenewables helped Galapagos Islands save ‘million of litres of diesel’
Wind and solar farms installed in the Galapagos Islands have reduced diesel consumption by 8.7 million litres since 2007. The three 800kW turbines and two 6kW solar systems have also cut 21,000 tonnes...
View ArticleRecord new renewable capacity installed in 2015
Around 147GW of new renewable energy capacity was added in 2015, the largest annual increase registered to date. It shows last year was “extraordinary” for the green energy sector, according to a...
View ArticleGermany ‘plans to slow green energy rollout’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reportedly negotiated a framework with ministers to control the rollout of renewables in the country. The proposed reforms to the nation’s green energy law is...
View ArticleSolar firm fined for mis-selling
A solar company in Northern Ireland has been fined £2,000 for misleading customers. The case was brought by the Trading Standards Service (TSS) against BlueBuild Energy, which was found guilty at...
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