Guest blog: Nick Boyle – Your electricity costs, why pay more?
If I said to a CFO, I will fix your transport costs or employment costs for the next 20 years…they’d rip my arm off, so why not power ? Given the choice, any sensible business will put into place...
View ArticleM&S invites customers to invest in solar
Marks and Spencer (M&S) has launched a green energy initiative. Members of M&S Society are invited to invest between £100 and £100,000 to install solar arrays in up to nine stores across the...
View ArticleIRENA’s new initiative to boost solar developments
A new global initiative to boost solar projects by making the financing and development process simpler has been launched. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will lead the campaign...
View ArticleSolar plane sets off on Atlantic crossing
A plane powered by solar energy has set off on its Atlantic journey. Solar Impulse 2 took off from New York on Monday with the aim of crossing the Atlantic. The team expects the trip to last 90 hours,...
View ArticleSolar recycling market ‘could be worth $15bn by 2050’
Recycling old solar panels can result in significant business opportunities. That’s according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), which states decommissioned solar panels can be...
View ArticleSolar Impulse completes Atlantic crossing
The zero fuel aeroplane Solar Impulse has landed in Spain, completing the Atlantic crossing. It landed in Seville this morning after a 71-hour journey which started in New York on Monday. The journey...
View ArticleUS ‘to deploy 77GW of distributed renewables by 2025’
The US is predicted to deploy 77.3GW of distributed renewables between 2016 and 2025. Distributed energy (DE) is forecast to move from being a fringe supply to one of the main sources of energy in the...
View ArticleWest Sussex’s community solar farm powers up
A 5MW community solar farm has started generating power in West Sussex. Meadow Blue Community Energy (MBCE) raised £1.2 million for the project located near Merston. It is expected to provide enough...
View ArticleUK solar sets new power generation record
The UK solar industry has set a new record in electricity generation. Solar production peaked last month at 23.9% of power demand – a new record for the country, according to the Solar Trade...
View ArticleBusiness rates for rooftop solar ‘to rise next year’
Businesses with solar rooftop installations in the country could see a rise in their rate taxes next year. That’s according to the Solar Trade Association (STA) which added they could increase by...
View ArticleUK generated 23.2TWh of green electricity
The UK generated 23.2TWh of electricity from renewable sources in the first quarter (Q1) of 2016. That’s a 6.4% increase compared to the same period in 2015, according to new figures released by DECC....
View ArticleFacebook’s solar-powered plane completes first flight
Facebook’s first solar-powered plane that will beam internet to remote parts of the world has successfully finished its first test flight. Owner of the social network Mark Zuckerberg yesterday...
View ArticleGermany and Denmark to open solar auctions to each other
The governments of Germany and Denmark have signed a co-operation agreement on the mutual opening of auctions for solar installations. The deal, which allows cross-border participation of...
View ArticleFuture of solar looking cloudy as jobs fall by a third
A third of solar jobs have been lost in the past year and 30% of businesses expect to cut staff in the next 12 months. A survey published today by the Solar Trade Association (STA) and PwC revealed 238...
View ArticleSolar plane completes historic world trip
A solar-powered plane has completed the final journey of its global flight, landing in Abu Dhabi. Solar Impulse concluded an 18-month trip today, flying a total of 40,000 kilometres using clean...
View ArticleTesla buys solar firm in $2.6bn deal
Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla announced it has reached an agreement to buy a solar firm. The $2.6 billion (£1.9bn) deal with SolarCity, initially announced in June, will help Tesla expand...
View ArticleChernobyl wasteland could go solar
The Chernobyl exclusion zone could be turned into the world’s largest solar farm. According to the Ukrainian government, the cheap, uninhabited space surrounding the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear...
View ArticleGazprom Energy buys into huge solar deal
Gazprom Energy has signed a contract to buy 40MW of solar power annually. Under a 15-year deal, the Russian company will purchase renewable electricity from four sites owned by Canadian Solar. It is...
View ArticleGiant Australian renewables park gets approval
A combined wind and solar park in Southern Australia has been approved by the government. DP Energy’s Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park will generate approximately 1,000GWh of renewable energy each...
View ArticleSolar shines brighter than other renewables
Solar photovoltaic (PV) is currently the fastest growing source of renewable energy. According to a new FiT Analysis report, the solar sector is growing even faster than wind, currently the most widely...
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